The Stiers Place

Name: David Allen Ogden Stiers
Date Of Birth: 31st October 1942
Star Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois, USA
Parents: Ken and Maggie Stiers
Siblings: None
Marital Status: Single
Children: One son
Lives: Near Newport, Oregon, USA
Height: 6'4" (193cms)
Eyes: Blue

Trivia:

Some of the M*A*S*H cast painted his dressing room orange and purple whilst he was away for Thanksgiving.
He was a high school classmate of Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert. They edited a Sci-Fi one sheet together.
He graduated from North Eugene High School.
He taught theatre games at Harvard.
He's conducted over 70 orchestras in over 100 appearances.
He hates being called Dave.
He has a scar on his chin from a bicycle accident when he was in his thirties.
Cogsworth's advice to the Beast on what to give Belle in Beauty and The Beast, "Flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep...", was his own creation.
His favourite pieces of classical music are Ravel's Mother Goose Suite and Schumann's 4th Symphony.
He's a fan of Sci-Fi.
He was a ventriloquist as a child.
He played French Horn in the orchestra at Juilliard.
He can also play the piano.
Used to skateboard around the Fox sound stage when he worked on M*A*S*H.
As a child, he was scared by Halloween masks and hated Halloween - unfortunate, given it was his birthday!
He once worked for an ambulance company.
He's Resident Conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra.
His aunt, Muriel Ogden Newsam, appeared in films and television, including an episode of 'America's Most Wanted'.
His surname is pronounced STYers (not Steers).
He was the youngest member of the MASH cast.
He was named after his maternal grandfather, David Ogden.
He attended the closing ceremony of the last 'real' MASH unit in Korea in 1997, with Larry Linville and Larry Gelbart.
At age 15, he spent a year with the Very Little Theater, when his family relocated to Oregon.
In 1962, he was offered $200 for 3 months' work as a member of the California Shakespeare Festival in Santa Clara. He stayed until 1969!
He first played King Lear at the age of 22.
He recently bought an electric-powered car.
He can sing! Check out his voice on the soundtracks for The Magic show, Tenderloin and Pocahontas.