Editing Ronald McDonald (section)

==Actors==
Willard Scott as Ronald McDonald, from the first of three pre-recorded television advertisements to feature Ronald
The original Ronald McDonald as pictured on the United States trademark application filed in 1967
At any given time, there are dozens to hundreds of actors retained by McDonald's to appear as Ronald McDonald in restaurants and events. It is assumed, however, that the company uses only one actor at a time to play the character in national television commercials. Following is a list of primary American Ronald McDonald actors.

*Willard Scott (Washington, D.C. 1963–1965)
*Bev Bergeron (Southern California, 1966–1968)
*George Voorhis (Southern California, 1968–1970)
*Michael Polakovs (1965–1968)
*Ray Rayner (1968–1969)
*Viv Weekes (1968–1970) (local)
*Bob Brandon (1970–1975) (local)
*King Moody (1969–1985)
*Squire Fridell (1985–1991)
*Jack Doepke (1991–1999)
*David Hussey (2000–2014)
*Brad Lennon (2014–present)

Various forms of the name "Ronald McDonald" as well as costume clown face persona, etc. are registered trademarks of McDonald's. McDonald's trains performers to portray Ronald using identical mannerisms and costume, to contribute to the illusion that they are one character. McDonald's marketing designers and stylists changed elements of the Ronald McDonald character, persona, style, costume and clown face when they adopted the clown as a trademark.

===Joe Maggard claim===
An actor named Joe Maggard claimed to have performed as Ronald McDonald from 1995 to 2007, though these dates overlap with the portrayals by Jack Doepke and David Hussey. In a 2003 article by The Baltimore Sun, a spokesperson for McDonald's said that Mr. Maggard was simply a stand-in for Ronald for one commercial shoot in the mid-1990s, and stated that "he is definitely not Ronald McDonald."