Age, Biography, and Wiki
- Age: David Ogden Stiers was born on October 31, 1942, and passed away on March 3, 2018, at the age of 75.
- Biography: Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois, and is best known for his role as Maj. Charles Winchester on the TV series MASH* and his extensive work in voice acting.
- Wiki: For more detailed information about his life and career, visit his Wikipedia page.
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| Date of Birth | 31 October 1942 |
| Age | 82 Years |
| Birth Place | Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
| Country | U.S |
| Date of death | 3 March, 2018 |
| Died Place | Newport, Oregon, U.S. |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Specific details about his height and weight are not widely documented, but he was known for his distinctive voice and acting range.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Stiers came out as gay in 2009, stating that he had feared coming out earlier due to potential career impacts.
After M*A*S*H completed its run in 1983, Stiers made guest appearances on the television shows North and South; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Murder, She Wrote; Matlock; Touched by an Angel; Wings; ALF and Frasier, along with a regular role in the first season of Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place as Mr. Bauer. In 1984, he portrayed United States Olympic Committee founder William Milligan Sloane in the NBC miniseries The First Olympics: Athens 1896 for which he received another Emmy nomination. Beginning in 1985, Stiers made his first of eight appearances in Perry Mason television film as District Attorney Michael Reston. He appeared in two unsuccessful television projects, Love & Money and Justice League of America (as Martian Manhunter). He also played Uncle Teddy Quinn (brother of Dr. Mike's father), a world renowned concert pianist, in Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. In 2002, Stiers started a recurring role as the Reverend Purdy on the successful USA Network series The Dead Zone with Anthony Michael Hall. In 2006, he was cast as the recurring character Oberoth in Stargate Atlantis.
He lent his voice to the direct-to-video Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003) as the Penguin. Stiers did voice work for Solovar in a two-part episode, "The Brave and The Bold" of Justice League and voiced Solovar again in a Justice League Unlimited episode "Dead Reckoning". He voiced Mr. Jolly from Teacher's Pet. He voiced the king and prime minister in the 2004 short film The Cat That Looked at a King. In Hoodwinked (2005), Stiers voiced the role of Nicky Flippers, the frog detective who is dispatched to Granny's house. He voiced Pops's father, Mr. Maellard, in the animated TV series Regular Show, which debuted in 2010. Stiers had voices in several video games, including Icewind Dale, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, as Jeff Zandi in Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, and as Esher in Myst V: End of Ages.
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Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth: At the time of his death, David Ogden Stiers had a net worth of approximately $8 million.
- Salary: Specific salary figures for his roles are not readily available, but his net worth reflects his extensive career in acting and voice acting.
Stiers came out as gay in 2009, telling Oklahoma City blog Gossip Boy that he feared coming out would hurt his career and that "a lot of my income has been derived from voicing Disney and family programming. What they might allow in a more known actor, they prefer not having to deal with in minor players." He said his main reason for coming out was for the sake of a future potential partner: "I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone, and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion with me."
Career, Business, and Investments
- Career Highlights: Stiers appeared in over 160 acting credits, including starring roles in MASH*, North and South, and voicing characters in Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Regular Show in Space.
- Business and Investments: There is no public information on specific business ventures or investments outside of his acting career.
Francis Hospital in Peoria, Illinois, on October 31, 1942, the son of Margaret Elizabeth (née Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers, and grew up in Peoria Heights, Chillicothe, and Urbana, Illinois. His family moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from North Eugene High School, and briefly attended the University of Oregon. Stiers subsequently moved to San Francisco, where he performed with the California Shakespeare Theater, San Francisco Actors Workshop, and the improvisation group The Committee, whose members included Rob Reiner, Howard Hesseman, and Peter Bonerz. In California, he worked for the Santa Clara Shakespeare Festival for seven years. It was while he was performing in California that Stiers was spotted by John Houseman. Houseman invited Stiers to relocate to New York City to study at the Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 1: 1968–1972), from which he graduated in 1972. Following graduation, Stiers was one the founding members of the City Center Acting Company. Stiers appeared in many Acting Company productions including The Three Sisters and The Beggar's Opera.
In 1977, Stiers joined the cast of the CBS sitcom M*A*S*H. As Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, MD, Stiers filled the void created by the departure of actor Larry Linville's Frank Burns character. In contrast to the buffoonish Burns, Winchester was articulate and socially sophisticated, and a highly talented surgeon who presented a very different type of foil to Alan Alda's Hawkeye Pierce and Mike Farrell's B.J. Hunnicutt. Burns usually served as the butt of practical jokes instigated by Pierce or Hunnicutt, was frequently inundated by insults for which he had no comebacks, and was often harshly criticized for his surgical skills. Winchester, however, presented a challenge to his colleagues' displays of irreverence, since his surgical skills could match or even outshine their own, and when it came to pranks and insults, he frequently outmaneuvered his opponent; his patrician manner and aversion to puerile behavior served as the target for his fellow surgeons' barbs and jokes. At times, however, Winchester could align himself with Pierce and Hunnicutt, and the occasional tantrum aside, held considerable admiration for his commanding officer, Harry Morgan's Colonel Sherman T. Potter. For his portrayal of the pompous but emotionally complex Boston aristocrat, Stiers received two Emmy Award nominations.
Social Network
Given his passing in 2018, David Ogden Stiers did not have an active social media presence at the time of his death.
Education
There is limited information available about Stiers' specific educational background, though he was active in theater and music from an early age.
In conclusion, David Ogden Stiers was a talented actor and voice actor whose career spanned decades, leaving a lasting impact in the entertainment industry.
Stiers first appeared in the Broadway production The Magic Show in 1974 in the role of Feldman. Subsequent early credits included roles on the television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Kojak, and Rhoda. Stiers also appeared in the pilot of Charlie's Angels as the team's chief backup. He also appeared as a teacher in the 1977 television film A Circle of Children, about a school for special-needs children.
Stiers traced his love of music back to a performance by George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra on the basketball court at the University of Oregon in the 1950s. During his days at Juilliard, he would skip his acting classes to sit in on master classes led by such notables as John Williams, Pierre Boulez, and Sir Georg Solti.
