David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers (October 31, 1942 – March 3, 2018) was an American actor, voice actor, and musician, noted for his roles in Disney animated films, the television series M*A*S*H as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III and the supernatural fiction drama The Dead Zone as Reverend Gene Purdy. He was also known for the role of District Attorney Michael Reston in several Perry Mason TV movies.
==Early life and education==
Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Margaret Elizabeth (née Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers. He attended Urbana High School at the same time as film critic Roger Ebert. He moved to Eugene, Oregon where he graduated from North Eugene High School and briefly attended the University of Oregon. He later moved to San Francisco, where he performed with the California Shakespeare Theater, San Francisco Actors Workshop, and the improv group The Committee, whose members included Rob Reiner, Howard Hesseman and Peter Bonerz. Stiers studied at the Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 1: 1968–1972). During his studies, Stiers was mentored by actor John Houseman and would later join his City Center Acting Company.
==Career==
===Early acting credits===
Stiers first appeared in the Broadway production The Magic Show in 1974 in the minor role of Feldman. Subsequent early credits include The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Kojak, and Rhoda. Stiers also appeared in the pilot of Charlie's Angels as the team's chief back-up.
===M*A*S*H (1977–1983)===
In 1977, Stiers joined the cast of the CBS-TV sitcom M*A*S*H. As Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, Stiers filled the void created by the departure of actor Larry Linville's Frank Burns character. In contrast to the buffoonish Burns, Winchester was a well-spoken and talented surgeon who presented a 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, and his surgical skills were often harshly criticized. Winchester, however, presented a challenge to his colleagues' displays of irreverence because his surgical skills could match or even outshine theirs; his aristocratic 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 held considerable admiration for his commanding officer, Col. Sherman T. Potter. For his portrayal of the pompous but nonetheless multifaceted Boston aristocrat, Stiers received two Emmy Award nominations.
===Other television work===
After M*A*S*H completed its run in 1983, Stiers expanded his work on television with regular guest appearances on North and South; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Murder, She Wrote; Matlock; Touched by an Angel; Wings; and Frasier, along with a recurring role in Season 1 of Two Guys and a Girl as Mr. Bauer. In 1984, he portrayed United States Olympic Committee founder, William Milligan Sloane in the NBC miniseries, The First Olympics: Athens 1896. Beginning in 1985, Stiers made his first of eight appearances in Perry Mason made-for-TV movies as District Attorney Michael Reston. He had guest appearances on ALF and Matlock. He appeared in two unsuccessful television projects, Love & Money and Justice League of America (as the Martian Manhunter). 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.
===Vocal work===
Stiers has provided voice work for dozens of film and television projects. His first work was on one of George Lucas' earliest films, the critically acclaimed THX 1138, in which he was incorrectly billed as "David Ogden Steers". Stiers has voiced PBS documentary films such as Ric Burns' project New York: A Documentary Film, 2010 Peabody Award winner The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today and several episodes of the documentary television series The American Experience, including Ansel Adams (2002), also directed by Ric Burns. In 1992, he voiced Mr. Piccolo in the animated English-dubbed version of Porco Rosso. He collaborated with Disney on eight animated features, including 1991's Beauty and the Beast (as Cogsworth, also opening narration), 1995's Pocahontas (as Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins), 1996's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (as the Archdeacon), 2001's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (as Mr. Harcourt), and 2002's Lilo & Stitch (as Jumba Jookiba). 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" in Justice League and voiced Solovar again in a Justice League Unlimited episode "Dead Reckoning". He voiced characters in two of Disney's animated TV series: Gryzlikoff from Darkwing Duck, and 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), the animated movie partly based on Little Red Riding Hood, Stiers voiced the role of Nicky Flippers, the frog detective who is dispatched to Granny's house. He voiced Pop'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.
===Music===
Stiers is the associate conductor for the Newport (Oregon) Symphony Orchestra and the Ernest Bloch Music Festival. He has guest conducted over 70 orchestras around the world, including the Oregon Mozart Players, the Vancouver Symphony, the Oregon Chamber Players, the Yaquina (Oregon) Chamber Orchestra, as well as orchestras in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto.
==Death==
Stiers died on March 3, 2018 at his home in Newport, Oregon at the age of 75 from bladder cancer.
==Filmography==
Genre 	Year 	Title 	Episodes 	Role 	Notes
Film 	1971 	Drive, He Said 	 	Pro Owner 	
Film 	1971 	THX 1138 	 	Announcer 	voice actor
TV series 	1975 	Kojak 	"Money Back Guarantee" 	Bryan LeBlanc / Mr. Roberts 	1 episode
TV series 	1976 	Charlie's Angels 	"Charlie's Angels" (Pilot) 	Scott Woodville 	1 episode
TV series 	1976 	Doc 	"A Little Night Visitor""And Stanley Makes Three""Carry on Nurse, Please""Come Scrub with Me""EKG and Vote for Me""Mama Doc""The Westside Clinic and Deli"	Stanley Moss 	7 episodes
TV series 	1976 	The Mary Tyler Moore Show 	"Look at Us, We're Walking" 	Mel Price 	3 episodes total
TV series 	1976 	Phyllis 	"The Wrong Box" 	Mr. Raymond 	1 episode
TV series 	1976 	Rhoda 	"If You Want to Shoot the Rapids, You Have to Get Wet" 	George 	2 episodes total
Film 	1977 	Oh, God! 	 	Mr. McCarthy, District Produce Manager	
TV series 	1977 	This Is the Life 	"Undertow" 	Harry 	1 episode
TV series 	1977 	The Mary Tyler Moore Show 	"The Critic" "The Ted and Georgette Show" 	Mel Price 	3 episodes total
TV series 	1977 	Rhoda 	"Nose Job" 	Dr. Curt Dreiser 	2 episodes total
TV series 	1977 	The Tony Randall Show 	"Case: The People Speak" 	Cleaver 	1 episode
TV series 	1977–1983	M*A*S*H 	 	Major Charles Emerson Winchester III 	131 episodes total
Film 	1978 	The Cheap Detective 	 	Captain 	
Film 	1978 	Magic 	 	Todson 	
TV series 	1978 	The Paper Chase 	"An Act of Desperation" 	Woodrow Tullis 	1 episode
TV film 	1979 	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 	 	Howard Freed 	
TV series 	1981 	CBS Afternoon Playhouse 	"Me and Mr. Stenner" 	Peter Stenner 	1 episode
Film 	1981 	Harry's War 	 	Ernie 	
TV series 	1983 	American Playhouse 	"The Innocents Abroad" 	Doc 	based on the travel book by Mark Twain
TV miniseries 	1984 	The First Olympics: Athens 1896 	 	William Milligan Sloane 	
TV film 	1985 	The Bad Seed 	 	Emory Breedlove 	
Film 	1985 	Better Off Dead... 	 	Al Meyer 	
Film 	1985 	Creator 	 	Dr. Sid Kullenbeck 	
Film 	1985 	The Man with One Red Shoe 	 	The Conductor 	
TV miniseries 	1985 	North and South 	 	Congressman Sam Greene 	6 episodes
TV film 	1986 	Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry 	 	Horton Delafield 	
TV series 	1986 	Murder, She Wrote 	"Corned Beef and Carnage" 	Aubrey Thornton 	3 episodes total
TV miniseries 	1986 	North and South, Book II 	 	Congressman Sam Greene 	6 episodes
TV film 	1987 	The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory 	 	Colonel Black 	
TV film 	1987 	J. Edgar Hoover 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt 	
TV series 	1987 	Matlock 	"Blind Justice" 	Arthur Hampton 	3 episodes total
TV film 	1987 	Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love 	 	D.A. Michael Reston 	
TV film 	1987 	Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam 	 	D.A. Michael Reston 	
TV film 	1987 	Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun 	 	D.A. Michael Reston 	
TV film 	1987 	Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel 	 	D.A. Michael Reston 	
TV film 	1987 	Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star 	 	D.A. Michael Reston 	
TV film 	1987 	Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit 	 	D.A. Michael Reston 	
Film 	1988 	The Accidental Tourist 	 	Porter Leary 	
TV series 	1988 	ALF 	"Turkey in the Straw: Part 1" "Turkey in the Straw: Part 2" 	Flakey Pete 	2 episodes
Film 	1988 	Another Woman 	 	Young Marion's Father 	
TV series 	1988 	Matlock 	"The Ambassador: Part 1" "The Ambassador: Part 2" 	Thomas Baldwin 	3 episodes total
TV film 	1988 	Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace 	 	D.A. Michael Reston 	
TV film 	1988 	Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake 	 	D.A. Michael Reston 	
TV film 	1989 	Day One 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt 	
TV film 	1989 	The Final Days 	 	Alexander Haig 	
TV series 	1989 	The Ray Bradbury Theater 	"The Pedestrian" 	Leonard Mead 	1 episode
TV series 	1990 	CBS Schoolbreak Special 	"American Eyes" 	Jack Henderson 	1 episode
TV series 	1990 	Married People 	"Term Paper" 	Dr. Cashin 	1 episode
TV series 	1990 	Wings 	"A Little Nightmare Music" 	Edward Tinsdale 	1 episode
Animated film 	1991 	Beauty and the Beast 	 	Cogsworth / Narrator 	voice actor
Film 	1991 	Doc Hollywood 	 	Mayor Nick Nicholson 	
Film 	1991 	Shadows and Fog 	 	Hacker 	
TV series 	1991 	Star Trek: The Next Generation 	"Half a Life" 	Timicin 	1 episode
TV film 	1991 	Wife, Mother, Murderer 	 	John Homan 	
Film 	1992 	The Last of His Tribe 	 	Dr. Saxton Pope 	
Animated film 	1992 	Porco Rosso 	 	Grandpa Piccolo 	voice actor; English version
TV series 	1993 	Jack's Place 	"Forever and Ever" 	Flower Man 	1 episode
TV series 	1994 	he Boys Are Back 	"A Tree Dies in Portland" 	George Spivack 	1 episode
Film 	1994 	Iron Will 	 	J.W. Harper 	
TV series 	1994 	Murder, She Wrote 	"An Egg to Die For" 	Sergei Nemiroff 	3 episodes total
TV film 	1994 	Past Tense 	 	Dr. Bert James 	
Film 	1995 	Bad Company 	 	Judge Beach 	
Film 	1995 	Mighty Aphrodite 	 	Laius 	
Film 	1995 	Napoleon 	 	Koala / Owl 	voice actor
Animated film 	1995 	Pocahontas 	 	Governor Ratcliffe / Wiggins 	voice actor
Film 	1995 	Steal Big Steal Little 	 	Judge Winton Myers 	
TV documentary series 	1995–2011	American Experience 	 	Narrator 	voice actor; 32 episodes
TV series 	1996 	Cybill 	"Educating Zoey" 	Val 	1 episode
Film 	1996 	Everyone Says I Love You 	 	Holden's Parent 	
Animated film 	1996 	The Hunchback of Notre Dame 	 	Archdeacon 	voice actor
TV series 	1996 	Murder, She Wrote 	"Death by Demographics" 	Howard Deems 	3 episodes total
TV series 	1996 	Poltergeist: The Legacy 	"The Twelfth Cave" 	Randolph Hitchcock 	1 episode
TV film 	1996 	To Face Her Past 	 	Ken Bradfield 	
Animated film 	1997 	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas 	 	Cogsworth 	voice actor; direct-to-video
TV series 	1997 	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 	"Farewell Appearance" 	Theodore Quinn 	1 episode
TV film 	1997 	Justice League of America 	 	J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter 	
Film 	1997 	Jungle 2 Jungle 	 	Alexei Jovanovic 	
Film 	1997 	Meet Wally Sparks 	 	Governor Floyd Preston 	
Animated TV series 	1998 	101 Dalmatians: The Series 	"Out to Launch/Prophet and Loss" 	VLAD 	voice actor
TV series 	1998 	Ally McBeal 	"They Eat Horses, Don't They?" 	Judge Andrew Peters 	1 episode
Animated film 	1998 	Belle's Magical World 	 	Cogsworth 	voice actor; direct-to-video
Film 	1998 	Krippendorf's Tribe 	 	Henry Spivey 	
Animated film 	1998 	Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 	 	Governor Ratcliffe/Duke of Buckingham 	voice actor; direct-to-video
TV series 	1998 	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place 	 	Mr. Bauer 	13 episodes
Animated TV series 	1999 	The Angry Beavers 	"Kreature Komforts/Oh, Brother?" 	Byron Beaver 	voice actor
Animated film 	1999 	My Neighbors the Yamadas 	 	Narrator 	voice actor; English version
TV series 	1999 	The Outer Limits 	"The Shroud" 	Reverend Dr. Thomas Tilford 	1 episode
TV series 	1999 	The Practice 	"Infected" 	Judge Hollings 	1 episode
TV series 	1999–2000	Love & Money 	 	Nicholas Conklin 	13 episodes
TV series 	2000 	Bull 	"How Green Is Your Mail?" "Who's Afraid of Chairman Al" "Monday, Bloody Monday" "White Knight" 	Gardner Blackstone 	4 episodes
TV series 	2000 	The Trouble With Normal 	"Say Cheese" 	Mr. Harrington 	1 episode
Animated TV series 	2000 	The Wild Thornberrys 	"Luck Be an Aye-Aye" 	Karroo 	voice actor; 1 episode
Animated TV series 	2000–2002	Teacher's Pet 	 	Mr. Jolly / Narrator / Congressman 	voice actor; 13 episodes
Film 	2001 	Tomcats 	 	Dr. Crawford 	
Animated film 	2001 	Atlantis: The Lost Empire 	 	Fenton Q. Harcourt 	voice actor
Film 	2001 	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 	 	Voltan 	
Film 	2001 	The Majestic 	 	Doc Stanton 	
Animated film 	2001 	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse	 	Cogsworth 	voice actor; direct-to-video
TV film 	2001 	Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man 	 	Stanford Thornton 	Murder, She Wrote TV series
Animated film 	2001 	Spirited Away 	 	Kamajii 	voice actor; English version
Animated TV series 	2001–2002	Disney's House of Mouse 	"Thanks to Minnie" "Mickey and Minnie's Big Vacation" "Donald and the Aracuan Bird" 	Cogsworth 	voice actor; 3 episodes
TV series 	2002 	Arli$$ 	"It's All in the Game" 	Eli 	1 episode
Animated TV series 	2002 	Justice League 	"The Brave and the Bold" "The Brave and the Bold: Part II" 	Solovar / Car Owner 	voice actor; 3 episodes total
Animated film 	2002 	Lilo & Stitch 	 	Dr. Jumba Jookiba 	voice actor
TV series 	2002–2007	The Dead Zone 	 	Reverend Eugene 'Gene' Purdy 	40 episodes
Animated film 	2003 	Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman 	 	Penguin 	voice actor; direct-to-video
TV series 	2003 	Frasier 	"Fathers and Sons" 	Dr. Leland Barton 	1 episode
Animated film 	2003 	Stitch! The Movie 	 	Dr. Jumba Jookiba 	voice actor; direct-to-video
TV series 	2003 	Touched by an Angel 	"I Will Walk with You: Part 1" "I Will Walk with You: Part 2" 	Jones 	2 episodes
Animated TV series 	2003–2006	Lilo & Stitch: The Series 	 	Dr. Jumba Jookiba 	66 episodes
TV film 	2004 	Cable Beach 	 	Doc McWhirter 	
Live-action/animated short film	2004 	The Cat That Looked at a King 	 	The King / The Prime Minister 	voice actor
Animated film 	2004 	Springtime with Roo 	 	Narrator 	voice actor; direct-to-video
Animated TV series 	2004 	Static Shock 	"Hoop Squad" 	Dr. Odium 	voice actor
Animated film 	2004 	Teacher's Pet 	 	Mr. Jolly 	voice actor
Animated TV series 	2005 	American Dragon: Jake Long 	"The Talented Mr. Long" 	Narrator / Crew Man 	voice actor
Animated film 	2005 	Hoodwinked! 	 	Nicky Flippers 	voice actor
Animated film 	2005 	Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 	 	Dr. Jumba Jookiba 	voice actor; direct-to-video
TV documentary series 	2005 	Nova 	"A Daring Flight" 	Narrator 	voice actor
Animated short video 	2005 	The Origin of Stitch 	 	Dr. Jumba Jookiba 	voice actor; 4:35 minutes uncredited
Animated film 	2005 	Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie 	 	Narrator 	voice actor; direct-to-video
Animated TV series 	2006 	Justice League 	"Dead Reckoning" 	Solovar 	voice actor; 3 episodes total
Film 	2006 	Lady in the Water 	 	Narrator 	uncredited
Animated film 	2006 	Leroy & Stitch 	 	Dr. Jumba Jookiba 	voice actor; direct-to-video
TV series 	2006 	Stargate Atlantis 	"Progeny" 	Oberoth 	3 episodes total
TV series 	2006 	Worst Week of My Life 	"Pilot" 	Jenson 	1 episode; American TV series
TV series 	2007 	Stargate Atlantis 	"First Strike" "Lifeline" 	Oberoth 	3 episodes total
TV documentary series 	2007 	The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman 	 	Narrator 	
TV film 	2008 	Together Again for the First Time 	 	Max Frobisher 	
TV series 	2010 	Dino Dan 	 	Wandering Oaken 	
TV series 	2011 	Leverage 	"The Lonely Hearts Job" 	Walt Whitman Wellesley IV 	1 episode
Animated TV series 	2011–2016	Regular Show 	18 episodes total 	Mr. Maellard 	voice actor; recurring role, 18 episodes to date
Feature Film 	2015 	Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time 	 	The Admiral 	actor;
==External links==
* David Ogden Stiers on Wikipedia 
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