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  McLean Stevenson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stevenson was the great-grandson of a brother of Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (Edgar McLean Stevenson (Sr.) appears on p.
Stevenson, however, began chafing at the fact he was playing second fiddle to the wisecracking Hawkeye (played by Alan Alda), as did Wayne Rogers, and asked to be let out of his contract during the show's third season.
Stevenson was recovering from surgery in a Los Angeles hospital on February 15, 1996 when he unexpectedly went into cardiac arrest and died.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McLean_Stevenson   (968 words)

  
 Adlai Stevenson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stevenson's intelligence was the subject of much ridicule among anti-intellectuals; it was during the 1952 campaign that Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. Richard M. Nixon of California labelled Stevenson an "egghead." In the 1952 presidential election against Dwight D. Eisenhower, Stevenson secured only nine states and lost the Electoral College vote 442 to 89.
Stevenson again won the nomination at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, aided by strong support from younger delegates, who were said to form the core of the "New Politics" movement.
Stevenson died suddenly of heart failure on the afternoon of July 14, 1965, during a short stay in London, while on a walk with Marietta Tree.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adlai_Stevenson   (2361 words)

  
 Tribute to McLean Stevenson
McLean Stevenson, a comedy writer as well as actor, died unexpectedly late Thursday of cardiac arrest at a Tarzana hospital.
McLean Stevenson was born Nov. 14, 1929, in Normal, Ill., the son of a cardiologist and a second cousin of Gov. Adlai Stevenson.
Stevenson's Blake was the laid- back, off-center commander of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean War, deadly serious and committed in the operating room with colleagues Hawkeye Pierce (played by Alan Alda) and Trapper John (Wayne Rogers), a fervent golfer and drinker who didn't worry much about Army rules and regulations.
www.mash4077.co.uk /actor/stevenson2.html   (767 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Adlai E. Stevenson Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stevenson was born in Christian County, Kentucky and moved with his parents to Bloomington, Illinois in 1852.
Stevenson was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois.
Stevenson's grandson Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was Democratic candidate for President of the United States.
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 McLean Stevenson
McLean Stevenson was born on November 14, 1929, as son of a cardiologist.
Stevenson, who was burned as a child by a Halloween pumpkin, was very involved with the Children's Burn Foundation in Sherman Oaks, California, serving as its national spokesman.
McLean Stevenson died unexpectedly of a heart attack on February 15, 1996, at the age of 66, leaving behind his wife Ginny, his daughter Lindsey and his son Jeffrey MacGregor from a previous marriage.
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 McLean Stevenson, `M*A*S*H' star, dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stevenson died of a heart attack late Thursday at a hospital, agent Robert Malcolm said.
Born in Bloomington, Ill., Stevenson was the son of a cardiologist.
Stevenson is survived by his wife, Ginny; daughter Lindsey; son Jeffrey MacGregor; and sister, Ann Whitney.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/features/96/02/17/stevenson.html   (289 words)

  
 McLean Stevenson - Simple English Wikipedia
McLean Stevenson (November 14, 1929 – February 15, 1996) was an American actor, best known for his role as Henry Blake on the TV show, M*A*S*H.
He left the show in 1975 and his character was killed off.
His grandfather Adlai E. Stevenson was vice-president of the United States to Grover Cleveland, and his cousin Adlai E. Stevenson II was governor of Illinois and unsuccessfully ran for President twice in the 1950s losing to Dwight D. Eisenhower both times.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/McLean_Stevenson   (154 words)

  
 McLean Stevenson Bio - McLean Stevenson Biography - McLean Stevenson Stories
Stevenson worked at a radio station, played a clown on a live television show in Dallas and sold insurance and medical equipment.
However, Stevenson was soon chafing at his second-banana role on "M*A*S*H" and asked to be released from his contract.
McLean's first name came from McLean County, Illinois, where he was born and raised.
www.tv.com /mclean-stevenson/person/4835/biography.html   (454 words)

  
 Obits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Florence McLean, was born at Meadow Run at Jackson Co., Ohio, May 19,1896, departed this life June 24, 1937 at the age of 41 years, 1 month, 7 days.
Stevenson is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mary, wife of Herbert Rivers, Sugar Creek, and two sons, John McLean and Charles McLean, Sugar Creek.
Stevenson had been a resident of Sugar Creek for many years and was well known in this district.
oorg.bizland.com /obits.htm   (850 words)

  
 McLean Stevenson Timeline and Biography
is born in Normal, Illinois, the grandson of Adlai E. Stevenson, who served as Vice President of the United States under President Grover Cleveland from 1893 to 1897.
Stevenson plays the role of Col. Henry Blake, the lovable but scatterbrained commanding officer.
March 18, 1975: In Stevenson's final M*A*S*H episode, entitled "Abyssinia, Henry," Col. Blake receives a discharge and the crew of the 4077th bid him farewell.
www.twoop.com /people/mclean_stevenson.html   (265 words)

  
 Hello, Larry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
McLean Stevenson could deliver funny lines with charm, and his TV daughters Kim Richards and Krista Ericksson were hotter than all of Charlie's Angels put together.
Stevenson was a likable, talented guy who brought an Everyman approach to his role, Kim Richards WAS hot, and the other cast members seemed talented and amusing, as I recall.
McLean Stevenson didn't make the smartest decision in the world leaving "M*A*S*H." Henry Blake will forever be his trademark role, as it was then.
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 CNN - 'MASH' star McLean Stevenson dies - Feb. 16, 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- McLean Stevenson, best remembered for his role as a womanizing, clumsy commanding officer in the hit television series "MASH," died of a heart attack Friday, his agent said.
Stevenson's agent Robert Malcolm declined to confirm reports that the actor had had a heart attack while undergoing bladder surgery.
In the series, Stevenson's character dies when his plane is shot down while returning home to the United States.
edition.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/TV/9602/stevenson_obit   (247 words)

  
 The Adlai Stevenson Page
Adlai E. Stevenson II Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900-1965) was the grandson of Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson (1893-1897).
Stevenson himself was on the Board of EB, and correspondence dates from 1955 to 1965.
Stevenson was a correspondent of John Foster Dulles between 1946 and 1958.
www.smokershistory.com /Stevensn.htm   (1286 words)

  
 Biography for McLean Stevenson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stevenson is best known as the fumbling commanding officer and chief surgeon, Lt. Colonel Henry Blake, on the CBS television series "M*A*S*H"; (1972).
However, Stevenson was soon chafing at his second-banana role on "M*A*S*H"; and asked to be released from his contract.
"McLeaning" is a term used in media, especially television, to refer to cases when a character is killed off because the actor who played him decided to leave the show, as happened to Henry Blake when McLean Stevenson left M*A*S*H. You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0829004/bio   (765 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Stevenson to Steward
December 1, 1928, to Ellen Borden; cousin of McLean Stevenson (actor); father of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III.
Great-grandson of Adlai Ewing Stevenson; grandson of Lewis Green Stevenson; son of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II.
McLean County, Ill. Son of Adlai Ewing Stevenson; father of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; grandfather of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/stevenson-steward.html   (1101 words)

  
 M*A*S*H 4077
Mac Stevenson quit M*A*S*H to 1971- the end of season 3 so in 1973 Stevenson left M*A*S*H to become a big star whithout knowing that he was already that,but we all make mistakes it simple human error.
Stevenson died of a Heart Attack he was 66 he is survived by his wife,Ginny; daughter, Lindsey; son, Jeffery MacGregor; and sister AnnWhitney.
Stevenson was born in Bloomington ILL. Hea was the son of a cardiologist.
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 What A Character!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Born in Normal, Illinois and raised in Bloomington, Illinois, the son of a cardiologist, Stevenson was a late-comer to acting beginning his career at the age of 31.
After working on Adlai Stevenson’s second failed presidential bid, he began performing in summer stock theatre in Warsaw, Indiana, and eventually headed to New York where he studied with such notable acting teachers as Lee Strasberg and Sandy Meisner.
Stevenson’s big break came when he landed as a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour where he also made occasional appearances on the show as a performer.
www.what-a-character.com /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=982798189   (309 words)

  
 McLean Stevenson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
McLean Stevenson did not follow his cousin Adlai Stevenson II into the family "business." After servingas press secretary during both of Adlai's Democratic Presidential campaigns, McLean started his successful career as an actor.
Stevenson became an assistant director of athletics at Northwester, sold medical supplies and insurance.
Stevenson has appeared on many series, movies of the week, game and talk shows.
www.bestcareanywhere.net /Stevenson.htm   (326 words)

  
 The Historic Significance of Downtown Bloomington, IL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The downtown flourished as the center of commerce, and the McLean County Court House served as a landmark for the bustling city.
His grandson, Adlai Stevenson II, served as Governor of Illinois and was candidate for US president losing to Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956.
Actor McLean Stevenson, of the popular TV show "Mash" in the 1960's and 70's, made the downtown store Moberlyand Klenner’s famous through his gag about measuring trouser inseams.
www.uniquelybloomington.com /dbaoct2001/downtown/historic.html   (903 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Person : McLean Stevenson : Biography
The son of an Illinois cardiologist, Stevenson did not become an actor until he was 31.
According to Stevenson, the idea to become an actor came to him while he was walking across a football field watching the players.
Following his education, Stevenson did just that and spent much of the '60s performing in nightclubs and comedy spots as well as working in summer stock.
www.vh1.com /movies/person/60077/bio.jhtml   (239 words)

  
 Obituaries
Stevenson commanded the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the first three seasons of the CBS series from 1972 to 1975.
Stevenson left M*A*S*H for his own short-lived situation comedy.
The son of a cardiologist, Stevenson held various jobs before he broke into acting at age 31, only to spend over three decades in television's tinsel town.
edition.cnn.com /EVENTS/1996/year.in.review/obituaries/showbiz/page7.html   (554 words)

  
 McLean Stevenson : Alumni Exhibit: Northwestern University Archives
He was born in Normal, Illinois, McLean County, where his father was a doctor, Stevenson's model for Colonel Blake, and lived next-door to his cousin, Adlai Stevenson, later Governor of Illinois.
After earning his degree from Northwestern from the School of Speech in 1952 and serving in the Navy, Stevenson returned to work at Northwestern from 1956-1959 in Alumni Relations and the Athletic Department.
His first jobs in Hollywood were writing sketches for "The Glen Campbell Show," and his first major role was as Michael Nicholson on "The Doris Day Show" in 1969, before he played the Blake role from 1972-1975.
www.library.northwestern.edu /archives/exhibits/alumni/mc-stevenson.html   (171 words)

  
 MS73
In mid-to-late 1973, when Match Game 73 was still fairly fresh and new, McLean Stevenson, at the high point of his career with M*A*S*H, appeared on MG for his second week ever.
Through the first four episodes of the week, McLean 'borrowed' clothes from other members of the panel, such as Robert Vaughn and Richard Dawson.
McLean walks down to Gene and switches jackets, right in front of everybody.
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 McLeanStevenson
McLean Stevenson was born on November 14th, 1929, in Normal, Illinois.
He got his unusual first name from McLean County, Illinois- which he was born in.
He eventually graduated from Northwestern University, without a real plan for his life.
www.geocities.com /matchgame1977/McLeanStevenson   (156 words)

  
 McLean Stevenson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
McLean Stevenson was born in Illinois, where his father was a cardiologist...
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
M*A*S*H the TV show holds a place of honor in the extraordinary annals of the American sitcom—perhaps the most popular and moronic dramatic form in the history of human dramaturgy.
And McLean Stevenson, was there at the start of it all, playing the god Lieut.
His career after M*A*S*H became synonymous with "bad career move" and Stevenson was the constant butt of Hollywood jokesters after such vehicals as "Hello Larry," "Condo," and "The McLean Stevenson Show" crashed and burned.
www.goodbyemag.com /feb/stevens.htm   (192 words)

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