Ronald McDonald
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ronald, Donald McDonald, Donarudo Makudonarudo
clown mascot of McDonald's restaurant chain
Key facts
- First appearance
- 1963 ; 63 years ago ( 1963 )
- Portrayed by
- Willard Scott (1963–1965), Michael Polakovs (1965–1968), Ray Rayner (1968–1969), King Moody (1969–1985), Squire Fridell (1985–1991), Jack Doepke (1991–1999), David Hussey (2000–2014), Brad Lennon (2014–)
- Voiced by
- Squire Fridell ( Ronald McDonald and the Adventure Machine , The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island ), Jack Doepke ( The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald ; ep. 1–3), David Hussey ( The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald ; ep. 4–6, McKids Adventures: Get Up and Go with Ronald )
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Clown mascot for the McDonald's fast food chain
- Home
- McDonaldland
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Donald
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- clown
- Creator
- Willard Scott
- Image
- MG 8571 (19492588742) (cropped).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Ronald McDonald
- from narrative universe
- McDonaldland
- advertises
- McDonald's
- present in work
- The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald
- native label
- Ronald McDonald
- hashtag
- ronald_mcdonald
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Ronald McDonald is a clown character used as the primary mascot of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain. He inhabits the fictional world of McDonaldland, with his friends Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird, and The Fry Kids.
Many people work full-time making appearances as Ronald, visiting children in hospitals and attending regular events. At the character's height, there may have been as many as 300 full-time Ronald McDonalds at McDonald's restaurants. There are also Ronald McDonald Houses, where parents can stay overnight with their sick children in nearby chronic care facilities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ronald McDonald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.