McLean Stevenson
Acting
Born: 1927-11-14 in Normal, Illinois, USA
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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
The Love Boat
Bob Crawford
The Love Boat
Captain Donahue
The Love Boat
Michael Borden
M*A*S*H
Henry Blake
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Golden Girls
Ted
American Playhouse
Booter Manigault
Love, American Style
Lt. Miller
Hotel
Harry Gilford
Dinah!
Self
That Girl
The Doris Day Show
Michael Nicholson
The Sonny and Cher Show
Donny & Marie
Self
Tall Tales & Legends
Andrew Jackson
Hello, Larry
Larry Adler
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
George Caldwell
Cher
Self
Mathnet
Mike Pliers
Tales of the City
Booter Manigault
Dirty Dancing
The Cat from Outer Space
Link
Diff'rent Strokes
The McLean Stevenson Show
Shirts/Skins
Dr. Benny Summers
In the Beginning
Father Cleary
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Minister
The Christian Licorice Store
Smallwood
Class Cruise
Miles Gimrich
Davy Crockett
Andrew Jackson
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Archive footage
Memories of M*A*S*H
Self / Henry Blake
Win, Place or Steal
Mr. Hammond