
Uncle
Voiced by Spider Madison (RDR, UN) John O'Creagh (RDR2, singing) James McBride (RDR2)
Uncle hands out 2 of the 57 story missions, the first By Sweat and Toil and the last A Continual Feast.
Hands out work. Their initial is the marker you ride to.
- Role
- Mission givers
- Voice actor
- Spider Madison (RDR, UN) John O'Creagh (RDR2, singing) James McBride (RDR2)
- Occupation
- Pimp (formerly) Thief (formerly) Outlaw (formerly) Rancher
- Affiliations
- Van der Linde gang (formerly), Marston family
- Also known as
- Uncle, Old Man, One-Shot Kid
Player notes
Uncle is an ageing alcoholic, former outlaw and rancher whose real name is never given. He claims to have once been the "One-Shot Kid", though his stories are often hard to credit. After joining the Van der Linde gang, he contributes little to its work but remains among its camp followers. He introduces Abigail Roberts to the gang and forms a lasting bond with her, John Marston and Jack. When the gang falls apart, Uncle eventually makes his way back to John.
In 1911, Uncle lives with the Marston family at Beecher's Hope after John brings Abigail and Jack home. He avoids hard work where possible, but stays around as John tries to turn the property into a functioning ranch. Uncle gives John work connected with the household and ranch in "A Continual Feast" and "By Sweat and Toil". He remains at Beecher's Hope as John settles into family life and the ranch begins to provide for them.
Government soldiers surround Beecher's Hope while John is away from the house with his family. Uncle takes up a gun and helps John defend the ranch, despite being badly wounded during the fighting. He tells John to get Abigail and Jack clear rather than stay with him. Uncle is killed at Beecher's Hope as the soldiers close in on the ranch.
Trivia
- โWhile riding back to the ranch with the horses in the mission "A Continual Feast", Uncle implies that he once was a rancher who owned his own spread. Uncle's knowledge of farming and ranching is further shown in Red Dead Redemption 2.
- โUncle can be seen with a yellow-brown residue in his beard, implying his drinking/smoking habits. In Red Dead Redemption 2, this residue is absent.
- โIn the mission "Wolves, Dogs and Sons" John suggests that Uncle has some illegitimate children, remarking he is "probably lots of people's father".
- โAfter hearing stories at a campfire, John may sometimes comment that he "knows an old drunk who would love that one", most likely referring to Uncle.
- โMarston can shoot Uncle's hat off; following mission cutscenes that feature him will depict Uncle without a hat.
- โUncle can sometimes be seen smoking at the dinner table in Beecher's Hope at around 8:40 PM.
- โDespite John's accusations of laziness, Uncle can often be seen performing various tasks at Beecher's Hope, such as mending the corn silo's ladder with a hammer and crafting horseshoes outside the barn. In Redemption 2, he is also somewhat productive around the ranch.
- โUncle's corpse cannot be looted after his death scene.
- โThe player can throw dynamite, fire bottles, and throwing knives at Uncle to kill him.
- โEdgar Ross wears an outfit similar to Uncle's in the Stranger side mission "Remember My Family".
- โWhen the player walks by prostitutes as Jack, he may say "Uncle told me about girls like you", or "Uncle warned me about women like you".
- โUncle shares the likeness of his voice and motion capture actor Spider Madison. Madison also portrayed a similar character to Uncle in the 2005 short Lookin' for Some Posse.
- โHis appearance and personality also seem to be based off Wishbone, a supporting character from the television series Rawhide.
- โIn Undead Nightmare, the unidentified yellow stain on his beard has been replaced with blood.
- โUncle is one of the few undead that does not chase the player when alerted. During "Love in the Time of Plague", no matter how far the player runs away from Uncle and Abigail - nor how many shots they fire from their gun - Uncle will only slowly walk towards the player and never give chase to them.
- โThis is assumingly because Uncle is the first undead the player encounters in Undead Nightmare, and as such, his inability to give chase is most likely a developer's choice to help the player on their first confrontation with the undead.
- โIn uncommon circumstances, shooting Uncle non-fatally and letting him get back up will result in him chasing the player like with all other fresh undead.
- โIn the mission "On a Pale Horse", Uncle appears to have not been buried next to John, in contrast to the base game where he was buried a couple of yards away from John.
- โA possible explanation for the absence of Uncle's grave is that the Marston family chose not to bury him in part of his actions, which included attempting to murder John, and infecting Abigail with the undead plague.
- โThe actor cast to play Uncle in Red Dead Redemption 2, John O'Creagh, died during production. He was replaced by James McBride, though O'Creagh's singing lines remain in the game. A location in the game, O'Creagh's Run, was named after the late actor.
- โSpider Madison was unable to reprise his role due to health reasons.
- โUncle seems to have a grudge against British people, complaining about how they have "silly voices" and that they're "stuffed-shirted windbags". He also tells Jack about a time that he beat up several Englishmen in a bar.
- โUncle says that he is ill with "terminal lumbago", despite the fact that lumbago cannot be terminal.
- โUncle uses an iron-plated Schofield Revolver with a brass frame.
- โEarlier in the chapter, during the events of "Polite Society, Valentine Style", he can be seen with a standard Cattleman Revolver.
- โIn the missions "An Honest Mistake" and "That's Murfree Country", Uncle can be seen with a custom Double-Barreled Shotgun that has a blackened steel barrel and reddish varnish on his back.
- โIn 1907, after helping John build his ranch, Uncle can sometimes be seen lazing about in the exact spot where he dies in 1911.
- โUncle can sometimes be found being threatened outside of a Saloon in either Valentine or Blackwater. Intervening will increase the player's Honor.
- โAt camp, Uncle sometimes plays the banjo. In the Epilogue, Uncle will play the banjo at night.
- โUncle can be tracked using Eagle Eye.
- โUncle wears his hat during the story mode. Sometimes in the epilogue, he can be seen without his hat.
- โUncle has the same hat model as Levi Simon. However, the colors are slightly different.
- โUncle's bandana is blue, in contrast with the usual black ones of the other gang members. The only others to not use black bandanas are Dutch and Lenny.
- โOccasionally, Arthur may joke with Uncle about his age, to which Uncle laughs and replies with "I'll outlive you all"; this turns out to be true, due to him being the last member of the gang to die, just before the Marstons.
- โUncle can be found drinking in camp. In the Epilogue, he will only drink when he is watching the chickens or sitting at the campfire at night.
- โUncle has acted as 'lookout' in robberies on more than one occasion. He keeps an eye out for the law during the Rhodes' bank job, and Arthur mentions he was lookout on his last bank job. This could foreshadow his eventual role in spotting the approaching Army in 'The Last Enemy That Shall Be Destroyed', arguably his final redeeming action in helping the Marston family.
- โIn multiplayer mode, Uncle's mouth doesn't move when the player taunts.
- โWhile in the game's story mode depicts Uncle with a single glove on his right hand, his multiplayer model features him wearing two gloves.
Story missions
2 missionsIn story order, numbered as they are on the mission list. Not all of these are missions they hand you; some they only appear in.
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Last verified September 14, 2026


