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McLean Stevenson

McLean Stevenson

Birthday: 1927-11-14 | Place of Birth: 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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1979
Hello, Larry

as    Larry Adler

1978
In the Beginning

as    Father Cleary

1978
The Cat from Outer Space

as    Link