Mr. McLean appeared for years on television commercials as the Marlboro Man. After he learned he had cancer, he became an anti-smoking crusader. At a meeting of stockholders of Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro, Mr. McLean asked them to limit their advertising. In addition to this movie credits, Mr. McLean also appeared on the television programmes...
Before becoming an actor, he had been an architect and a cartoonist.
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In the early to mid 1960s he played "The Marlboro Man" in a series of commercials for Marlboro cigarettes. Part of his compensation was a free supply of the cigarettes. In 1964 McLean learned he had developed cancer, which he was told by his physicians was due to his heavy smoking. He then joined a campaign to end the airing of ads for cigarettes on TV, which was eventually successful. The character in the novel "Thank You for Smoking" and the subsequent film Thank You for Smoking (2005)) was based on McLean.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Deathsport
1978
Lord Zirpola
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977
Gene Smith
Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell
1977
Billy
Tales of the Unexpected
1977
TV Mini-Series
Croft
The Streets of San Francisco
1973-1976
TV Series
James Courtney / Captain / Clint, Deputy Harbor Master / ...
Bonanza
1969-1973
TV Series
Sheriff Touhy / Marshal Steve Fallon / Marshal Calhoun
Ironside
1972
TV Series
Gus Hadley
The Andromeda Strain
1971
Sen. McKenzie (New Mexico) (uncredited)
Death Valley Days
1963-1970
TV Series
Stephen Austin / McGrath / Jean Baptiste Lamy / ...
Lancer
1969-1970
TV Series
Sheriff / Hostetler
Daniel Boone
1970
TV Series
Smith
Gunsmoke
1969
TV Series
Webb
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1968
TV Series
Sheriff
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1968
TV Series
Professor Wilson
Nevada Smith
1966
Romero
Days of Our Lives
1965-1966
TV Series
Craig Merritt
The Virginian
1963-1965
TV Series
Governor James / Troy / Burt Adams
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
TV Series
Jason Huberts
Slattery's People
1965
TV Series
Arthur Wozchek
The Strangler
1964
Lt. Frank Benson
The Fugitive
1964
TV Series
Sheriff
Laramie
1962-1963
TV Series
Marshal Branch McGary / Steven Collier / Cully Brown