McLean Stevenson
November 14, 1927 (97 years old) in Normal, Illinois, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 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 · Dirty Dancing as
- 1987 · Mathnet as Mike Pliers
- 1986 · Davy Crockett as Andrew Jackson
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Andrew Jackson
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Ted
- 1983 · Condo as James Kirkridge
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1979 · Hello, Larry as Larry Adler
- 1978 · Diff'rent Strokes as
- 1978 · In the Beginning as Father Cleary
- 1978 · The Cat from Outer Space as Link
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Bob Crawford
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Captain Donahue
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Michael Borden
- 1976 · The McLean Stevenson Show as
- 1976 · The Sonny & Cher Show as
- 1976 · Donny & Marie as Self
- 1975 · Cher as Self
- 1975 · 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
- 1971 · The Christian Licorice Store as Smallwood
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Lt. Miller
- 1969 · The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as George Caldwell
- 1968 · The Doris Day Show as Michael Nicholson
- 1966 · That Girl as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self - Guest Host