McLean Stevenson
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).
Movies 9
The Cat from Outer Space
as Link
1978
The Christian Licorice Store
as Smallwood
1971
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
as Archive footage
2002
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Minister
1971
Win, Place or Steal
as Mr. Hammond
1975
Memories of M*A*S*H
as Self / Henry Blake
1991
Shirts/Skins
as Dr. Benny Summers
1973
Class Cruise
as Miles Gimrich
1989
Davy Crockett
as Andrew Jackson
1986TV Shows 27
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
M*A*S*H
as Henry Blake
1972
The Love Boat
as Bob Crawford
1977
The Love Boat
as Captain Donahue
1977
The Love Boat
as Michael Borden
1977
Love, American Style
as Lt. Miller
1969
The Golden Girls
as Ted
1985
American Playhouse
as Booter Manigault
1982
Hotel
as Harry Gilford
1982
Dinah!
as Self
1974
That Girl
1966
The Doris Day Show
as Michael Nicholson
1968
Hello, Larry
as Larry Adler
1979
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as George Caldwell
1969
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Tall Tales & Legends
as Andrew Jackson
1985
Cher
as Self
1975
Tales of the City
as Booter Manigault
1993
Mathnet
as Mike Pliers
1987
Dirty Dancing
1988
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
In the Beginning
as Father Cleary
1978
The McLean Stevenson Show
1976
Condo
as James Kirkridge
1983