
Normal, Illinois, USA
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).

as Bob Crawford

as Self
1962

as Henry Blake
1972

as Bob Crawford
1977

as Lt. Miller
1969

as Ted
1985

as Self
1962

as Harry Gilford
1982

1966

as Self
1974

as Michael Nicholson
1968

as Self
1976

as Andrew Jackson
1985
as Miles Gimrich
1989

as Archive footage
2002

as Self / Henry Blake
1991

as Miles Gimrich
1989

as Andrew Jackson
1986

as Link
1978

as Mr. Hammond
1975

as Dr. Benny Summers
1973

as Smallwood
1971

as Minister
1971
as Bob Crawford
2 ep.

as Self
14 episodes

as Henry Blake
72 episodes

as Bob Crawford
2 episodes

as Lt. Miller
1 episodes

as Ted
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Harry Gilford
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Self
2 episodes

as Michael Nicholson
80 episodes

as Self
3 episodes

as Andrew Jackson
1 episodes

as George Caldwell
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Booter Manigault
1 episodes

as Larry Adler
38 episodes

as Mike Pliers
1 episodes

2 episodes

12 episodes
as James Kirkridge
13 episodes
13 episodes

as Father Cleary
9 episodes
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