'M*A*S*H': One Major Character Was Inially Wrten to Be Gay

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• FORMER ‘M*A*S*H’ STAR SAYS HE IS GAY
• 'M*A*S*H' STAR DAVID OGN STIERS REVEALS HE'S GAY
• ‘M*A*S*H’: ONE MAJOR CHARACTER WAS INIALLY WRTEN TO BE A GAY MAN
• DAVID OGN STIERS, GAY STAR OF "MASH," "BETY AND THE BEAST," DEAD AT 75THE EMMY-NOMATED ACTOR ME OUT PUBLICLY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSMARCH 4, 2018/8:03 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1450PX;WIDTH:2118PX;}DISNEY/CBSBY BRANDON VOSSMARCH 4, 2018 / 8:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVID OGN STIERS, GAY STAR OF \"MASH,\" \"BETY AND THE BEAST,\" DEAD AT 75","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-03-04T13:03:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-03-04T13:03:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID OGN STIERS, BT KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS MAJOR CHARL EMERSON WCHTER III ON THE H TV EDY SERI MASH, DIED SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF 75, VARIETY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EMMY-NOMATED ACTOR DIED "PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME NEWPORT, OREGON AFTER A URAGEO BATTLE WH BLADR NCER," HIS AGENT TWEETED. "HIS TALENT WAS ONLY SURPASSED BY HIS HEART."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STIERS JOED THE ST OF MASH, WHICH CENTERED ON ARMY SURGEONS AND STAFFERS DURG THE KOREAN WAR, 1977 AND REMAED UNTIL THE SHOW'S NCELLATN 1983. HE WAS NOMATED FOR TWO EMMY AWARDS FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS THE LOVABLY ARROGANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO A REGULAR PERFORMER ON BROADWAY, STIERS LATER FOUND SUCCS VOICG CHARACTERS ANIMATED MOVI, MOST NOTABLY COGSWORTH DISNEY'S BETY AND THE BEAST, WHICH HE ALSO NARRAT. THE FILM'S RERDG EARNED HIM A SHARED GRAMMY AWARD. HIS OTHER ANIMATED CREDS CLU THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, POHONTAS, AND SPIRED AWAY.ROBYN BECK/AFP/GETTY IMAGACTOR DAVID OGN STIERS ATTENDS A SPECIAL SCREENG AND PANEL DISCSN OF "BETY AND THE BEAST" TO CELEBRATE THE ANIMATED FILM'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY, MAY 9, 2016 AT THE AMY OF MOTN PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENC (AMPAS) BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. / AFP / ROBYN BECK (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ ROBYN BECK/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE JUILLIARD-TRAED ACTOR'S NOTABLE LIVE-ACTN CREDS CLU BETTER OFF DEAD, THE DEAD ZONE, AND MANY WOODY ALLEN MOVI SUCH AS CURSE OF THE JA SRPN. HE EARNED A THIRD EMMY NOMATN FOR THE NBC MISERI THE FIRST OLYMPICS: ATHENS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STIERS ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY A 2009 TERVIEW. “I AM [GAY],” HE SAID. “VERY PROUD TO BE SO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN 66, STIERS SAID HE HAD FEARED THAT G OUT EARLIER WOULD HAVE HURT HIS REER, PARTICULARLY AS A VOICE ACTOR FOR DISNEY AND OTHER FAY FILMS.SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGALAN ALDA, US ACTOR, DAVID OGN STIERS, US ACTOR, JAMIE FARR, US ACTOR, AND WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, US ACTOR, SALUTG A PUBLICY STILL ISSUED FOR THE US TELEVISN SERI 'M*A*S*H', USA, CIR 1975. THE MEDIL EDY STARRED ALDA AS 'CAPTA BENJAM FRANKL 'HAWKEYE' PIERCE, OGN STIERS AS 'CHARL EMERSON WCHTER III', FARR AS 'MAXWELL KLGER', AND CHRISTOPHER AS 'FATHER MULHY'. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I ENJOY WORKG AND EVEN THOUGH MANY HAVE THIS IALISTIC BELIEF THAT THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY AND STUDS LIKE WALT DISNEY ARE GAY IENDLY..." HE SAID. "FOR THE MOST PART THEY ARE, BUT THAT DON’T MEAN FOR THEM THAT BS DO NOT E FIRST. IT’S A MATTER OF ENOMICS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FROM THE LATE 1980S UNTIL ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD FD CERTA DIVIDUALS G UP TO YOU, ME, AND ADVOTG THE POSN THAT SCE WE WERE DOG FAY FARE THAT WOULD BE BT WERE THE ACTORS TO MATA A CERTA PALATABILY TO PARENTS. THE PARTI LIKELY HAD HEARD MORS OR HARBORED SPICNS ABOUT ME AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE NO EMBARRASSG CINTS WERE FORTHG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"COGSWORTH, THE CHARACTER I DID ON BETY AND THE BEAST, ULD BE A B FLAMBOYANT ON SCREEN, BEE BASILLY HE IS A RTOON," STIERS NTUED. "BUT THEY DIDN’T WANT COGSWORTH TO BEE DISNEY’S GAY CHARACTER, BEE GOT AROUND A GAY MAN WAS PLAYG HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE TIME OF HIS G OUT, STIERS ADMTED THAT HE HAD NOT WNSED ANY ANTI-GAY DISCRIMATN WH THE DTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. "I SHOULD SAY REGARDS TO THIS THAT MANY OF MY FEARS WERE MORN TIM SELF-VENTED," HE EXPLAED. "I'VE BEEN WORKG TERNALLY ON WHETHER THEY WERE THE PROBLEM, OR IF I JT NTUED G THEM AS AN EXCE LONG AFTER THE LL FOR NSERVATIVE PRIVATE LIV PASSED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WISH TO SPEND MY LIFE'S TWILIGHT BEG JT WHO I AM," STIERS NCLUD. "I ULD CLAIM NOBLE REASONS AS G OUT ORR TO MOVE GAY RIGHTS FORWARD, BUT I MT ADM IS FOR FAR MORE SELFISH REASONS. NOW IS THE TIME I WISH TO FD SOMEONE, AND I DO NOT SIRE TO FORCE ANY POTENTIAL PARTNER TO LIVE A LIFE OF EXTREME DISCRETN WH ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

FORMER ‘M*A*S*H’ STAR SAYS HE IS GAY

“I am (gay), ” the 66-year-old actor said an terview wh the blog “Very proud to be so.

“I enjoy workg and even though many have this ialistic belief that the entertament dtry and studs like Walt Disney are gay iendly. Cogsworth, the character I did on ‘Bety and the Beast’ uld be a b flamboyant on screen, bee basilly he is a rtoon, but they didn’t want Cogsworth to bee Disney’s gay character, bee got around a gay man was playg him.

'M*A*S*H' STAR DAVID OGN STIERS REVEALS HE'S GAY

May 6, 2009 — -- In the twilight of his reer, "M*A*S*H" actor David Ogn Stiers has fally e out, sayg he's no longer aaid to be a recent terview, the Emmy-nomated actor, 66, told the Oklahoma Cy blog, "I am [gay].

"The actor said he kept his homosexualy unr wraps for years bee he feared g out would hurt his reer. But beg that he has not experienced any anti-gay discrimatn the movie dtry recently, Ogn Stiers is rensirg what exactly ma him stay the closet for so long.

‘M*A*S*H’: ONE MAJOR CHARACTER WAS INIALLY WRTEN TO BE A GAY MAN

"I haven't wnsed such thgs occurrg a long, long time, " he said about anti-gay discrimatn, addg that his personal ncerns may have cloud his views.

"I enjoy workg, and even though many have this ialistic belief that the entertament dtry and studs like Walt Disney are gay iendly, " they weren't always, he said. "But they didn't want Cogsworth to bee Disney's gay character, bee got around a gay man was playg him. "I uld claim noble reasons as g out orr to move gay rights forward, but I mt adm is for far more selfish reasons.

"Frasier" star David Hy Pierce, 50, was prodd out of the closet 2007 after an Associated Prs article mentned his partner, Brian Hargrove, and the blog followed up wh Pierce to nfirm that he was fact gay.

DAVID OGN STIERS, GAY STAR OF "MASH," "BETY AND THE BEAST," DEAD AT 75THE EMMY-NOMATED ACTOR ME OUT PUBLICLY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSMARCH 4, 2018/8:03 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1450PX;WIDTH:2118PX;}DISNEY/CBSBY BRANDON VOSSMARCH 4, 2018 / 8:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVID OGN STIERS, GAY STAR OF \"MASH,\" \"BETY AND THE BEAST,\" DEAD AT 75","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-03-04T13:03:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-03-04T13:03:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID OGN STIERS, BT KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS MAJOR CHARL EMERSON WCHTER III ON THE H TV EDY SERI MASH, DIED SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF 75, VARIETY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EMMY-NOMATED ACTOR DIED "PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME NEWPORT, OREGON AFTER A URAGEO BATTLE WH BLADR NCER," HIS AGENT TWEETED. "HIS TALENT WAS ONLY SURPASSED BY HIS HEART."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STIERS JOED THE ST OF MASH, WHICH CENTERED ON ARMY SURGEONS AND STAFFERS DURG THE KOREAN WAR, 1977 AND REMAED UNTIL THE SHOW'S NCELLATN 1983. HE WAS NOMATED FOR TWO EMMY AWARDS FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS THE LOVABLY ARROGANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO A REGULAR PERFORMER ON BROADWAY, STIERS LATER FOUND SUCCS VOICG CHARACTERS ANIMATED MOVI, MOST NOTABLY COGSWORTH DISNEY'S BETY AND THE BEAST, WHICH HE ALSO NARRAT. THE FILM'S RERDG EARNED HIM A SHARED GRAMMY AWARD. HIS OTHER ANIMATED CREDS CLU THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, POHONTAS, AND SPIRED AWAY.ROBYN BECK/AFP/GETTY IMAGACTOR DAVID OGN STIERS ATTENDS A SPECIAL SCREENG AND PANEL DISCSN OF "BETY AND THE BEAST" TO CELEBRATE THE ANIMATED FILM'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY, MAY 9, 2016 AT THE AMY OF MOTN PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENC (AMPAS) BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. / AFP / ROBYN BECK (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ ROBYN BECK/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE JUILLIARD-TRAED ACTOR'S NOTABLE LIVE-ACTN CREDS CLU BETTER OFF DEAD, THE DEAD ZONE, AND MANY WOODY ALLEN MOVI SUCH AS CURSE OF THE JA SRPN. HE EARNED A THIRD EMMY NOMATN FOR THE NBC MISERI THE FIRST OLYMPICS: ATHENS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STIERS ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY A 2009 TERVIEW. “I AM [GAY],” HE SAID. “VERY PROUD TO BE SO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN 66, STIERS SAID HE HAD FEARED THAT G OUT EARLIER WOULD HAVE HURT HIS REER, PARTICULARLY AS A VOICE ACTOR FOR DISNEY AND OTHER FAY FILMS.SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGALAN ALDA, US ACTOR, DAVID OGN STIERS, US ACTOR, JAMIE FARR, US ACTOR, AND WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, US ACTOR, SALUTG A PUBLICY STILL ISSUED FOR THE US TELEVISN SERI 'M*A*S*H', USA, CIR 1975. THE MEDIL EDY STARRED ALDA AS 'CAPTA BENJAM FRANKL 'HAWKEYE' PIERCE, OGN STIERS AS 'CHARL EMERSON WCHTER III', FARR AS 'MAXWELL KLGER', AND CHRISTOPHER AS 'FATHER MULHY'. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I ENJOY WORKG AND EVEN THOUGH MANY HAVE THIS IALISTIC BELIEF THAT THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY AND STUDS LIKE WALT DISNEY ARE GAY IENDLY..." HE SAID. "FOR THE MOST PART THEY ARE, BUT THAT DON’T MEAN FOR THEM THAT BS DO NOT E FIRST. IT’S A MATTER OF ENOMICS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FROM THE LATE 1980S UNTIL ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD FD CERTA DIVIDUALS G UP TO YOU, ME, AND ADVOTG THE POSN THAT SCE WE WERE DOG FAY FARE THAT WOULD BE BT WERE THE ACTORS TO MATA A CERTA PALATABILY TO PARENTS. THE PARTI LIKELY HAD HEARD MORS OR HARBORED SPICNS ABOUT ME AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE NO EMBARRASSG CINTS WERE FORTHG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"COGSWORTH, THE CHARACTER I DID ON BETY AND THE BEAST, ULD BE A B FLAMBOYANT ON SCREEN, BEE BASILLY HE IS A RTOON," STIERS NTUED. "BUT THEY DIDN’T WANT COGSWORTH TO BEE DISNEY’S GAY CHARACTER, BEE GOT AROUND A GAY MAN WAS PLAYG HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE TIME OF HIS G OUT, STIERS ADMTED THAT HE HAD NOT WNSED ANY ANTI-GAY DISCRIMATN WH THE DTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. "I SHOULD SAY REGARDS TO THIS THAT MANY OF MY FEARS WERE MORN TIM SELF-VENTED," HE EXPLAED. "I'VE BEEN WORKG TERNALLY ON WHETHER THEY WERE THE PROBLEM, OR IF I JT NTUED G THEM AS AN EXCE LONG AFTER THE LL FOR NSERVATIVE PRIVATE LIV PASSED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WISH TO SPEND MY LIFE'S TWILIGHT BEG JT WHO I AM," STIERS NCLUD. "I ULD CLAIM NOBLE REASONS AS G OUT ORR TO MOVE GAY RIGHTS FORWARD, BUT I MT ADM IS FOR FAR MORE SELFISH REASONS. 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"Lord of the Rgs" and "X-Men" star Sir Ian McKellen, 69, revealed he was gay on Brish rad 1988 and later said he wished he had e out sooner. "I am happy to dispel any mors or misnceptns and am que proud to say that I am a very ntent gay man livg my life to the fullt and feel most fortunate to be workg wh wonrful people the bs I love, " he told People magaze 2006. The director then tells me to play Klger ‘gay.

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