McLean Stevenson

McLean Stevenson

Acting
Born 1927-11-14 Normal, Illinois, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.8
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...
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Biography

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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).

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The Golden Girls poster
The Golden Girls
as Ted
1985-09-14
Hotel poster
Hotel
as Harry Gilford
1982-08-21
Hello, Larry poster
Hello, Larry
as Larry Adler
1979-01-26
The Love Boat poster
The Love Boat
as Bob Crawford
1977-09-24
Donny & Marie poster
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976-01-23
Dinah! poster
Dinah!
as Self
1974-10-21
Love, American Style poster
Love, American Style
as Lt. Miller
1969-09-29

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