Neal McDonough. Neal McDonough returned to TV on Desperate Housewives back in 2008, where he played Edie Britt’s husband before he was killed off the show the following year. Neal then went on to star in ABC TV show Scoundrels, but he wasn’t part of the cast for very long since he was later fired from the show for refusing to film any of the love scenes. Neal is a married man with three children and he thought that taking part in such scenes would clash with who he is.