Know Your “That Guy”: M.C. Gainey
M.C. Gainey
Born: January 18, 1948
Number of Roles: 134
Best Known for Playing: Country Fried Villains
First Appearance: Young Policeman in Pennies From Heaven (1981)
Most Recent Appearance: Pete on The Mentalist (Cackle-Bladder Blood) (2010)
Notable Roles:
- Tom “Mr. Friendly” on Lost
- Swamp Thing in Con Air
- Sheriff Griffin Conroy on Happy Town
- Bo Crowder on Justified
- Jacob Orr on Burn Notice
- Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard
- Earl in Breakdown
- Big Smith on Briscoe County Jr.
- Lewis in The Mighty Ducks
- Hank in Club Dread
- Major Flower in Meet the Deedles
Fun Facts:
- M.C. stands for Mike Connor
- Stands 6’2.5″ and usually has a mustache or beard
- Appeared in Apocalypse Oz, a movie whose dialogue was taken completely from both The Wizard of Oz and Apocalypse Now.
I’m like the J. Jonah Jameson of Everything Action, writing and editing and constantly demanding pictures of Spider-Man.
