1. David Allen Ogden Stiers was an American actor and conductor.
31 Facts About David Ogden Stiers
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David Ogden Stiers appeared in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated the role of Feldman in The Magic Show, in 1974.
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David Ogden Stiers voiced Kamaji in the English-language version of Spirited Away.
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David Ogden Stiers appeared in television again on the supernatural drama series The Dead Zone as Reverend Gene Purdy, a role he portrayed from 2002 to 2007.
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David Ogden Stiers joined the cast of Stargate: Atlantis in its third season as Oberoth, leader of the human-form replicators.
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David Ogden Stiers spent his later years as a conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra.
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David Allen Ogden Stiers was born at St Francis Hospital in Peoria, Illinois, on October 31,1942, the son of Margaret Elizabeth and Kenneth Truman Stiers, and grew up in Peoria Heights, Chillicothe, and Urbana, Illinois.
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David Ogden Stiers's family moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from North Eugene High School, and briefly attended the University of Oregon.
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David Ogden Stiers subsequently moved to San Francisco, where he performed with the California Shakespeare Theater, San Francisco Actors Workshop, and the improvisation group The Committee, whose members included Rob Reiner, Howard Hesseman, and Peter Bonerz.
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Houseman invited David Ogden Stiers to relocate to New York City to study at the Juilliard School, from which he graduated in 1972.
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David Ogden Stiers appeared in many Acting Company productions including The Three Sisters and The Beggar's Opera.
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David Ogden Stiers first appeared in the Broadway production The Magic Show in 1974 in the role of Feldman.
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David Ogden Stiers appeared in the pilot of Charlie's Angels as the team's chief backup.
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David Ogden Stiers appeared as a teacher in the 1977 television film A Circle of Children, about a school for special-needs children.
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David Ogden Stiers played Uncle Teddy Quinn, a world renowned concert pianist, in Dr Quinn Medicine Woman.
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In 2002, David Ogden Stiers started a recurring role as the Reverend Purdy on the successful USA Network series The Dead Zone with Anthony Michael Hall.
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David Ogden Stiers provided voice work for dozens of film and television projects.
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David Ogden Stiers voiced PBS documentary films such as Ric Burns's project New York: A Documentary Film, 2010 Peabody Award winner The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today, and several episodes of the documentary television series American Experience, including Ansel Adams, directed by Ric Burns.
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David Ogden Stiers voiced Mr Piccolo in the animated English-dubbed version of Studio Ghibli's 1992 film Porco Rosso, as well as Kamaji in the English dub of the studio's 2001 film Spirited Away.
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David Ogden Stiers lent his voice to the direct-to-video Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman as the Penguin.
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David Ogden Stiers did voice work for Solovar in a two-part episode, "The Brave and The Bold" of Justice League and voiced Solovar again in a Justice League Unlimited episode "Dead Reckoning".
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David Ogden Stiers voiced the king and prime minister in the 2004 short film The Cat That Looked at a King.
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In Hoodwinked, David Ogden Stiers voiced the role of Nicky Flippers, the frog detective who is dispatched to Granny's house.
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David Ogden Stiers voiced Pops's father, Mr Maellard, in the animated TV series Regular Show, which debuted in 2010.
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David Ogden Stiers had voices in several video games, including Icewind Dale, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, as Jeff Zandi in Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, and as Esher in Myst V: End of Ages.
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David Ogden Stiers was the reader for numerous audiobook versions of novels, including Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full, and Colleen McCullough's The First Man in Rome.
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David Ogden Stiers played a major role in establishing the Newport Symphony.
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David Ogden Stiers guest-conducted over 70 orchestras around the world, including the Oregon Mozart Players, the Vancouver Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, the Oregon Chamber Players, and the Yaquina Chamber Orchestra, as well as orchestras in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and Toronto.
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David Ogden Stiers traced his love of music back to a performance by George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra on the basketball court at the University of Oregon in the 1950s.
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David Ogden Stiers died at his home in Newport, Oregon, on March 3,2018, at the age of 75, from complications related to bladder cancer.
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David Ogden Stiers's will made provisions for bequests to several arts organizations in his area, including the Newport Symphony, Newport Public Library, and the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, among others.