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Hollywood celebrity shoot 2005

Hollywood Celebrity Shoot

This Year's Honorees

GERALD McRANEY
Biography

Gerald McRaney's popularity and longevity are best demonstrated by the fact that he starred in network television series for 18 consecutive years, all on CBS. He spent eight years as the irrepressible, yet immensely likable private investigator Rick Simon on "Simon and Simon," and he went on to become the nation's favorite U.S. Marine in "Major Dad.”

McRaney was born in Collins, Miss., but lived all over the Magnolia State when growing up. McRaney went out on his first hunt when he was just four years old with his brother, Buddy, and father. His brother took him under his wing and taught him to shoot with a 410 shotgun. He eventually gave him the shotgun, which he later passed on to Buddy’s son, John. It was then given to McRaney’s son Angus who gave it to his cousin Tris, who taught his son (McRaney’s grandson) August to shoot with it. It’s really become a family heirloom and tradition!

He got interested in acting early, when he injured a knee playing football in junior high school and found the only openings left were in the drama club. Encouraged by his performances in school productions, he went on to major in drama at the University of Mississippi. A year later, he dropped out. McRaney worked in the oil fields and eventually found his way back to acting.

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After making some low-budget movies in Louisiana, McRaney moved to Hollywood where he drove a cab to support his family and to finance his acting classes while he looking for acting jobs.

McRaney has managed to avoid the pitfalls of typecasting by paying his dues as a working actor in a myriad of stage productions, TV shows and motion pictures. Over the years, he has excelled in a wide array of characters from farmer to hit man, from vigilante to Vietnam veteran, from old west gunfighter to a southern corrupt sheriff. He has the uncanny ability to realistically assume the persona of the characters he plays. "I like to mix it up and play roles that go totally against type," he explains.

He and his wife live in Los Angeles. McRaney has three children, Jessica, Angus and Katy. He enjoys the outdoors and is an expert camper, hunter and fisherman.

Mission Statement

The Hollywood Celebrity Shoot's purpose through its organization of celebrities from all venues who publicly stand up in support, is to preserve the shooting and hunting traditions of America for our children.

"I just wanted to thank you for teaching me about gun safety during the Kid's Camp," said an eight-year-old boy as he tugged at Hollywood Celebrity Shoot Executive Producer John Laughlin's shirt sleeves during the 2002 event. 'I was at my friends house and because he knew that I was involved in shooting, he thought I might want to see his dad's guns. I told him that if his dad or another adult wasn't there too, it wasn't safe for for us to be around them. That's what I learned at the HCS kids camp."

Laughlin explains, " we don't know if the guns were loaded or empty. What we do know is that one or both of those young lives may been saved that day because of what we teach at the HCS kid's camp."

For three years, the Hollywood Celebrity Shoot has funded educational youth programs with nurturing environments that convey not only the importance of safety and respect in gun handling, but show them the fun and productive ways to enjoy shooting and hunting. Laughlin continues, "We need to embrace and guide our children with information, not fear.

As a non-profit, the Hollywood Celebrity Shoot strengthens our resolve to continue to bring awareness, knowledge and a foundation of firearms responsibility to children 7-14, both on and off the field. "We don't believe that making a child afraid of guns will prevent them from picking one up of curiosity. We do believe that information and hands-on participation have a greater impact on kids than the finger-pointing speeches: "guns are bad" or "don't touch or you'll get in trouble."

The Hollywood Celebrity Shoot conducts free weekend shooting clinics and educational seminars for children ages 7-14 to teach the safe and productive use of firearms. Every Sunday for eight weeks preceding our annual shoot, kids receive personal shooting instruction in addition to seminars on wildlife preservation and management from organizations such as Ducks Unlimited and California Waterfowl to learn about the responsibilities of every shooter and hunter to our environment.

 

Gerald McRaney

From: www.hollywoodcelebrityshoot.net

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