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• 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
• ALEC GUNS'S GAY SI REVEALED
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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

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.

ALEC GUNS'S GAY SI REVEALED

Sir Alec Guns had a homosexual si which remaed publicly unknown his lifetime bee of the flair for evasn and secrecy which was also his tramark as an is to be disclosed three new theatril bgraphi. They will reveal that Guns, who died last Augt aged 86, was arrted, charged and fed urt Liverpool 1946 for a homosexual act a public the se went unreported bee - unlike the late Sir John Gielgud a siar episo seven years later - he had the quickns of w to give a false name which aroed no spicns.

He was quickly mbled and the se ma newspaper headl which shadowed him for their ceptns, both ement actors are thought to have been actg on private advice om sympathetic policemen who were impatient for homosexual law reform.

It is also to be disclosed by the novelist Piers Pl Read, Guns's thorised bgrapher, and another Guns bgraphy by Garry O' night Mr Morley - son of the actor Robert Morley, a Gielgud ntemporary - said Guns's gay si had "always been known" to his father and fay iends the theatre such as Dame Gladys Cooper. Negative character tras uld be: Stormy aggrsn and John Hoeman gay or straight?

A LOVE STORY FOR GAY PRI MONTH, WH CONFERATE FLAG

We don't know for a fact whether John Hoeman was gay, bisexual or straight.

79% of all voters thk that John Hoeman was gay (homosexual), 7% voted for straight (heterosexual), and 14% like to thk that John Hoeman was actually bisexual.

Sce 1978, I had been proddg termtently at a bgraphy of the great radil gay Amerin poser Marc Blzste.

GAY HISTORY: JACK LARSON, GAY ACTOR TORMENTED BY JIMMY OLSEN ROLE ON TV’S ‘SUPERMAN,’ (DIED 2015 AT 87)

Mart’s Prs wh a special, though not exclive tert gay-related subjects. He loved my gay activism, the Gay Men’s Chos that I sang wh, the People’s Voice Café on Saturday nights for topil mic. Sry tim for the gay muny.

A whole generatn of young gay men were disappearg to their early grav, and the rt of simply had to buck up, stiffen our sp, and rry on.

Jack Larson, who died at 87 on Sunday, was a gifted wrer and gay man whose talents and personal stggl were overshadowed by his role as Superman’s flunky. Four s ago, what some saw as an attempt to mask gay them the charged relatnship between Daedal and Is was met wh ntroversy.