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McLean Stevenson

Acting Born Nov 14, 1927 Normal, Illinois, USA 24 credits

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, MAS*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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Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self - Guest Host
  • The Love Boat (1977) as Bob Crawford
  • The Love Boat (1977) as Captain Donahue
  • The Love Boat (1977) as Michael Borden
  • M*A*S*H (1972) as Henry Blake
  • Love, American Style (1969) as Lt. Miller
  • The Golden Girls (1985) as Ted
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • Hotel (1982) as Harry Gilford
  • That Girl (1966)
  • Dinah! (1974) as Self
  • The Doris Day Show (1968) as Michael Nicholson
  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969) as George Caldwell
  • Donny & Marie (1976) as Self
  • Tall Tales & Legends (1985) as Andrew Jackson
  • Tales of the City (1993) as Booter Manigault
  • Cher (1975) as Self
  • Hello, Larry (1979) as Larry Adler
  • The Sonny and Cher Show (1976)
  • Mathnet (1987) as Mike Pliers
  • Dirty Dancing (1988)
  • The Cat from Outer Space (1978) as Link
  • Diff'rent Strokes (1978)