Which McDonald’s character was a mayor wearing a cheeseburger-shaped head?

Mayor McCheese was the McDonald’s character with a cheeseburger-shaped head.

Mayor McCheese appeared as the mayor of McDonaldland, the fictional setting used in McDonald’s advertising during the 1970s and later years. His most distinctive visual feature was a large cheeseburger for a head, paired with formal mayoral clothing.

The character helped McDonald’s turn its advertising into a recurring story world rather than a series of unrelated commercials. Ronald McDonald, Grimace, the Hamburglar, and other characters could appear together in this setting.

Mayor McCheese is sometimes confused with Officer Big Mac because both were civic figures in McDonaldland and both used hamburger imagery. Mayor McCheese was the mayor, while Officer Big Mac served as a police officer. Their names and roles were deliberately built around McDonald’s menu items.