McLean Stevenson
Known For
Acting
Born
1927-11-14 in Normal, Illinois, USA
Died
1996-02-15
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).
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
The Love Boat
as Bob Crawford
The Love Boat
as Captain Donahue
The Love Boat
as Michael Borden
M*A*S*H
as Henry Blake
The Golden Girls
as Ted
Hotel
Love, American Style
as Lt. Miller
Dinah!
as Self
That Girl
The Doris Day Show
as Michael Nicholson
Donny & Marie
as Self
Tall Tales & Legends
as Andrew Jackson
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as George Caldwell
Cher
as Self
Tales of the City
as Booter Manigault
Hello, Larry
as Larry Adler
Dirty Dancing
