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

M*A*S*H

as Henry Blake

The Golden Girls

as Ted

Diff'rent Strokes

The Love Boat

as Bob Crawford

The Love Boat

as Captain Donahue

The Love Boat

as Michael Borden

The Cat from Outer Space

as Link

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self - Guest Host

Tales of the City

as Booter Manigault