Personal Life
He married actress Delta Burke, whom he met during her guest appearance on a Simon & Simon episode two years earlier, on May 28, 1989. She is his third wife. He also appeared on "Designing Women" as Dash Goff (who was named after a real person from Fayetteville, Arkansas, whom Delta Burke's fellow castmate, Annie Potts, had met while filming, "Pass the Ammo" on location).
He has played a Marine Corps veteran on Simon & Simon and a Marine Corps officer on Major Dad, and has always been very supportive of veterans and soldiers, though he is not a veteran himself. He made many visits to support the soldiers in Operation Desert Storm. During one USO-sponsored trip, McRaney visited sailors and Marines onboard ships ported in Toulon, France on Thanksgiving of 1993. He signed autographs for the men on board the ships. While on board the USS Ashland, he autographed one sailor's cowboy hat. He visited troops during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia in 1993.
Politically he is a conservative Republican. and a member of the National Rifle Association.
In September 2004, McRaney was treated surgically, and apparently wholly successfully, for lung cancer in Houston, Texas.
In 2010 he was the host of a cable series on Spike TV encouraging viewers "Don't be a Victim" titled: "Practical Tactical", "What If", "Because Lives Depend on it", and "Concealed Carry School". One episode highlighted an instance where his lifelong friend and Simon & Simon costar Jameson Parker was shot twice.
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