M*A*S*H Star "Out and Proud"
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M*A*S*H's Maj. Charles Winchester has stepped out of the tent.
Actor David Ogden Stiers tells Gossip-Boy.com, "I am [gay]. Very proud to be so."
The 66-year-old actor, who played Cogsworth in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (and its subsequent straight-to-video releases), claims his success doing voice work made him nervous to reveal his true identity.
"What they might allow in a more known actor, they prefer not having to deal with in minor players," said Stiers, whose 'toon credits include Lilo & Stich: The Series and Justice League.
"I should say in regards to this that many of my fears were in modern times self-invented. I’ve been working internally on whether they were the problem or if I just continued using them as an excuse long after the call for conservative private lives passed."
Later in the interview, he added, "I wish to spend my life's twilight being just who I am."
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