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

Contents:

• FORMER ‘M*A*S*H’ STAR SAYS HE IS GAY
• ‘M*A*S*H’: ONE MAJOR CHARACTER WAS INIALLY WRTEN TO BE A GAY MAN
• M*A*S*H ACTOR DAVID OGN STIERS FALLY COM OUTTHE ACTOR WHO DID VOICE WORK FOR MANY ANIMATED DISNEY FILMS SETS THE RERD "GAY."{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;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 4, 2009/9:03 {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 MICHAEL JENSENMAY 4, 2009 / 9:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"M*A*S*H ACTOR DAVID OGN STIERS FALLY COM OUT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-05-05T01:03:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-05-05T01:03:18.000+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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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, THE EMMY-NOMATED ACTOR WHO FIRST FOUND WISPREAD FAME PLAYG MAJOR CHARL WCHTER ON THE TV SERI M*A*S*H AND WHO LATER VOICED MANY CHARACTERS ANIMATED DISNEY MILS, HAS E OUT AN TERVIEW WH THE GAY OKLAHOMA CY BLOG {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 AM [GAY],” OGN STIERS 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;}THE TERVIEW WAS PUBLISHED MARCH, BUT WAS MISSED BY MANY MEDIA OUTLETS, CLUDG THIS {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;}IRONILLY, OGN STIERS SAID WAS HIS LATER, VERY SUCCSFUL REER AS A VOICE ACTOR THAT ED HIS RELUCTANCE TO E OUT ANY {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, [THEY WEREN’T ALWAYS],” OGN STIERS 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…A LOT OF MY E HAS BEEN RIVED OM VOICG DISNEY AND FAY PROGRAMMG. WHAT THEY MIGHT ALLOW A MORE KNOWN ACTOR, THEY PREFER NOT HAVG TO AL WH MOR PLAYERS.”{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;}AMONG OGN STIERS MANY VOICE CREDS ARE ROL DOZENS OF ANIMATED DISNEY MOVI, CLUDG COGSWORTH BETY AND THE BEAST, BOTH RATCLIFFE AND WIGGS POHONTAS, AND THE ARCHAN THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. HE ALSO VOICED A CHARACTER THE ENGLISH VERSN OF SPIRED AWAY, DISTRIBUTED BY {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;}ODGEN STIERS SAID HE WAS REPEATEDLY UTNED TO STAY THE CLOSET IF HE WANTED TO NTUE GETTG WORK AS A VOICE ACTOR FOR THE FAY FILMS. “FROM THE LATE 1980’S 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,” OGN STIERS SAID. “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;}THAT SAID, OGN STIERS ADMTED THAT, LATER YEARS, HE WASN’T SURE IF THE THREAT OF HOMOPHOBIC DISCRIMATN WAS STILL REAL. “I’VE BEEN WORKG TERNALLY ON WHETHER THEY WERE THE PROBLEMS, OR IF I JT NTUED G THEM AS AN EXCE LONG AFTER THE LL FOR NSERVATIVE PRIVATE LIV PASSED,” HE {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;}OGN STIERS, 66, WAS BORN AND RAISED ILLOIS, WHERE HE -EDED A NEWSPAPER WH CLASSMATE AND FUTURE FILM CRIC ROGER {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;}LATER, HE FOUND SUCCS ON THE STAGE ON BOTH ASTS, BUT WH HIS DISTGUISHED LOOK AND DISTCTIVE VOICE, WAS TELEVISN WHERE HE FOUND BREAK-OUT STARDOM. IN 1977, HE REPLACED LARRY LVILLE’S FRANK BURNS AS A FOIL FOR ALAN ALDA’S HAWKEYE ON THE TELEVISN H, M*A*S*H. ODGEN STIERS PLAYED THE ROLE OF ARROGANT, BUT SOMEHOW LIKABLE ARISTOCRAT CHARL EMERSON WCHTER III FOR SIX YEARS, LANDG TWO EMMY NOMATNS, UNTIL THE SHOW WAS NCELED 1983. HE DID NOT APPEAR THE SHOW’S SP-OFF, {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;}DURG HIS STT ON M*A*S*H AND AFTER, OGN STIERS APPEARED UNTLS TELEVISN AND MOVIE ROL, GENERALLY AS A SUPPORTG PLAYER. MOST RECENTLY, HE LAND REGULAR ROL ON THE SERI THE DEAD ZONE AND STARGATE: ATLANTIS. HE’S ALSO APPEARED A NUMBER OF WOODY ALLEN MOVI, CLUDG ONE, ANOTHER WOMAN, WHERE HE PLAYED AN EERILY ACCURATE-SEEMG YOUNGER VERSN OF HIS FORMER ACTG MENTOR, THE LATE JOHN {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;}BUT WAS HIS POST-M*A*S*H REER AS A VOICE ACTOR WHERE HE ONCE AGA FOUND MAJOR SUCCS. IRONILLY, WAS THE FLAMBOYANT NATURE OF SOME OF THOSE ROL THAT HE SAYS NTRIBUTED TO HIS STAYG {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,” HE SAID. “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;}REGARDG THIS SIGNATURE ROLE THE CLASSIC DISNEY FILM (WHICH ODGEN STIERS ALSO NARRAT), THE ACTOR REPORTEDLY AD-LIBBED THE LAST PART OF COGSWORTH’S FAMO ADVICE TO THE BEAST ON WHAT TO GIVE BELLE: “WELL, THERE'S THE UAL THGS: FLOWERS... CHOLAT... PROMIS YOU DON'T TEND TO KEEP...”{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;}BUT ON THE SUBJECT OF ANTI-GAY DISCRIMATN THE ANIMATED MOVIE DTRY, ODGEN STIERS IS QUICK TO ADD, “I HAVEN’T WNSED SUCH THGS OCCURRG A LONG, LONG TIME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {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

M*A*S*HCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Feb 16, 197413+25mA rated GI nfis to Hawkeye that he was beaten by his own un for beg gay but Frank Burns is outraged when he fds out om another source and tri to have the soldier dishonorab... Read allA rated GI nfis to Hawkeye that he was beaten by his own un for beg gay but Frank Burns is outraged when he fds out om another source and tri to have the soldier dishonorably discharged. A rated GI nfis to Hawkeye that he was beaten by his own un for beg gay but Frank Burns is outraged when he fds out om another source and tri to have the soldier dishonorably productn, box office & pany Review Funny I don't remember this one......

But enough about episo talks about the problems of a gay man servg the ary at the time of the Korean War when this was still nsired moral turpu and got you evicted om the ary, and not honorably.

Frank gets wd of the existence of the gay soldier, the tular "Gee", and mands that Lt.

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

Maybe was a hold over om hippie culture, bee when Trapper John and Henry Blake were wrten out of the show, their new unterparts were te blue to their was really surprisg to see somethg taken up primetime TV that would still e a furor 20 years later when Bill Clton at first wanted to allow gay men and women to serve openly the ary, and had to settle for "Don't Ask Don't Tell".

“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. The director then tells me to play Klger ‘gay.

M*A*S*H ACTOR DAVID OGN STIERS FALLY COM OUTTHE ACTOR WHO DID VOICE WORK FOR MANY ANIMATED DISNEY FILMS SETS THE RERD "GAY."{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;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 4, 2009/9:03 {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 MICHAEL JENSENMAY 4, 2009 / 9:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"M*A*S*H ACTOR DAVID OGN STIERS FALLY COM OUT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-05-05T01:03:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-05-05T01:03:18.000+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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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, THE EMMY-NOMATED ACTOR WHO FIRST FOUND WISPREAD FAME PLAYG MAJOR CHARL WCHTER ON THE TV SERI M*A*S*H AND WHO LATER VOICED MANY CHARACTERS ANIMATED DISNEY MILS, HAS E OUT AN TERVIEW WH THE GAY OKLAHOMA CY BLOG {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 AM [GAY],” OGN STIERS 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;}THE TERVIEW WAS PUBLISHED MARCH, BUT WAS MISSED BY MANY MEDIA OUTLETS, CLUDG THIS {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;}IRONILLY, OGN STIERS SAID WAS HIS LATER, VERY SUCCSFUL REER AS A VOICE ACTOR THAT ED HIS RELUCTANCE TO E OUT ANY {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, [THEY WEREN’T ALWAYS],” OGN STIERS 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…A LOT OF MY E HAS BEEN RIVED OM VOICG DISNEY AND FAY PROGRAMMG. WHAT THEY MIGHT ALLOW A MORE KNOWN ACTOR, THEY PREFER NOT HAVG TO AL WH MOR PLAYERS.”{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;}AMONG OGN STIERS MANY VOICE CREDS ARE ROL DOZENS OF ANIMATED DISNEY MOVI, CLUDG COGSWORTH BETY AND THE BEAST, BOTH RATCLIFFE AND WIGGS POHONTAS, AND THE ARCHAN THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. HE ALSO VOICED A CHARACTER THE ENGLISH VERSN OF SPIRED AWAY, DISTRIBUTED BY {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;}ODGEN STIERS SAID HE WAS REPEATEDLY UTNED TO STAY THE CLOSET IF HE WANTED TO NTUE GETTG WORK AS A VOICE ACTOR FOR THE FAY FILMS. “FROM THE LATE 1980’S 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,” OGN STIERS SAID. “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;}THAT SAID, OGN STIERS ADMTED THAT, LATER YEARS, HE WASN’T SURE IF THE THREAT OF HOMOPHOBIC DISCRIMATN WAS STILL REAL. “I’VE BEEN WORKG TERNALLY ON WHETHER THEY WERE THE PROBLEMS, OR IF I JT NTUED G THEM AS AN EXCE LONG AFTER THE LL FOR NSERVATIVE PRIVATE LIV PASSED,” HE {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;}OGN STIERS, 66, WAS BORN AND RAISED ILLOIS, WHERE HE -EDED A NEWSPAPER WH CLASSMATE AND FUTURE FILM CRIC ROGER {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;}LATER, HE FOUND SUCCS ON THE STAGE ON BOTH ASTS, BUT WH HIS DISTGUISHED LOOK AND DISTCTIVE VOICE, WAS TELEVISN WHERE HE FOUND BREAK-OUT STARDOM. IN 1977, HE REPLACED LARRY LVILLE’S FRANK BURNS AS A FOIL FOR ALAN ALDA’S HAWKEYE ON THE TELEVISN H, M*A*S*H. ODGEN STIERS PLAYED THE ROLE OF ARROGANT, BUT SOMEHOW LIKABLE ARISTOCRAT CHARL EMERSON WCHTER III FOR SIX YEARS, LANDG TWO EMMY NOMATNS, UNTIL THE SHOW WAS NCELED 1983. HE DID NOT APPEAR THE SHOW’S SP-OFF, {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;}DURG HIS STT ON M*A*S*H AND AFTER, OGN STIERS APPEARED UNTLS TELEVISN AND MOVIE ROL, GENERALLY AS A SUPPORTG PLAYER. MOST RECENTLY, HE LAND REGULAR ROL ON THE SERI THE DEAD ZONE AND STARGATE: ATLANTIS. HE’S ALSO APPEARED A NUMBER OF WOODY ALLEN MOVI, CLUDG ONE, ANOTHER WOMAN, WHERE HE PLAYED AN EERILY ACCURATE-SEEMG YOUNGER VERSN OF HIS FORMER ACTG MENTOR, THE LATE JOHN {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;}BUT WAS HIS POST-M*A*S*H REER AS A VOICE ACTOR WHERE HE ONCE AGA FOUND MAJOR SUCCS. IRONILLY, WAS THE FLAMBOYANT NATURE OF SOME OF THOSE ROL THAT HE SAYS NTRIBUTED TO HIS STAYG {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,” HE SAID. “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;}REGARDG THIS SIGNATURE ROLE THE CLASSIC DISNEY FILM (WHICH ODGEN STIERS ALSO NARRAT), THE ACTOR REPORTEDLY AD-LIBBED THE LAST PART OF COGSWORTH’S FAMO ADVICE TO THE BEAST ON WHAT TO GIVE BELLE: “WELL, THERE'S THE UAL THGS: FLOWERS... CHOLAT... PROMIS YOU DON'T TEND TO KEEP...”{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;}BUT ON THE SUBJECT OF ANTI-GAY DISCRIMATN THE ANIMATED MOVIE DTRY, ODGEN STIERS IS QUICK TO ADD, “I HAVEN’T WNSED SUCH THGS OCCURRG A LONG, LONG TIME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Nurse Gaynor. David Ogn Stiers, the Emmy-nomated actor who first found wispread fame playg Major Charl Wchter on the TV seri M*A*S*H and who later voiced many characters animated Disney mils, has e out an terview wh the gay Oklahoma Cy blog “I am [gay], ” Ogn Stiers said. “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], ” Ogn Stiers said.

”That said, Ogn Stiers admted that, later years, he wasn’t sure if the threat of homophobic discrimatn was still real.

“But they didn’t want Cogsworth to bee Disney’s gay character, bee got around a gay man was playg him. ”But on the subject of anti-gay discrimatn the animated movie dtry, Odgen Stiers is quick to add, “I haven’t wnsed such thgs occurrg a long, long time.