This is despite being told by Cardinal Reardon, a prelate visiting Korea to evaluate the effectiveness of the chaplains serving there, that "you're a tough act to follow" after listening to his sermon concerning a soldier diagnosed with leukemia, at that time a death sentence. In both the film and the TV series, Hammond is played by G. Wood, making him one of two actors to reprise his film role in the TV show. In the third-season episode "Springtime", Klinger marries his girlfriend, Laverne Esposito, via radio. She is the Regular Army head nurse of the 4077th and begins allied with Major Frank Burns against the more civilian doctors of the unit. When Colonel Potter denies his hardship authorization to go home to try to save his marriage, considering it another fake story, the frustrated Klinger tears his dress, shouting that his cross-dressing was fake. (In the final regular episode of the series titled "As Time Goes By", Radar's teddy bear is put into the unit's time capsule to symbolize the soldiers who arrived as boys and left as men.). WebAge during show: 60-67 (He was a sprite 59 during The General Flipped at Dawn.) After finishing his secondary studies at Choate, he graduated summa cum laude class of 1943 from Harvard College (where he lettered in Crew and Polo), completed his M.D. Rather than lecturing from an authority, he seeks to teach by example ("Blood Brothers"), or by helping someone see the error of their ways ("Identity Crisis"). In AfterMASH, it is revealed that Max and Soon Lee found her family and helped them reestablish themselves as farmers, then moved together to the U.S. to settle down. During his brief run on the show, it was implied that he and nurse Ginger Bayliss (played by Odessa Cleveland) were romantically involved. Henry attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he was the football team's athletic trainer. In the novel and film, Mulcahy is familiarly known by the nickname "Dago Red", a derogatory reference to his ItalianIrish ancestry and the sacramental wine used during Holy Mass. For example, in "Death Takes a Holiday" he quietly gifts an orphanage with expensive chocolates (a tradition in his family) while the camp assails his stinginess because true charity must be anonymous. Among the resident in-patients is one of Potter's subordinates from World War I, who addresses him as "Sarge" as opposed to his retired rank of colonel. On another occasion, he gave away a Bronze Star he was awarded because he felt he did not deserve it.[8]. In the episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet", Hawkeye says that he shares a tent with three other doctors. Trapper John, along with The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Lou Grant, thus became one of a handful of 1970s television characters to be successfully adapted from situation comedy to drama. In "Comrades in Arms", Margaret receives a letter from Donald that was meant for another womana letter that says unkind things about Margaret and hints at Donald having an affair with the other woman. He replaced Trapper John, both in his position within the unit and as an ally of Hawkeye Pierce and a foil of Frank Burns, appearing in all but one episode of the rest of the series. He mentions in one episode that he is from Brooklyn, which was the reason he didn't know what people who were heading to California in the late 1840s were looking for when quizzed. Frank is last referred to in the second-to-last episode "As Time Goes By", where the question is asked (by Winchester) if anything that was put in the 4077th's time capsule belonged to Burns. First Class Ames, but Penobscott gets tangled into a camouflage net while showing off. He is also referred to in one episode, perhaps jokingly, as Fred. In addition to his gullibility, Burns was shown to be incredibly greedy, selfish, and occasionally childish. In "Promotion Commotion", Igor relentlessly tries to impress Hawkeye and BJ, so he can be promoted to Corporal. as his drinking buddy. Corporal (briefly Second Lieutenant) Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly appears in the novels, film, and TV series. Her family lives in Honolulu according to her statements in the final episode. In the film, he is an American (as he can be seen wearing the insignia of a US Army Captain), but his background is not discussed. In the original novel, Ho-Jon is described as a 17-year-old Korean, tall, thin, bright, Christian, and living in Seoul. He also is the camp loan shark, getting Charles on his hook at one point to the extent he had to have money sent from home to clear his debt with the cigar-chewing sergeant. Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson & Other M*A*S*H Stars Who Passed AwayWILLIAM CHRISTOPHER. Actor William Christopher played the role of Father Francis Mulcahy in "M*A*S*H" for 11 seasons. HARRY MORGAN. Harry Morgan played the part of Colonel Sherman T. LARRY LINVILLE. Larry Linville brought the character of Major Franklin Burns into life. WAYNE ROGERS. The beloved actor was known as Trapper John McIntyre. MCLEAN STEVENSON. William Christopher: 83, born October 20, 1932. As he prepares to depart the 4077th to rejoin his unit, he thanks the doctors then turns and salutes Ginger, who returns the salute and wishes him well. Claim: The cast of <em>M*A*S*H</em> did not learn of Col. Blake's death until they were actually filming the scene in which it was announced. Key episodes in this development include the season 5 episode "The Nurses", in which she plays the role of a stern disciplinarian, but breaks down in front of her nurses revealing how hurt she is by their disdain for her; and "Comrades In Arms" (season 6), in which Hawkeye and Margaret make peace as they endure an artillery barrage together while lost in the wilderness, though they had also shown more mutual respect for one another before, when they have to go help a front-line aid station in "Aid Station" (season 3). In the first season, McIntyre's chief nurse, nicknamed "Starch", is said to have served with/worked for him in Korea, but never appeared in the novel, movie, or TV series. In Richard Hooker's 1977 novel M*A*S*H Mania, which takes place in the early 1970s, Henry Blake has become a General and helps Hawkeye in a scheme to rid Crabapple Cove of a troublesome psychologist. He accosted a blonde female WAC, a blonde female Red Cross worker, and an army general and his blonde wife in an offoro bath, mistaking the couple for the Penobscots. During Margaret's stay in Tokyo, Burns drinks all of Hawkeye's booze, cleans out Hawkeye and BJ's poker winnings of $200, and confesses that he wants to have affairs with two other nurses besides Houlihan: Nurse Kellye, and an unnamed "little red-haired nurse". Klinger is an Arab-American of Lebanese descent from Toledo, Ohio (like Farr himself). It is framed and hung behind his desk during his tenure at the 4077th. Though by military rank Burns is second-in-command of the unit, he is outranked in medical matters by Hawkeye, who reluctantly accepts appointment by Colonel Blake as Chief Surgeon. In "Henry Please Come Home" Hammond is personally responsible for Henry's short-lived transfer to Tokyo. In one episode, one of Burns' patients had to have emergency surgery because Burns was too lazy to properly sterilize the patient during an operation. Classical music is one of his great loves, helping him to maintain his morale. [29][28], Her nickname "Hot Lips" has different origins in the original novel, film, and TV show. Although the series presumes that she is an only child, in the same episode she tells Frank about her younger sister (a captain) who was engaged to be married. The character is inspired by company clerk Don Shaffer, who also was born in Ottumwa and nicknamed "Radar" by his compatriots, and who served alongside Hornberger in Korea. His name was not set for several seasons. Also, where Burns was always the fall-guy and butt of Hawkeye's roasts and insults, Winchester often was able to match wits with Hawkeye and even zinged him back, which Hawkeye seemed to actually respect. Staff Sergeant Zelmo Zale was portrayed by Johnny Haymer. However, the producers added a final scene to his last episode in which Radar delivers news that Blake's plane has been shot down with no survivors. Although his career was in the Horse Cavalry until 1924 when he married, he has told inconsistent stories about being in the Infantry during World War I: During combat in World War I, at the July 1918 Battle of Chteau-Thierry, he was mustard gassed, leaving him blind for a month in a French hospital. He and writer Larry Gelbart evolved Radar into a nave farm boy,[39] who still sleeps with his teddy bear and whose favorite beverage is Nehi brand grape soda. Most of these are extremely flamboyant and the Reverend Mother herself is conspicuously glitzy and glittery. The completed film omits this storyline, although a scene showing Ho-Jon in the operating room remains with overdubbed dialogue (Houlihan: "That man's a prisoner of war, Doctor." Trapper: "So are you, Sweetheart, but you don't know it.") Klinger's discharge was dropped, and Freedman left the camp. Colonel Sherman Tecumseh Potter appears in the M*A*S*H and AfterMASH television series. Burns and Hawkeye recount different versions of the events. Radar is from Ottumwa, Iowa, and joined the army right out of high school. From the archives of TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress Loretta Swit on her respect for the work of real-life nurses and the woman on whom she based her portrayal of Major Margaret Houlihan. Donald is introduced in name only at the start of the fifth season. He was drafted into the South Korean army, subsequently, wounded and sent back to the 4077th for treatment. On television, Alan Alda played the Captain. Hess, John D., Episode 4/7, "The Bus", first aired October 17, 1975. Soon after the pilot episode, Burghoff noted that the other characters were changing from the film portrayals and decided to follow. Flagg is an American intelligence agent who acts paranoid and irrational and appears to the staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to be mentally unstable. He is not seen again until the sixth-season episode "The M*A*S*H Olympics", in which Donald (played this time by Henry) arrives to visit Margaret and ends up taking part in the 4077th's amateur Olympics competition; he almost wins a race against portly Sgt. Her career has taken a new direction as the head of the "God Is Love in All Forms Christian Church, Incorporated", a cult or sect with the unusual distinction that its entire congregation consists of gay men. Despite their long-running mutual antagonism, Hawkeye and Margaret came to develop respect and affection for each other, reflected in a long passionate farewell kiss in the final episode. The next day, Burns is permanently sent away for psychiatric evaluation in a straitjacket, shot full of tranquilizers. He was one of the original Swampmen with Trapper, Hawkeye, and Frank Burns, and was the sole black surgeon at the 4077th. Potter is married to Mildred, and they have only one daughter and one grandson in some episodes, while in others he has multiple children [such as a son born 1926 who is a dentist] and grandchildren. In the episode "I Hate a Mystery", Ho-Jon steals many valuable items and Hawkeye's poker winnings to bribe the border guards to bring his family down from the North. Sergeant Rizzo is known to carry a grudge. After Margaret becomes engaged, he nearly blows himself up with a grenade in an attempt to prove himself courageous by capturing war prisoners. Hunnicutt had remained in Korea where he was reassigned to another unit following the July 1953 deactivation of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at the end of M*A*S*H's finale and Dr. Craig also mentions serving in Korea with B.J. Gelbart, Larry & Marks, Lawrence. Blake had affairs with a call girl, an underage girl, three nurses at the 4077th MASH, and a recent college graduate member of the press corps (the last so serious that Henry came close to deserting his family for her). Webcase analysis examples with solutions. Afterward, Mulcahy reluctantly helps the doctors to stage the famous "Last Supper" faux suicide, to convince Painless that he should continue with life. Igor became a favorite with both the fan base and the network. In the series finale, while releasing POWs from a holding pen in the path of an artillery barrage, he is nearly killed and loses most of his hearing when a shell explodes at close range. Captain "Trapper" John Francis Xavier McIntyre appears in the novels, the film (played by Elliott Gould), the M*A*S*H TV series (played by Wayne Rogers), and the spin-off Trapper John, M.D. When McLean Stevenson decided to leave the show at the end of the third season, his character was scripted to be discharged and sent home as a way to write him out of the series. In the pilot episode, Ho-Jon is accepted at Hawkeye's old college, just as in the novel. Alda said of Pierce, "Some people think he was very liberal. What was the name of the other show the mash crew played in? Sparky is the mostly unseen telephone/radio operator at headquarters. He is later promoted to Sergeant ("Promotion Commotion") and begins to take his duties even more seriously; the writers had decided to "tap into his street skills" to flesh out his character. "; in that episode's original script, Klinger was an effeminate gay man ("a silly fag character" as stated by Farr in the documentary Making M*A*S*H), but the writers later agreed that it would be more interesting to have Klinger be heterosexual, but wear dresses in an attempt to gain a Section 8 discharge. [36] After Burns ran amok in Seoul on leave and was promoted and transferred back to the United States, Colonel Potter asked for, and got, Winchester's permanent transfer to the Double Natural. Age during show: 39-50. In the episode "The Incubator", and in this episode only, he is presented as a fool, answering questions of reporters in military double talk. The character was inspired by two real-life Korean War MASH head nurses: "Hotlips" Hammerly,[28] an attractive blonde of similar disposition,[citation needed] and Janie Hall. The character of B.J. She immediately attracts the attention of both Hawkeye and Trapper, so much so that Maj. Houlihan wants her transferred again immediately. In the episode "Rainbow Bridge", he has to decide whether to send his doctors into enemy territory for an exchange of wounded prisoners, but he hems and haws before telling his doctors, "Whatever you guys decide is fine with me." In the film, Hammond is dismissive of Major Houlihan and her negative report about Blake, while in the TV series Houlihan is a sometime lover whom he remembers fondly. Later in the series, particularly after the departure of Burns, she becomes a more sympathetic character, softening her attitude while still serving as a foil for their antics. However, Hawkeye's reaction indicates that on this occasion, Frank was indeed stating the facts. [46] Among the characters Klinger has tried to dress up include Moses, Zoltan King of the Gypsies, Cleopatra, The Statue of Liberty, Snow White, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With the Wind; a ballerina, a U.S. Army female nurse, a 1920s flapper, a nun, and a Korean woman. Seen only during season one. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Braymore Blake is introduced in the 1968 novel M*A*S*H and is also a character in the film (played by Roger Bowen) and television series (played by McLean Stevenson). At the end of the episode, he listens to a recorded letter from his sister Honoria, who turns out to likewise be a stutterer. hospital. [9] While Henry is in command of the 4077th, his wife called Mildred in earlier episodes, Lorraine in later ones (the reason is never explained) gives birth to a son back in Bloomington. Episode 2/24, "A Smattering of Intelligence." Trapper spends much of his time on the series engaging in mischief with Hawkeye Pierce, with the two playing practical jokes on Majors Frank Burns and "Hot Lips" Houlihan, drinking, and trying to seduce women. (Based on what was told and shown in the course of the series, these would include the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Campaign Medal, the U.N. Service Medal, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Commendation Medal, the Purple Heart, and possibly a Legion of Merit; plus the Combat Medical Badge for his periodic service at battalion aid stations.) The name Charles Emerson Winchester was derived from three real street names in the city of Boston. When Burns is left in command of the unit (per military regulations), he generally micromanages camp operations, just for the sake of being in command but demonstrates a profound lack of military competence as well. He is a Catholic priest and serves as a US Army chaplain assigned to the 4077th. In the sequel novels, particularly M*A*S*H Goes to Maine, Jones joins the other doctors in their practice in Spruce Harbor, Maine, becoming a highly successful doctor and prominent citizen. Watchlist. In the novel, he serves as a moral center and author's alter ego, chiding Trapper John for calling Major Houlihan "H He later comments that he is 62, making the 1890 birthdate more credible. His medical incompetence causes Colonel Blake to instead assign Trapper John as Chief Surgeon. As an indication of their respect for him, in the final episode Hawkeye and B.J. formally salute Potter as he leaves the camp, one of the few times either is shown doing so. He was not promoted, but made it clear that he was American "with an American wife and American son, Billy Bubba". As we commemorate the anniversary of the original broadcast of the final episode of M*A*S*H, heres a clip from our Websecond assistant director / first assistant director (82 episodes, 1979-1983) Leonard S. Smith Jr. assistant director (69 episodes, 1973-1976) Michele Futrell. Some accounts assert the producers were unable to find evidence for black Army surgeons in Korea; there were, however, several black surgeons who served in the US military at the time.[50]. Both medals were stolen by Hawkeye and given to people who deserved them: an underage Marine (played by Ron Howard);[25] and a Korean mother and her infant son who had been shot just before she gave birth. at Harvard Medical in Boston in 1948, and worked at Massachusetts General Hospital. Spearchucker's role was limited. [16] Burns longs for command of the 4077th himself and resorts to underhanded means in attempting to achieve this end, such as filing misleading complaints about Blake and unsuccessfully preventing Hawkeye and Trapper from testifying in Blake's defense. After being confronted by Hawkeye, Burns was knocked unconscious by the operating room door. Captain "Ugly" John Black was portrayed by Carl Gottlieb in the movie, and John Orchard in the TV series. [45] In other episodes, Klinger pleads with Allah to help him out of a jam. The nine months he spends in Korea caused him to have an emotional breakdown because of the separation from his wife and child. He is also overly suspicious of Koreans, going as far as to claim that South Koreans are communist infiltrators and hustlers, and is openly racist against Native Americans, although Colonel Potter, being part Cherokee, sternly puts a stop to that early on. Clayton has somewhat less of a military bearing than Hammond, and seems to want to balance military expediency with "fatherly advice". Like Roy, he is a medic, and he is frequently seen together with Roy. He also has claimed to be in two different theaters of War during World War II: In the summer of 1944 on Guam; in December 1944 in the Battle of the Bulge. [10] As shown in Episode 2/16, "Henry in Love," Blake holds a Commendation Medal, a Purple Heart, a World War II Occupation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean War Campaign Medal, and the U.N. Service Medal, but neither the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal nor the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal that normally would accompany the Occupation Medal. In the film, he has a dry, sardonic, deadpan sense of humor, while in the M*A*S*H TV series he is more of a class clown. In M*A*S*H Mania, he is shown to have become the director of admissions at Androscoggin College (Hawkeye's alma mater). It was these abilities that earned him the nickname "Radar". In later seasons, his roles were expanding, making him more of a recurring cast member. (Gary Burghoff is the other.). The couple has a daughter, Erin, who was born shortly before B.J. While originally written to be from New York City, when the producers heard Bailey's southern accent in his first dailies his character was moved to Louisiana. It is Mulcahy who alerts the doctors that the camp dentist "Painless" is severely depressed. Charles Winchester II (father), This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 01:19. Ginger appears to be a competent nurse who is well-liked by the medical staff but occasionally runs afoul of Frank Burns who blames her for his mistakes, leading to Hawkeye and Trapper coming to her defense by pulling pranks on Frank. [44] This leads him to periodically prove himself, such as volunteering for a dangerous mission to demonstrate his courage to a soldier who had shot himself in the foot to get out of combat duty ("Mulcahy's War"), and putting himself in harm's way to retrieve or negotiate for medical supplies ("Tea and Empathy", "Out of Gas"). Pierce has little tolerance for military red tape and customs, feeling they get in the way of his doing his job, and has little respect for most Regular Army personnel. Corporal (later Sergeant) Maxwell Q. His luck at poker is unremarkable, however. Tall, dark, handsome, and muscular, he is a graduate of West Point whom Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) meets while she is on leave in Tokyo. Cutler was played by actress/singer Marcia Strassman. Winchester does adjust accordingly, although his skill as a surgeon inadvertently frustrates his hope of transferred back to Tokyo since Col. Potter considers him too valuable to lose. In "Bombshells", he is an ambulance driver for the 8063rd MASH and does not seem to recognize BJ Hunnicutt. The cast is still on during the wedding ceremony, and he is unable to move without assistance. forfeit ideas for couples. After rehabilitation, he resumes his position as "Swampboy." and a scene showing a jeep driving off with the deceased Ho-Jon, causing a brief pause in the poker game.[55]. Before playing Flagg, Winter played a similar character named Captain Halloran in the episode "Deal Me Out". I don't care if you are passing, watch your mouth." Fans of the hit sitcom "M*A*S*H" were devastated when Kellye Nakahara Wallett, the beloved actress who played the role of Lt. Nurse Kellye Yamato on the sitcom, passed away on February 16 following a brief battle with cancer. She was 72. Not many of the stars from the iconic sitcom are alive today. TV audiences were shocked after a character death in the HBO show. One episode, Ho-Jon is accepted at Hawkeye 's old college, just in. 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