McLean Stevenson
Acting
1927-11-14 · 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).
Filmography
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
2002 · Movie
Tales of the City
1993 · Series
Memories of M*A*S*H
1991 · Movie
Class Cruise
1989 · Movie
Dirty Dancing
1988 · Series
Mathnet
1987 · Series
Davy Crockett
1986 · Movie
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · Series
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
Condo
1983 · Series
Hotel
1982 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Hello, Larry
1979 · Series
Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · Series
In the Beginning
1978 · Series
The Cat from Outer Space
1978 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
The McLean Stevenson Show
1976 · Series
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976 · Series
Donny & Marie
1976 · Series
Cher
1975 · Series
Win, Place or Steal
1975 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Shirts/Skins
1973 · Movie
M*A*S*H
1972 · Series
The Christian Licorice Store
1971 · Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969 · Series
The Doris Day Show
1968 · Series
That Girl
1966 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series