Hugh McRae

Hugh McRae is the main antagonist of Disney's 1972 live action film Run, Cougar, Run. He is a professional cougar hunter who wants to kill Seeta and her family.

He was portrayed by Stuart Whitman.

Role
After McRae had found Seeta's location, he tells Etio that he's gonna have a hunting party with Harry Walker and Barney. Etio tries to warn McRae that Seeta is gonna have kittens, but McRae doesn't listen.

The next day, McRae and Walker bring their hunting dogs to hunt Seeta and they find her and her mate. Seeta and her mate split up and the group chases the Tom. They manage to corner the Tom and shoot his foot with a tranquilizer as he leaps above them. As the Tom is being chased, he ends up at a cliff and tries to make a leap to the other side, but the dart caused him to fall to his death.

A few days later, McRae and his crew find Seeta and they begin chasing her, but the cougar manages to elude them. However, the group returns with a trap and they successfully manage to snare her.

The next day, Etio again warns McRae not to kill Seeta and that she wouldn't harm anyone. McRae doesn't listen and Etio frees her. Walker comes out and tries to shoot her, but misses. McRae and his crew once again chase after her and Seeta ends up at the same cliff where her mate died. Fortunately, the cougar makes a successful jump.