David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers told gossip blog Gossip Boy he is "very proud" to be gay. David Ogden Stiers, best known for his role as Col. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H, has publicly come out of the closet. He said he kept his sexual orientation a secret due to the fact that until the late 1980s, some were uncomfortable with an openly gay man lending his talents to family productions. From a post at popeater.com: After a long career that included a starring role on the TV show 'M*A*S*H*' and bringing to life popular Disney characters, David Ogden Stiers reveals that he's gay. When asked by ... Read Full Story

Actor David Ogden Stiers has come out - the M*A*S*H star admits he’s gay in a new interview. Meh. It doesn’t seem like the “coming out, yep I’m gay” news is really news anymore. After acting on various television shows in the 1970s, David Ogden Stiers,77 years old found national fame as Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester on M*A*S*H for the latter part of the series. Along with numerous roles in film and television, he found a new audience when providing the voice of Cogsworth in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" and the villainous Ratcliffe in "Pocahontas." In an interview with the website Gossip-Boy.com, Stiers ... Read Full Story

David Ogden Stiers is gay and proud to be so. He admitted his sexuality truth to the Gossip Boy Blog. In an interview to the blog, he mentioned that he dared not speak about his being gay as he feared that he would lose some of the assignments he had been getting. He mentioned categorically that Studios may not be totally gay friendly. “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” he added. David Ogden Stiers is an actor, ... Read Full Story

David Ogden Stiers best known for playing Major Charles Winchester on TV’s “M*A*S*H,” has come out of the closet. “I am (gay),” the 66-year-old actor said in an interview with the blog Gossip-Boy.com. “Very proud to be so.” Stiers said he didn't come out sooner due to his recent successful career as a voice actor caused him to remain closeted for so many years. “I enjoy working and even though many have this idealistic belief that the entertainment industry and studios like Walt Disney are gay friendly. For the most part they are, but that doesn’t mean for them that business does not come ... Read Full Story

Remember Major Burns from the popular show MASH? Well it turns out David Ogden Stiers, the actor who portrayed him has come out of the closet and said to the World that he is gay! He made these revelations on Gossip-Boy.com. I wish to spend my life’s twilight being just who I am. I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. 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 ... Read Full Story