Born in Brandon, Manitoba, his family moved to Manchester, England in 1929.
[1] McLean was educated in the United Kingdom and joined the Royal Air Force during World War II.
[1] He transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1944 and returned to Canada following the end of the war.
[2] In 1946 he joined CJRL radio in Kenora, Ontario[3] and in 1952 became news editor at CKRC in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He continued to do occasional voice-over work after his retirement and golf in his spare time, moved to Lagoon City in Ramara, Ontario and died in a Toronto hospital in March 2016.