Major Winchester David Ogden Stiers Passes

[+ purplekow]

David Ogden Stiers, best known as Major Charles Emerson Winchester , passed away at age 75.

Stiers had a long a varied career and was involved in many Disney projects. When he came out as a gay man in 2009, he was quoted as saying that he had held off for fear of losing access many of the family friendly roles. Apart from Major Winchester, he had made several made for TV movies in which he played Perry Mason's legal adversary, the lawyer who lost each case Perry won.

[+ Avalon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ogden_Stiers

 

I remember his ST:TNG episode

 

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Half_a_Life_(episode)

[+ poolboy48220]

I loved that Star Trek episode. Also the first appearance of Michelle Forbes, she played his daughter, and later went on to play Ensign Ro.

[+ Avalon]

I loved that Star Trek episode. Also the first appearance of Michelle Forbes, she played his daughter, and later went on to play Ensign Ro.

 

I didn't realize that. Thanks!

[Oscar Not Wilde]

I remember Stiers first as the new station manager, Mel Price, at WJM on the Mary Tyler Moore show.

 

• Lou Grant : [Angry that Mel's just told Professor Heller he's going to appear nightly, simply because controversy means increased ratings] Well, if 'controversy' is what you want, why don't we just have Mary, here, deliver the news topless?
   
  Mel Price : [Looks at Mary, who's standing aside him, he thinks - for a long time - silently] Let's see how this works out, first.