Which 1960s McDonald’s character was a police officer in McDonaldland?

Officer Big Mac was the police officer character in McDonaldland.

McDonaldland was a fictional setting used in McDonald’s advertising to connect its mascots into a recognizable world. Officer Big Mac was one of the food-based characters in that cast and was presented with a law-enforcement role.

The character is easy to confuse with Mayor McCheese, who represented civic leadership, or the Hamburglar, whose role centered on stealing hamburgers. Those characters appeared in the same general branding universe but had different identities and functions.

McDonald’s introduced the McDonaldland characters during the 1960s as part of children’s advertising. The campaign helped turn menu items and restaurant imagery into a consistent cast of branded personalities, although the company later reduced its use of many of these characters.