Joseph "Joe" Maggard (born December 8, 1955) is an American actor and former deputy sheriff, 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. 