Ronald Alan Masak (July 1, 1936 – October 20, 2022) was an American actor. He began as a stage performer, and much of his work was in theater until he transitioned to film and television, where he became a familiar character actor. From 1988 to 1996, Masak played the recurring role Sheriff Mort Metzger in the CBS mystery series Murder, She Wrote starring Angela Lansbury, who predeceased him by only 9 days.