David Ogden Stiers is DEAD TO ME!

Sad. But what did he do besides MASH?

A lot of voiceover work. Most notably, he was Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast.

He was in [italic]the Accidental Tourist[/italic].

He quaffed of the peen, didn't he?

And "Better Off Dead"

I've never seen M*A*S*H, but I loved Cogsworth. He also played a gay character on Frasier once. RIP.

Yeah, he came out publicly a few years ago, IIRC. But it's not on his Wikipedia page for some reason.

He had bladder cancer.

He was 35 when he started on MASH. To me as a kid he looked like he was 50.

That's also just how things were back then.

He was also the Townsend Company lawyer, Scott Woodville, on the infamous pilot episode of Charlie's Angels on the television box. I remember he had a take charge attitude, but he was sadly never soon or heard from again when the pilot eventually went to series.

I think he was also in a few Woody Allen movies too but not 100% sure.

The pilot for Charlie's Angels was in a TV movie format of 2 hours. Apparently they thought one male co-worker was enough for the Angels and opted to just keep David Doyle on as Bosley. Probably a good idea as Doyle had great chemistry with the whole cast.

I thought he was already dead

He was but he died again.

RIP.

Very good actor. RIP.

In 2000 he played the role originally created by Maurice Evans in the mostly forgotten Bock and Harnick musical Tenderloin at Encores. Silly show with a lovely score.

He was very talented, and not just at acting. He was also the resident conductor of the Newport Symphony and had guest conducted for more than 70 orchestras across the world.

I wonder if it's too late to include him in the Oscar's In Memoriam tomorrow evening?

"In 2000 he played the role originally created by Maurice Evans in the mostly forgotten Bock and Harnick musical Tenderloin at Encores."

Was Maurice Evans a 'mo, too?

Link please r13, because at the Data Lounge, we never assume anything. We are an informed slice of society.

I loved Winchester.

He irritated me as a child but to be honest, I identify with him now as an older ghey.

His subplot in the maudlin MASH finale is the best part.

I like Winchester better than Frank Burns. Do not @ me.

Oh gawd yes, Winchester > Frank, definitely.

Frank and Margaret were fun for a time but it got old quick.

Winchester had layers. Burns was a cretin.

Aw, RIP.

Enjoyed his performance as a young John Houseman in “Another Woman”. RIP.

STYLE.....

[quote]ghey.

How ridiculous. FF’d. It’s gay.

[quote] Winchester had layers.

Yes.

Far more interesting then smirking self-righteous Hawkeye and Hunnicutt.

ps -- Thank god we still have Captain Tuttle with us.

He was gay, but never mentioned or photographed with a partner or "companion." Did he ever have sex with a man? Or was he gay and lived a life of celibacy? I wish he had told his story of what it was like to be in the closet in Hollywood; the rest of us could have learned from him.

I remember him in a TV movie of Justice League as Martian Manhunter.

I don't think anyone predicted him for the DL 2018 Death List.

[quote]Sad. But what did he do besides MASH?

He played Mary Richards's boss the last season, he was responsible for The Ted And Georgette Show, The Critic, that slams WJM and Mary and Lou's walkout. His gimmick was that he stuttered.

He also had a guest appearance on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'.

He guest started on Frasier as an old friend of Frasier's mother, and there was a very well done 'was he wasn't he?' Frasier's father plot.

Probably nobody else here watched it but years ago there was some TV movie about the Alamo where he played a British officer hired as a mercenary advisor to Santa Anna's army. His gentlemanly disdain for Santa Anna's cruelty and his assistance to the survivors is the only element of the show I can recall. He played it very well.

I love the war on Wikipedia when they refuse to accept ABC news and TMZ as credible sources for his homosexuality.

I liked him in Doc Hollywood. He played the mayor.

That’s sad. RIP Mr. Stiers. For years people would tell my dad that he looked like Winchester on MASH.

I remember the first time I saw him in a non-MASH role and being surprised he didn’t speak in Charles’ distinctive Brahmin accent.

I agree with the previous poster who said Winchester got the most poignant storyline on the MASH finale. And Stiers played the hell out of it.

Years later he and Alan Alda were reunited on screen in Woody Allen’s “Everyone Says I Love You.”

[quote]Sad. But what did he do besides MASH?

Lots. IMDB lists 167 acting credits for him.

Unfortunately, I only saw (or perhaps only remember) two of his performances:

- the stuttering boss on Mary Tyler Moore, mentioned by R35

- the congressman who intervened to help Virgilia (Kirstie Alley) in the mini-series North and South

He appears to have had a pretty successful career, with performances from 1971 to 2017.

After M*A*S*H he established himself as a solid character actor appearing in numerous TV shows, films and theater.

Yes, quite memorable, R36... interestingly, David Ogden Stiers was 48 here (in real life), and playing 59 (onscreen).

I didn't realize he was so young when he was on MASH.

He must have enrolled in the Abe Vigoda school of acting as they both looked 30 years older than they were.

He was also in Oh, God! and played a Frenchman in The Cheap Detective with fellow gay James Coco.

One of my favorite Mash episodes is when he's going head to head with a British Red Cross Doctor who out snobs him at every turn only to finally reveal he came from the working class and was the son of the butler. RIP, you gave us a lot of great performances.

I shared a joint with him in the late 70s in SF. Very nice man. I didn't realize he was closeted.

My boyfriend of the time was in the 2009 cast of White Christmas . He constantly talked about Ogden Stiers and what a modest , kind and gentle man he was off stage. I met him once, briefly; my sense was that he was more attractive in person, but socially shy and somewhat lonely.

R32, I had a teacher in high school who dated him in the late 80s and I think again in the 90s/00s. He's about 20 years younger than David.

He made MASH enjoyable, esp after Hawkeye and BJ became insufferable bores.

I've read that he was completely blind sided by the instant fame MASH gave him and never really came to grips with it. He never participated in any of the reunions and would never discuss MASH in interviews. He was proud of the show and his work on it, he simply didn't want it to define the rest of his career.

He did one reunion from what I remember, but said very little. I think I saw it on TV Land.

He was part of the dreadfulness that MASH became in its later years, mostly because of the part and the way it and the rest of the show was written. Otherwise a good actor.

Aside from the last episode, one of my favorite scenes was Charles making a tape recording letter to his parents and while trying to pour some tea and not seeing any stops recording opens the teapot and pulls out a rubber chicken. He then resumes recording and says, "Get me the HELL OUT OF HERE!" The entire scene kills me every time.

He was the Coco of Charlie’s Angels.

RIP, David.

Alan Alda tweeted: “I remember how you skateboarded to work every day down busy LA streets. How, once you glided into Stage 9, you were Winchester to your core. How gentle you were, how kind, except when devising the most vicious practical jokes. We love you, David. Goodbye.”

Heh -- Winchester skateboarding.

RIP