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Edgar McLean Stevenson, Jr. (November 14, 1927 – February 15, 1996) was an American actor most recognized for his role as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake on the TV series ''M *A *S *H''. He was also recognized for his role as Michael Nicholson on ''The Doris Day Show''. ==Early life and career== Stevenson was born in Normal, Illinois. He was the great-grandson of William Stevenson (brother of US Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson) making him a second cousin once removed of two-time presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II. He was also the brother of actress Ann Whitney.〔(Ann Whitney IMDB entry )〕 His father, Edgar, was a cardiologist. Stevenson attended Lake Forest Academy and later joined the United States Navy. After his service, he attended Northwestern University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in theater arts and was a proud and well-liked Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) fraternity brother. Afterwards he worked at a radio station, played a clown on a live TV show in Dallas, became an assistant director at Northwestern and sold medical supplies and insurance. He also worked as a press secretary for his cousin in the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956. He formed the "Young Democrats for Stevenson". In 1961, Stevenson's cousin invited him to some parties, where he met some business luminaries. He followed his cousin's advice to look for a show business career. He auditioned and won a scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He made his professional career debut in ''The Music Man'' in 1962 and appeared regularly in Warsaw, Indiana, in summer stock productions. After this he appeared in New York on stage and television〔Stevenson sings in a Ford Motor Company TV commercial entitled "Ford Has Changed". He's in the rear of the singing quartet, first on the left.〕 commercials. He also performed on Broadway. However, he began to establish himself as a comedy writer, writing for the seminal ''That Was The Week That Was'', in which Alan Alda appeared, and ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''. He performed occasionally on both shows. He also was a regular on the 1970 ''Tim Conway Comedy Hour'' variety show on CBS. During this period, he also appeared in TV commercials for products such as Winston cigarettes, in which he was shown sprinting around a parking lot of Winston delivery trucks and painting over the product slogan, replacing the "like" in "like a cigarette should" with the grammatically correct "as". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McLean Stevenson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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