When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy.

Career


Early acting credits
Stiers first appeared in the Broadway production The Magic Show in 1974 in the minor role of Feldman. He attended Urbana High School at the same time as film critic Roger Ebert. Burns usually served as the butt of practical jokes instigated by Pierce or Hunnicutt and his surgical skills were often harshly criticized.

He is also known for the role of District Attorney Michael Reston in the Perry Mason TV movies. David Ogden Stiers (born October 31 1942) is an American actor director vocal actor and musician noted for his roles in Disney films the television series M*A*S*H as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III and the science fiction drama The Dead Zone as Reverend Gene Purdy.