MCLEAN STEVENSON

Updated 04-May-2020.

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McLean Stevenson (1929-1996) – Auteur – Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France: Toutes les informations de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France sur : McLean Stevenson (1929-1996)

McLean Stevenson – IMDb: McLean Stevenson, Actor: M*A*S*H. 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. …

LIFE AFTER M*A*S*H McLean Stevenson reflects on his roller-coaster career 15 years since leaving hit series: Remember “In the Beginning”?

MCLEAN STEVENSON, HENRY BLAKE ON ‘M*A*S*H’: McLean Stevenson, best remembered for his role as the laconic, reluctant commanding officer and chief surgeon of CBS television’s M*A*S*H in its early years, has died. He was 66.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr. is best known for his role as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake in the television series M*A*S*H . he also appeared on a number of television series, notably the Stevenson was the brother of actress Ann Whitney . his father, Edgar, was a cardiologist . their shared middle name, “McLean,” came from Edgar Sr.’s mother, Lottie he worked as a press secretary for his cousin in the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956 . he formed the “Young Democrats for Stevenson” Stevenson auditioned and won a scholarship to the amda . he made his professional career debut in the music man in 1962 . before becoming a star he appeared on stage, in television commercials he was a regular on the 1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour variety show on CBS . he also appeared in TV commercials for products such as Kellogg’s and Libby’s fruit cocktail . his Stevenson found his greatest success in M*A*S*H . the series quickly became one of the most popular situation comedies of its time . he asked to be released from his contract during the show’s third season in 1981, he became a regular panelist on the daily syndicated version of Match Game . he would make occasional appearances on the subsequent Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour in 1983 and 1984 . four sitcoms aired while M*A*S*H was still in production . they included The McLean Stevenson Show (1976–77), In the Beginning (1978), Hello, Larry (1979–80) “nobody cares about McLean Stevenson,” says tv personality . critics wrote he had “worn out his television welcome” and another created a joke . “i made the mistake of believing that Stevenson admits his problem was finding something of the caliber of M*A*S*H . “i’ve never been able to work with a group that’s as talented or scripts that are as good Stevenson died one day before actor Roger Bowen, who portrayed Lt. Colonel Henry Blake in the 1970 movie MASH and also died from a heart attack . he is interred in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills