David Ogden Stiers was born on October 31, 1942 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. He is an American character actor, voice actor and musician.

A three-time Emmy-award nominated actor, Stiers has appeared in a multitude of both television films and series. He is most widely known for his role as "Major Charles Emerson Winchester III" on M*A*S*H, for which he garnered two Emmy nominations. He has appeared on numerous series including Ally McBeal, The Practice, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Wings, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He has also been seen in a number of television films, including the epic mini-series North & South, HBO's The Final Days, USA's Final Notice and The Pedestrian, The Bad Seed, and The First Olympics: Athens 1896, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.

On the big screen, Stiers' list of credits includes The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The Cheap Detective, Oh, God, Magic, Doc Hollywood, Everyone Says I Love You, Mighty Aphrodite, Harry's War, Creator, Better Off Dead, The Accidental Tourist, and The Majestic.

Stiers has also lent his voice to several animated films, including Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocohontas, and Lilo and Stitch.

As a conductor, Stiers has appeared with 70 orchestras in both the United States and Canada. He maintains a repertoire of 50 orchestral works including concertos, and occupies Associate Conductor posts with both The Yaguina Orchestra and the Ernest Bloch Music Festival.

Filmography

• Together Again for the First Time (2007)
• "Stargate: Atlantis" (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
• "The Dead Zone" (39 episodes, 2002-2007)
• Leroy & Stitch (2006)
• "Justice League" (3 episodes, 2002-2006)
• "Lilo & Stitch: The Series" (5 episodes, 2003-2006)
• "Worst Week of My Life" (1 episode, 2006)
• Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
• Myst V: End of Ages (2005)
• Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)
• Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)
• "Nova" (1 episode, 2005)
• "American Dragon: Jake Long" (1 episode, 2005)
• Hoodwinked! (2005)
• The Cat That Looked at a King (2004)
• Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004)
• "Static Shock" (1 episode, 2004)
• Teacher's Pet (2004)
• Cable Beach (2004)
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
• Stitch! The Movie (2003)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 2003)
• "Touched by an Angel" (2 episodes, 2003)
• Uru: Ages Beyond Myst (2003)
• The Dead Zone (2002)
• "House of Mouse" (4 episodes, 2001-2002)
• "Arli$$" (1 episode, 2002)
• Stitch Experiment 626 (2002)
• Lilo & Stitch (2002)
• The Majestic (2001)
• Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
• Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
• Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
• Tomcats (2001)
• Food for Thought (2001)
• The Assistant (2001)
• "The Trouble with Normal" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Bull" (4 episodes, 2000)
• "Teacher's Pet" (2000)
• "The Wild Thornberrys" (1 episode, 2000)
• Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale (2000)
• "Love & Money" (1999)
• Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (1999)
• "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 1999)
• "The Practice" (1 episode, 1999)
• The Stand-In (1999)
• "Ally McBeal" (1 episode, 1998)
• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
• "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (4 episodes, 1998)
• Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
• Belle's Magical World (1998)
• "101 Dalmatians: The Series" (1 episode, 1998)
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
• Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
• "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1 episode, 1997)
• Meet Wally Sparks (1997)
• Pocahontas (1997)
• Justice League of America (1997)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• To Face Her Past (1996)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (3 episodes, 1986-1996)
• "Poltergeist: The Legacy" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Cybill" (1 episode, 1996)
• Toonstruck (1996)
• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
• Steal Big Steal Little (1995)
• Pocahontas (1995)
• Napoleon (1995)
• Bad Company (1995)
• "The Boys Are Back" (1 episode, 1994)
• Past Tense (1994)
• Iron Will (1994)
• Napoleon (1994)
• Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993)
• Taking Liberty (1993)
• Mastergate (1992)
• Kurenai no buta (1992)
• The Last of His Tribe (1992)
• Shadows and Fog (1992)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• Wife, Mother, Murderer (1991)
• Doc Hollywood (1991)
• "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1 episode, 1991)
• "Married People" (1 episode, 1990)
• "Wings" (1 episode, 1990)
• How to Murder a Millionaire (1990)
• The Kissing Place (1990)
• "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1 episode, 1990)
• Final Notice (1989)
• The Final Days (1989)
• "The Ray Bradbury Theater" (1 episode, 1989)
• Day One (1989)
• The Accidental Tourist (1988)
• "Matlock" (3 episodes, 1987-1988)
• "ALF" (2 episodes, 1988)
• Another Woman (1988)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987)
• The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
• J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986)
• "North and South, Book II" (1986)
• Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
• "North and South" (1985)
• Creator (1985)
• Better Off Dead... (1985)
• The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
• The Bad Seed (1985)
• The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
• Anatomy of an Illness (1984)
• The Innocents Abroad (1983)
• "M*A*S*H" (129 episodes, 1977-1983)
• The Day the Bubble Burst (1982)
• "CBS Afternoon Playhouse" (1 episode, 1982)
• Harry's War (1981)
• Father Damien: The Leper Priest (1980)
• The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)
• Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979)
• Magic (1978)
• Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978)
• The Cheap Detective (1978)
• A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)
• Oh, God! (1977)
• A Circle of Children (1977)
• "The Tony Randall Show" (1 episode, 1977)
• "Rhoda" (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
• "Mary Tyler Moore" (3 episodes, 1976-1977)
• "Doc" (1975)
• "Charlie's Angels" (1 episode, 1976)
• "Kojak" (1 episode, 1975)
• Drive, He Said (1971)
• THX 1138 (1971)