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|name = David Ogden Stiers
|image = David Ogden Stiers.jpg
|fullname = David Allen Ogden Stiers
|birthdate = October 31, 1942 
|birthplace = Peoria, Illinois 
|occupation = Actor<br>Voice actor<br>Conductor 
|education = North Eugene High School<br>University of Oregon<br>Juilliard School of Drama 
|parents = Kenneth Truman Stiers<br>Margaret Elizabeth Ogden|religion=|spouse(s)=|children=|website=|deathdate=March 3, 2018 (age 75)|status=Deceased}}

'''David Allen Ogden Stiers'''<ref name="TVGuide">http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-ogden-stiers/bio/146601</ref> (born October 31, 1942 - March 3, 2018)<ref name="NNDB">http://www.nndb.com/people/853/000031760/</ref> (pronounced ''Sty-ers'')<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19780309&id=LfJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4676,2231313</ref> was an American actor, conductor and a voice actor for ''[[Regular Show]]'' who is well known for portraying Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on ''M*A*S*H''.<ref name="NNDB"/><ref name="Behind">http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/David-Ogden-Stiers/</ref><ref name="TVGuide"/>
==Early life==
'''David Allen Ogden Stiers''' was born on October 31, 1942 in Peoria, Illinois, the only child of Kenneth Truman Stiers and Margaret Elizabeth Ogden.<ref name="NNDB"/><ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19780615&id=pPZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4128,4566171</ref> He first attended high school at Urbana, Illinois, where he was a classmate of future reviewer Roger Ebert and co-wrote a science fiction newspaper with Ebert.<ref name="TVGuide"/> He later moved to Eugene, Oregon, attending North Eugene High School, graduating in 1960.<ref name="NNDB"/> He attended college at the University of Oregon before being expelled from the school.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/68305/David-Ogden-Stiers/biography</ref> He then began attending Juilliard School of Drama, where he graduated in 1972, studying theater and acting.<ref name="TVGuide"/><ref name="NNDB"/><ref name="TV.com">http://www.tv.com/people/david-ogden-stiers/biography/</ref>
==Career==
===Broadway and television===
He made his film debut ''Drive, He Said'' in 1971, and voice acted in the film ''THX 1138''.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=dWBfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT215&dq=David+Ogden+Stiers&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cRRMVLjBKor2yQTBvYD4DQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=David Ogden Stiers&f=false</ref><ref name="TV.com"/> Stiers would then act both on television and on Broadway, being on such sitcoms as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Kojak'', ''Charlie's Angels'' and ''Rhoda'' and in such plays as ''The Beggar's Opera'' and ''Ulysses in Nighttown'' for the California Shakespeare.<ref name="TV.com"/><ref name="IBDB">http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=73277</ref> He also was the prologue narrator on the Broadway adaption of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and more recently played General Henry Waverly in the musical Irving Berlin's White Christmas.<ref name="IBDB"/> He later appeared in the television shows ''Ally McBeal'', ''The Practice'', ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'', ''Wings'', ''Matlock'' and ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.<ref>http://www.tvland.com/shows/mash/bios/david-ogden-stiers</ref>
===M*A*S*H* and voiceovers===
Stiers would eventually win the role of Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on ''M*A*S*H'', which would become his breakout role.<ref name="TVGuide"/> For his work in television he then decided to embark on a voiceover career, beginning to work for Disney, providing the voices of such characters as [[w:c:disney:Cogsworth|Cogsworth]] in ''Beauty and the Beast'', Governor Ratcliffe in ''Pocahontas'', [[w:c:disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] in ''Lilo & Stitch'' Mr. Narrator in the Winnie the Pooh media, and Mr. Jolly in ''Teacher's Pet''.<ref name="TV.com"/><ref name="Behind"/> In 2001 he was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production" for voicing Mr. Jolly.<ref>http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=1341&tab=awards</ref> He has also been nominated for three Emmy awards.<ref name="TVGuide"/> His voice acting agency is Vox, Inc.<ref>http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=1341</ref>

Stiers passed away on March 3, 2018 from bladder cancer.

==Voice credits==
===Season 2===
#"[[Dizzy]]" - [[Mr. Maellard]]
#"[[Benson Be Gone]]" - Mr. Maellard

===Season 3===
#"[[Busted Cart]]" - Mr. Maellard

===Season 4===
#"[[The Christmas Special]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[Limousine Lunchtime]]" - Mr. Maellard

===Season 5===
#"[[Guitar of Rock]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[Gold Watch]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[Take the Cake]]" - Mr. Maellard

===Season 6===
#"[[New Bro on Campus]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[Terror Tales of the Park IV]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[Men in Uniform]]" - Mr. Maellard

===Season 7===
#"[[The Lunch Club]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[The Dome Experiment]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[Maellard's Package]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[The Button]]" - Mr. Maellard

===Season 8===
#"[[One Space Day at a Time]]" - Mr. Maellard
#"[[The Ice Tape]]" - Mr. Maellard

==Personal life==
Stiers was openly gay.<ref name="NNDB"/> In a 1997 interview, he was asked if he was gay, but declined the claim: "No, I'm not. But, I believe that we're all the same person differently expressed."<ref name="NNDB"/> However, 12 years later in 2009, he admitted in a later interview he was gay, and elaborating why he did not reveal it earlier: "Yes, I am. Very proud to be so. I enjoy working and even though many have this idealistic belief that the entertainment industry and studios like Walt Disney are gay friendly. For the most part they are, but that doesn't mean for them that business does not come first."<ref name="NNDB"/>

Stiers' political affiliation was Democratic.<ref name="NNDB"/> He also had a scar under his chin from a bicycle accident he was in during his mid-30s.<ref name="TVGuide"/> He was also a conductor for symphony and pop orchestras, working as an associate conductor for such orchestras as the Newport Symphony Orchestra and at the Ernest Bloch Music Festival.<ref name="TVGuide"/><ref name="Free">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FROM+MAJOR+TO+GENERAL+IT'S+A+NEW+RANK,+AND+A+HOMECOMING+OF+SORTS,+FOR...-a0139233822</ref> Stiers also knows how to play the French horn and the piano.<ref>http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/189878/david-ogden-stiers#biographies</ref> He resided in Newport, Oregon.<ref name="Free"/>
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ogden_Stiers Wikipedia article on David Ogden Stiers]
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