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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).
Known For
The Cat from Outer Space
as Link
Davy Crockett
as Andrew Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Minister
Shirts/Skins
as Dr. Benny Summers
The Christian Licorice Store
as Smallwood
Memories of M*A*S*H
as Self / Henry Blake
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
as Archive footage
Win, Place or Steal
as Mr. Hammond
Class Cruise
as Miles Gimrich
