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{{RfD|If I'm reading this correctly, the claim to notability here is a false claim to have played Ronald McDonald. I'm not seeing any really note worthy acting roles, and I don't think we need articles on every deputy sheriff around. All in all, do not believe this subject to be notable.}}
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| birth_name = Joseph Maggard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|8}}
| birth_place = [[Lynch, Kentucky]], [[United States|U.S.]]
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| othername = Joseph Maggard<br />Joe Magard<br />Joseph Magard
| occupation = Actor, deputy sheriff
| years_active = 1989–1998, 2013–2015
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'''Joseph''' "'''Joe'''" '''Maggard''' (born December 8, 1955) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] and former deputy sheriff,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/ronald-touching-interview-actor-who-played-ronald-mcdonald-12-years|title=‘Ronald’ Is a Touching Interview with an Actor Who Played Ronald McDonald for 12 Years|website=Food & Wine}}</ref> largely cast in minor roles in both film and television. However, he is best known for falsely claiming that he portrayed the [[Ronald McDonald]] character in  the [[McDonald's]] commercials and that he voiced Ronald in ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' from 1995 to 2007, as well as for his 1999 conviction for numerous harassing phone calls made while posing as the character. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/ronald-touching-interview-actor-who-played-ronald-mcdonald-12-years|title=‘Ronald’ Is a Touching Interview with an Actor Who Played Ronald McDonald for 12 Years|publisher=|accessdate=23 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-ronald060203-story.html|title=McDonald's plans a Ronald revival|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
Maggard served during the Vietnam War from 1974 to 1976. After returning from the army, he began working for the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department in North Carolina. He was employed for three years as a deputy sheriff before getting into acting in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/ronald-touching-interview-actor-who-played-ronald-mcdonald-12-years|title=‘Ronald’ Is a Touching Interview with an Actor Who Played Ronald McDonald for 12 Years|website=Food & Wine}}</ref>

===Ronald McDonald claim===
During an interview with The Guardian in 2014 of the documentary film ''Ronald'', Maggard stated that he portrayed the [[Ronald McDonald]] character from 1995 to 2007, replacing [[Jack Doepke]]. However, in a 2003 article by The Baltimore Sun, McDonald's stated that Maggard was a only lighting stand-in for one commercial shoot in the mid 90s and stated that "he is definitely not Ronald McDonald", as Jack Doepke and [[David Hussey]] actually portrayed the character throughout the time period in which Maggard claimed to have held the role.<ref name="auto"/> In 1998, he was charged with carrying a weapon in New Hanover County, N.C. The following year he was convicted of making harassing telephone calls while posing as Ronald and was ordered to take anger management classes.<ref name="auto"/>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
|-
|rowspan=2| 1989
|''[[Burning Vengeance]]''
|John Dayton
|
|-
|''[[Black Rainbow]]''
|Audience Member
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Nightmare in Columbia County]]''
|Scanlon
|TV
|-
|rowspan=2| 1992
|''[[Wild Card (1992 film)|Wild Card]]''
|Bartender
|TV
|-
|''[[Love Field (film)|Love Field]]''
|Redneck
|
|-
|1994
|''[[One Christmas]]''
|Dixon Hobbs
|TV
|-
|rowspan=3| 1996
|''[[Pure Bliss]]''
|Best Friend
|Short
|-
|''[[Sophie & the Moonhanger]]''
|Andy Palmer
|TV
|-
|''[[Bastard Out of Carolina (film)|Bastard Out of Carolina]]''
|Man at Cafe
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Ruby Bridges (film)|Ruby Bridges]]''
|State Trooper
|TV
|-
| 2013
|''Itsy Bitsy Spiders''
|Doctor
|Short
|-
|2014
|''Ronald''
|Himself
|Documentary
|-
| 2015
|''[[Toy Soldier (film)|Toy Soldier]]''
|Uncle Nick (voice)
|Animated Short
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
|-
|1993–1994
|''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]''
|Orville / Boat Owner
|Episode: "The Diner" (as Orville)<br />Episode: "The Accused" (Boat Owner)
|-
|1996
|''[[American Gothic (1995 TV series)|American Gothic]]''
|Townsperson #1
|Episode: "The Plaque Sower"
|-
|}

==References==
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==Other websites==
* {{imdb name|id=0535931|name=Joe Maggard}}

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[[Category:Actors from Kentucky]]