McLean Stevenson
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).
Acting
TV
M*A*S*H
as Henry Blake
1972
TV
The Golden Girls
as Ted
1985
TV
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
TV
The Love Boat
as Bob Crawford
1977
TV
The Love Boat
as Captain Donahue
1977
TV
The Love Boat
as Michael Borden
1977
Movie
The Cat from Outer Space
as Link
1978
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
TV
That Girl
1966
TV
Tales of the City
as Booter Manigault
1993
TV
Hotel
1982
TV
Love, American Style
as Lt. Miller
1969
TV
The Doris Day Show
as Michael Nicholson
1968
TV
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Movie
The Christian Licorice Store
as Smallwood
1971
TV
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
TV
Tall Tales & Legends
as Andrew Jackson
1985
TV
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
TV
Dirty Dancing
1988
Movie
Class Cruise
as Miles Gimrich
1989
TV
Cher
as Self
1975
Movie
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
as Archive footage
2002
TV
Dinah!
as Self
1974