David Ogden Stiers (born October 31, 1942) is an American character actor, voice actor and musician, most noted for his role in the television sitcom M*A*S*H, and the science fiction drama The Dead Zone. A connoisseur of classical music, 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. Hollywood Dot Com Biography

David Ogden Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois, moved with his family to Eugene, Oregon during high school and began his acting career in Northern California, acting in the Actor's Workshop and California Shakespeare Festival. He later moved to New York, where he studied drama at Julliard, and joined the Houseman Acting Company at its outset. He often lends his voice to animated films, with Lilo & Stitch (2002) being his 2fifth theatrically-released Disney animated film. He is also an avid fan of classical music, and has conducted many orchestras, including the Yaquina Chamber Orchestra in Newport, Oregon, where he is the principal guest conductor.

David Ogden Stiers began his career in San Francisco at the Actors' Workshop and went on to work with John Houseman's Acting Company in New York on such productions as The Beggar's Opera, Measure for Measure, The Hostage and the hit musical The Magic Show. His other theatre work includes performances with the Committee Revue and Theatre, the California Shakespeare Festival (where he played leads in the classics) and at the Pasadena Playhouse in Love Letters with Meredith Baxter. In addition to his long-running role in "M*A*S*H" (1972), Stiers' work on television also includes the mini-series "North and South" (1985) (mini) and "North and South, Book II" (1986) (mini), First Olympics: Athens 1896, The (1984) (TV) and roles in such productions as Anatomy of an Illness (1984) (TV), Bad Seed, The (1985) (TV), J. Edgar Hoover (1987) (TV), Final Days, The (1989) (TV), Father Damien: The Leper Priest (1980) (TV) and Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986) (TV). His screen credits include Accidental Tourist, The (1988), Man with One Red Shoe, The (1985), Creator (1985), Harry's War (1981), Magic (1978) and Oh, God! (1977).