Trivia

Has conducted 70 orchestras in over 100 appearances. He is resident conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra in Newport, Oregon.

Played French horn in the orchestra at Juilliard, which is rather more amusing considering an episode of M*A*S*H (1972) where he bothers Hawkeye and B.J. with persistent bad horn playing.

Some of the M*A*S*H (1972) actors jokingly had his dressing room painted orange and purple while Stiers was off for Thanksgiving break.

Didn't learn to drive until 1975, when his role on the Kojak (1973) episode, Money Back Guarantee (1975), called for him to be seen driving.

Was a high school classmate of Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert.

Cogswoth's advice to the Beast on what to give Belle, "Flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep..." in Beauty and the Beast (1991) was his own creation.

Has a son from a relationship in the 1960s.

Originally went into audition for the role of Lumiere the candelabra in Beauty and the Beast (1991). He got the role of Cogsworth, his frenemy who became a mantel clock, instead.

Is the only actor to be a part of both the cast of Beauty and the Beast (1991) and its 1994 Broadway cast. In both he provides the atmospheric narration for the respective prologues.

On M*A*S*H (1972), he played an Harvard alum and in real life, Stiers taught theater games at Harvard.

He provided his voice to 5 films in the Walt Disney Animation Studios canon: Beauty and the Beast (1991), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), and Lilo & Stitch (2002). This is only the main theatrical films and does not contain any direct to home video sequels, prequels, or spin-offs.

His remains were cremated. His ashes were sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean.

His last name is pronounced "styers".

Graduated High School at North Eugene High School, Oregon.

He appeared in five films directed by Woody Allen: Another Woman (1988), Shadows and Fog (1991), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001).

Best known by the public for his role as Major Charles Winchester on M*A*S*H (1972).

He is often given small roles in Woody Allen films for which he receives high billing considering his screen time.

Sadly, he passed away just three days after the 35th anniversary of the milestone episode Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (1983), which he had appeared in.

His ancestry included Irish, Swedish, German, and English.

Never been Married.