Ford Rainey (August 8, 1908 – July 25, 2005) was an American film, stage and television actor.

Rainey was a familiar face in motion pictures, including his 1949 film debut White Heat, Perfect Strangers, The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen and Two Rode Together with James Stewart. He guest starred on The Adventures of Kit Carson, Bonanza, The Invaders, The Brothers Brannagan (in the 1961 series finale "The Hunter and the Hunted"), Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, and The Untouchables, and he co-starred in the acclaimed television movie My Sweet Charlie. The tall austere, authoritative-looking actor was a natural at playing leaders. He co-starred with Robert Young in the unsuccessful CBS television series Window on Main Street in the 1961-1962 season, having portrayed the role of newspaper editor Lloyd Ramsey. Rainey also appeared as the stepfather of Steve Austin (The Six Million Dollar Man), and adoptive father of Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman) (credit pictured). He also played the role of Dr. Frederick Mixter in the 1981 film Halloween II

Rainey played a general on M*A*S*H, and a judge on both The Waltons and Matlock. He played presidents on Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, and on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Later television appearances, in the 1990s and 2000s, include showing up on ER and recurring roles on Ned and Stacey and The King of Queens. He could also be seen in some commercials in the middle 1970's until 1980's like REACH brand toothbrushes; a Johnson & Johnson product. Also during that time, he was part of Trinity Square Repretory Company in Providence, Rhode Island.