Rod McCary

{{short description|American commercial, film and television actor}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Rod McCary

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|04|15}}

|birth_place = St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.

|occupation = Commercial, film and television actor

|years_active = 1970–present

|alma mater = University of Denver

|spouse = Emily

|children = 1

}}

Rod McCary (born April 15, 1941){{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rod_mccary|title=Rod McCary|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 13, 2021}} is an American commercial,{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TBwyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10|title=McCary Likes Doing His Impersonations|work=The Sumter Daily Item|date=July 17, 1981|access-date=October 13, 2021|via=Google Books}} {{Open access}} film and television actor.

McCary was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota,{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w6YyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA278|title='Harper Valley' not their hometowns|work=Ottawa Citizen|date=October 30, 1981|access-date=October 13, 2021|via=Google Books}} {{Open access}} and attended Cathedral High School. While sidelined from football with a broken collar-bone he decided to appear in a school production of Finian's Rainbow. After spending a year at the University of Denver he transferred to UCLA where he obtained a degree. He then worked as a elementary school teacher and started taking acting jobs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120003961/|title=Reruns help 'Harper Valley' star|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|work=The Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|date=September 23, 1981|access-date=October 13, 2021|page=67|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

McCary starred in the television programs Harper Valley P.T.A., playing the role of "Bobby Taylor", Just Our Luck, playing the role of "Nelson Marriott"{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/539456635/|title='Just Our Luck' May Not Be Lucky|work=The Daily Advertiser|location=Lafayette, Louisiana|date=September 20, 1983|access-date=October 13, 2021|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} and Shell Game, playing the role of "Bill Bower".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/337642659/|title='Shell Game' premieres|work=Rocky Mount Telegram|location=Rocky Mount, North Carolina|page=17|date=January 7, 1987|access-date=October 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

McCary also guest-starred in numerous television programs including Three's Company, It's a Living, Highway to Heaven, Columbo, Fantasy Island, Murder, She Wrote, Mama's Family, Dear John, Parks and Recreation, Family Ties, Growing Pains, The Mod Squad, Alice and Hart to Hart. He also starred and co-starred in films such as Herbie Rides Again, Night of the Demons 2, Stewardess School, Down 'n Dirty, Terror Among Us, Cheaper to Keep Her and 976-Evil II. In 1975, McCary left the soap opera television series General Hospital, with four other actors.{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnIcAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10|title=Pike's Peek|first=Charlie|last=Pike|work=The Dispatch|date=August 8, 1975|access-date=October 13, 2021|via=Google Books}} {{Open access}}

McCary is married to Emily, with whom he has a son Cooper.https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/11605820/Timothy%20Sean-Bowers