McLean Stevenson
Born: 1927-11-14 in Normal, Illinois, USA
Died: 1996-02-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
McLean Stevenson began in show business at age 31. During the 1960s, he worked in night clubs and comedy cabarets, did summer stock theater and some television before moving to Hollywood, where he worked as a comedy writer for Tom Smothers. He eventually began acting in sketches. Mr. Stevenson is best known as the fumbling commanding officer, Lt. Colonel Henry Blake, on the CBS television series, M*A*S*H (1972). Over a period of thirty years, he also appeared on a number of television series and was a regular guest star on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) and the game show, The Hollywood Squares (1965).
Filmography
2002
- M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion as Archive footage
1993
- Tales of the City as Booter Manigault
1991
- Memories of M*A*S*H as Self / Henry Blake
1989
- Class Cruise as Miles Gimrich
1988
1987
- Mathnet as Mike Pliers
1986
- Davy Crockett as Andrew Jackson
1985
- The Golden Girls as Ted
- Tall Tales & Legends as Andrew Jackson
1983
- Condo as James Kirkridge
1982
1979
- Hello, Larry as Larry Adler
1978
- The Cat from Outer Space as Link
- Diff'rent Strokes
- In the Beginning as Father Cleary
1977
- The Love Boat as Bob Crawford
1975
- Cher as Self
- Win, Place or Steal as Mr. Hammond
1974
- Dinah! as Self
1973
- Shirts/Skins as Dr. Benny Summers
1972
- M*A*S*H as Henry Blake
1971
- Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones as Minister
- The Christian Licorice Store as Smallwood
1969
- Love, American Style as Lt. Miller
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as George Caldwell
1968
- The Doris Day Show as Michael Nicholson