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David Ogden Stiers admitted he’s a gay and proud to be just like that. David Ogden reveled his sexuality truth to the Gossip Boy Blog earlier. Ironically, he doesn’t want to digg the issue of being gay for he might lost some of his current projects because of this issue. And the studios that he is working with may not be totally gay friendly persons. “A lot of my income has been derived from voicing Disney and family programming. What they might allow in a more known actor, they prefer not having to deal with in minor players” David Ogden Stiers said. See David Ogden photos and discover more about David Ogden Stiers bio and wiki after the jump.

The most controversial part of this revelation is that Stiers came out as gay, saying, “Now is the time I wish to find someone and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion for me.” Others compares David Ogden Stiers is like an opposite of Kelly McGills who is a proud lesbian.

David Ogden Stiers wiki states that he was born October 31, 1942. David Stiers is an actor, voice actor, and musician, noted for his role in the television sitcom M*A*S*H (not mesh) as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III and the science fiction drama The Dead Zone as Reverend Gene Purdy. Also David Ogden Stiers has been a guest conductor for over 50 orchestras in North America and maintained a position as associate conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra and the Ernest Bloch Music Festival. David Ogden Stiers has also conducted for the Boston Pops orchestras.

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David Ogden Stiers bio states that he was born in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Margaret Elizabeth (née Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers. David Ogden attended Urbana High School, along with film critic Roger Ebert. He later relocated to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from high school and briefly attended the University of Oregon. David Ogden later ventured to San Francisco, where he performed with the California Shakespeare Company, San Francisco Actors Workshop, and the improv group The Committee, whose members included Rob Reiner and Howard Hesseman. Soon after, Stiers studied drama at Juilliard. During his studies, Stiers was mentored by accomplished theater actor John Houseman and would later join his City Center Acting Company. Sometimes David Ogden Stiers name is being spelled out incorrectly. Other are omitting ‘d’ in his full name and making it spelled as ‘David Ogen Stiers’. In 1977, Stiers joined the iconic television juggernaut M*A*S*H (mash) (not mesh). As Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, Stiers filled the void created by the departure of Larry Linville’s Frank Burns. In contrast to Linville’s Burns character, Stiers portrayed a different type of foil to Alan Alda’s Hawkeye Pierce and Mike Farrell’s B.J. Hunnicutt. For his portrayal of the pompous but nonetheless multidimensional Boston aristocrat, Stiers received two Emmy Award nominations.

After the completion of M*A*S*H (mash), Stiers expanded his work on television, with regular guest appearances in North and South; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Murder, She Wrote; Touched By An Angel; and Frasier. As well as a guest appearance in ALF He also appeared in two unsuccessful television projects, Love & Money and Justice League of America (as the Martian Manhunter). In 2002, Stiers started a recurring role as the Reverend Purdy on the successful USA Network show The Dead Zone, with Anthony Michael Hall. In 2006, he was cast as the recurring character Oberoth in Stargate Atlantis. Stiers also appeared in several Perry Mason made-for-TV movies in the 1980s as District Attorney Michael Reston. Stiers expanded into film as well. His early films included Jack Nicholson’s Drive, He Said and the George Burns comedy Oh, God! He followed up with roles in Better Off Dead, The Man With One Red Shoe, The Accidental Tourist, Iron Will, Doc Hollywood, Jungle 2 Jungle, and Krippendorf’s Tribe. During the 1990s, Stiers joined Woody Allen’s ensemble casts in Shadows and Fog, Mighty Aphrodite, Everyone Says I Love You, and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. His most recent film appearance was in the 2001 Frank Capra-esque film The Majestic, with Jim Carrey.

Related links to David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers Tribute website – www.davidogdenstiers.com
David Ogden Stiers at imdb – imdb.com/name/nm0001773/

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