David Allen Ogden Stiers (/ˈstaɪ.ərz/ STY-ərz; October 31, 1942
â€" March 3, 2018) was an American actor, voice actor, and conductor.
He has appeared in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated
the role of Feldman in The Magic Show, in which he appeared for four
years between 1974 and 1978.In 1977, he was cast as Major Charles
Emerson Winchester, III, M.D., on the television series M*A*S*H, a
role he would portray until the series' conclusion in 1983 and which
earned him two Emmy Award nominations. He appeared prominently in the
1980s in the role of District Attorney Michael Reston in several Perry
Mason television films, and voiced a number of Disney characters
during the 1990s and 2000s, most notably Cogsworth in 1991's Beauty
and the Beast, Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in 1995's Pocahontas,
Kamaji in 2001's Spirited Away and Dr. Jumba Jookiba in 2002's Lilo &
Stitch, its sequel films, and Lilo & Stitch: The Series. He appeared
in television again on the supernatural drama series The Dead Zone as
Reverend Gene Purdy, a role he portrayed from 2002 to 2007.Stiers
continued to contribute voice work for films and television
productions in his later years, narrating M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in
the Water (2006) and having a recurring role on the animated series
Regular Show. Stiers spent his later years as a conductor of the
Newport Symphony Orchestra.Stiers was born at St. Francis Hospital in
Peoria, Illinois, on Halloween 1942, the son of Margaret Elizabeth
(née Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers, and grew up in Peoria Heights
and Chillicothe. He attended Urbana High School as a freshman and
sophomore where one of his classmates was Roger Ebert. Stiers' family
moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from North Eugene High
School and briefly attended the University of Oregon, before enrolling
at the Juilliard School in New York City, from where he graduated in
1972.
â€" March 3, 2018) was an American actor, voice actor, and conductor.
He has appeared in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated
the role of Feldman in The Magic Show, in which he appeared for four
years between 1974 and 1978.In 1977, he was cast as Major Charles
Emerson Winchester, III, M.D., on the television series M*A*S*H, a
role he would portray until the series' conclusion in 1983 and which
earned him two Emmy Award nominations. He appeared prominently in the
1980s in the role of District Attorney Michael Reston in several Perry
Mason television films, and voiced a number of Disney characters
during the 1990s and 2000s, most notably Cogsworth in 1991's Beauty
and the Beast, Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in 1995's Pocahontas,
Kamaji in 2001's Spirited Away and Dr. Jumba Jookiba in 2002's Lilo &
Stitch, its sequel films, and Lilo & Stitch: The Series. He appeared
in television again on the supernatural drama series The Dead Zone as
Reverend Gene Purdy, a role he portrayed from 2002 to 2007.Stiers
continued to contribute voice work for films and television
productions in his later years, narrating M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in
the Water (2006) and having a recurring role on the animated series
Regular Show. Stiers spent his later years as a conductor of the
Newport Symphony Orchestra.Stiers was born at St. Francis Hospital in
Peoria, Illinois, on Halloween 1942, the son of Margaret Elizabeth
(née Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers, and grew up in Peoria Heights
and Chillicothe. He attended Urbana High School as a freshman and
sophomore where one of his classmates was Roger Ebert. Stiers' family
moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from North Eugene High
School and briefly attended the University of Oregon, before enrolling
at the Juilliard School in New York City, from where he graduated in
1972.
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