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David Ogden Stiers’s Milestones
After high school graduation spent one year with the Very Little Theater Company in Eugene
Joined the cast of the "Perry Mason" TV-movies
Moved to California; spent seven years with the California Shakespeare Festival in Santa Clara
Moved to New York; attended Juilliard
Raised in Eugene, Oregon
Was charter member of The Acting Company founded by John Houseman; consisted of members of the first graduating class of the Juilliard School of Drama; fellow members included Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone
1971 Feature acting debut, "Drive, He Said", credited as David Stiers
1974 Broadway acting debut, "Ulysses in Nightgown", opposite Zero Mostel
1976 TV series debut as a regular, "Doc"
1976 TV-movie debut, the pilot movie for "Charlie's Angels"
1977 - 1983 Joined the cast of the popular comedy-drama series "M*A*S*H"
1984 TV miniseries debut, "The First Olympics: Athens 1896"
1991 Gained widest film exposure to date by providing the narration and voice of "Cogsworth" the clock for Disney hit "Beauty and the Beast"
1995 Provided character voices for Disney's "Pocahontas"
1996 Voiced the Archdeacon in Disney's animated "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
1998 Had featured role in the sitcom "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (ABC); dropped from series after initial midseason run
1999 Co-starred in the CBS sitcom "Love & Money"
2001 Co-starred in "The Majestic"
2001 Portrayed a hypnotist in Woody Allen's "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion"
2004 Voiced Mr Jolly in "Disney's Teacher's Pet: The Movie"

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Also known as

AKA : David Stiers

Born

October, 31 1942 in Peoria, Illinois, USA

Education

  • The Juilliard School, New York, New York: attended for two years

Professions

actor, conductor