Comedy. ", Frank has a quiet, insightful conversation with Trapper, where he admits that he grew up in a strict family where he couldn't talk at meals, and that he became a snitch, "so I could talk to somebody.". She was a nurse at the 4077th MASH during the Korean War. In 1972, M*A*S*H was made into a hit TV series that ran for 11 seasons. On another occasion, he gave away a Bronze Star he was awarded because he felt he did not deserve it.[8]. 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. M*A*S*H is a popular media franchise revolving around the staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital as they attempt to maintain sanity during the harshness of the Korean War. He was in practice for 12 years before going to Korea in 1950. In season six, he receives a Dear John letter from Laverne saying she has found another man, whom she later breaks up with, then becoming engaged to Klinger's supposed best friend. Unlike Blake, he is not afraid to put his foot down when the camp's antics get out of hand, but this is motivated by not wanting to see his troops get into trouble outside of the camp. WebHe died on April 10, 2000 in New York City Major Franklin Marion Burns (120 episodes, 1972-1977) 6. He also does not hold a World War II Victory Medal, which typically accompanied the Occupation Medal as its cutoff date was December 31, 1946. Kellye Nakahara, known for her role in the TV show M*A*S*H, died Sunday, according to her sister, Nalani Coleman. 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. One of those names, however, applies to Roy Goldman (see above), thus one can assume that the name was merely a one-time usage. In early seasons she had several liaisons with visiting colonels or generals who were "old friends". He was not promoted, but made it clear that he was American "with an American wife and American son, Billy Bubba". Ugly John was never seen living in "The Swamp" and there was no fifth bunk, though it was the only quarters for subordinate male officers ever seen. Between long sessions of treating wounded patients, he is found making wisecracks, drinking heavily, carousing, womanizing, and pulling pranks on the people around him, especially Frank Burns and "Hot Lips" Houlihan. His name was not set for several seasons. Every Friday he gives boring and nonsensical lectures to the enlisted personnel about why the United States is in the Korean war. 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. Hawkeye says he'd thought about putting in a scalpel but decided not to, reasoning that a later civilization might consider it a weapon. The character also appeared as a new central character in AfterMASH, a spin-off starring the three cast members who had voted (unsuccessfully) to continue the first series. She falls in love with him on the spot, and he quickly asks her to marry him. Cutler was played by actress/singer Marcia Strassman. I never want her at my table again!" and a scene showing a jeep driving off with the deceased Ho-Jon, causing a brief pause in the poker game.[55]. To raise funds, Trapper grows a beard, poses as Jesus Christ (complete with a cross mounted on a jeep or hanging from a helicopter), and autographs thousands of photos which the Swampmen sell for a dollar apiece. Unbeknownst to them, a hidden PA microphone is broadcasting their conversation to the whole camp, including her growl to Frank, "kiss my hot lips". Finally, in the season seven episode "Peace on Us", Margaret announces she's getting a divorce due to Donald transferring himself to San Francisco without telling her. 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. He is bewildered by the doctors' amoral pranks and womanizing behavior, but is usually forgiving of their jokes and sarcastic remarks, commenting once that "humor, after all, was one of His creations". The Death of Henry Blake M*A*S*H producer Gene Reynolds on facing down viewers outrage for killing off a popular character. 1st Lt. Kealani Kellye was portrayed by Kellye Nakahara. Radar appeared in every episode of the show's first three seasons. The character returned to television in 1979 in the medical drama series Trapper John, M.D. Ho-Jon was portrayed by Kim Atwood in the film, and Patrick Adiarte in the series. For the film, the voice is sometimes listed as that of Marvin Miller and sometimes as that of David Arkin, who played Staff Sergeant Vollmer. (Sparky seems to be at his desk around the clock). Roy Goldman is a medic who is assigned various duties at the 4077th. In the novel, the confrontation is less violent, and Burns is simply transferred to a VA hospital stateside. He attended the fictional Androscoggin College. The highly anticipated Potter is well-liked by his subordinates, especially Radar, who comes to see him as a mentor and father figure after Blake's transfer stateside and subsequent death. Like Roy, he is a medic, and he is frequently seen together with Roy. When he angrily lashes out at her, she pulls rank on him, warning: "I'm a lieutenant, soldier. In the TV series, he is first played by Bruno Kirby, though only in the pilot (in which he has no lines, is not spoken to, and is only visible in the background of a few shots). He is usually seen in a non-medical setting (such as guard duty), though he also does chores within the hospital. While Trapper expresses great love for his wife and daughters, he also fraternizes with the nurses a great deal with no pretense of fidelity. Although just one of an ensemble of characters in author Richard Hooker's MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, in the television series Hawkeye became the center of the MASH unit's medical activity. 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. He serves as an orderly/sentry and later company clerk assigned to the 4077th. [in fact Swit is an ethnic Swedish-Polish] She entered nursing school in 1938 and graduated in 1942 when she joined the Army. This frustrated Rogers, and in combination with a dispute over the terms of the original five-year contract, he quit the show shortly before production of the fourth season began; the character of Trapper was abruptly discharged from the Army and sent back to the United States. 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. When Hawkeye walks into the mess tent naked, for example, Goldman is the first one to notice, dropping his metal tray in shock. In the M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Special that aired on Fox in 2002, Arbus was the only non-regular cast member to be featured on the special. 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. Sadly, in the nearly four decades since the show went off the air, many of the main cast members have passed away, including William Christopher (Father Mulcahy), Potter initially takes a hard line against Klinger's attempts to get discharged but is convinced to let him continue cross-dressing and eventually assigns him to be his new company clerk. Potter is from Hannibal, Missouri, one-quarter Cherokee[12] and possesses a passion and fondness for horses. In real life, Jamie Farr is a devout Antiochian (Greek) Orthodox. Radar is briefly promoted to Second Lieutenant as the result of a poker game debt ("Lt. Radar O'Reilly") but soon returns to Corporal after discovering that life as a commissioned officer is more complicated than he had originally thought. Distraught and exhausted, Burns, speaking on the telephone to his mother, tells her that Major Houlihan had just pretended to like him, "like Dad used to.". Played by Robert F. Simon. On television, Alan Alda played the Captain. Dish's role in the finished film was limited, as a large portion of her role did not make the final cut. Comment. 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 typical M*A*S*H inconsistency Potter's birth year was variously mentioned as being either 1883 (he claimed to have joined Theodore Roosevelt's "Roughriders" as a marginally legal 15-year-old enlistee in 1898), 1890, or 1900 or 1902. 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. 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. Another time Major Burns manipulates Klinger and Zale into a boxing match, which results in Burns being knocked out by both men. Rizzo enjoys shooting craps and seems to win more than he loses. Corporal (later Sergeant) Maxwell Q. remains generally faithful to his wife and daughter, saying that it's not because he thinks it's morally wrong to do otherwise, but "I simply don't want to." Captain Augustus Bedford "Duke" Forrest appears in the novel and the film (played by actor Tom Skerritt). Classical music is one of his great loves, helping him to maintain his morale. Burns first appeared in the original novel, where he had the rank of captain. Ginger is a commissioned Lieutenant but is not a stickler for rules or military discipline like Major Houlihan. 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 "Officer of the Day", while with another soldier, he is referred to as either Carter or Willis (it is not clear which of the two is which). In turn, Potter holds Burns' feigned military bearing and subpar medical skills in contempt. On the bus is a woman with a crying newborn baby. Potter refers to Burns as a head twerp; Hawkeye tells how they became enemies when he remarked Burns lost more patients than food poisoning; Trapper John sneers Burns couldn't cut salami without bungling it; B J remarks that Burns became a surgeon after washing out of embalming school. Unfortunately, this has often backfired on him when both parties he was pranking find out and retaliate. 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. William Christopher: 83, born October 20, 1932. 16th Jan 2023, 9:55am. She served in World War II but it is unknown if she served Stateside or overseas. However, most fans of the show claim this is actually Flagg's first appearance, with Halloran simply being one of Flagg's many aliases. 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. By Matthew Mohan-Hickson. His philosophy on success in the army was that it was possible to never do work, so long as your superiors don't see you enjoy yourself: "Where else [but the Army] can you be a bum and get paid for it?". It was these abilities that earned him the nickname "Radar". Other aliases include Major Brooks, Captain Louise Klein, Lieutenant Carter, Ensign Troy, and Chaplain Goldberg.[48]. 11 Seasons. (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.). After leaving Korea and the army, Freedman accepts a post at the University of Chicago. The character is seen and heard only once, in the first-season episode "Tuttle". Spearchucker's role was limited. as he is being shipped back to the United States and tells them that not only has he been cleared of all charges, but has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to a veteran's hospital in his hometown. When Ginger is doing her rounds in post-op, she looks at his chart and says, "They've got you down as white. It is sadly inappropriate to give dessert to a child who has had no meal." He runs the camp public address system and radio station, which are often used in minor gags; in one episode he transmits messages to a Navy carrier by Morse code. The MASH surgeons get a big laugh when they saw a film of his wedding - even then Burns couldn't hold a knife while cutting his wedding cake. In the film and the subsequent TV series, Frank Burns' rank is that of major. As Burns holds the same rank as Hawkeye in the novel Blake tries to make sure neither is on duty at the same time, but cannot do so when things get busy. Winchester's commanding officer in Tokyo transferred him to the 4077th on temporary duty in retaliation for the major's gloating attitude about beating him at cribbage for $672.17 (equivalent to about $7,130 in 2022). [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. However, she faced racial discrimination and he turned to bookmaking, and is only able to escape prison time when Sherman Potter offers a character reference and hires him as his assistant at the veteran's hospital in Missouri where he now works. Clayton, like Hammond, is in charge of several medical outfits including the 4077th. [2] His birth name is taken from a member of Hooker's own family named Franklin Pierce.[3]. In Hawkeye's presumably far more accurate account, Frank was borderline hysterical and performed his triage duties with singular incompetence, which resulted in the near-deaths of multiple casualties. 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. He is from Philadelphia and is frequently seen wearing a Loyola sweatshirt. (2023) LOS ANGELES - Wayne Rogers, whose Trapper John McIntyre alongside Alan Alda's Hawkeye Pierce brought mischief, The show continued to portray him as very young even as his hairline receded (all of the actors would age a decade during this protracted retelling of a 3-year war). The character's original defining characteristic was his continual attempts to gain a Section 8 psychiatric discharge from the Army, by habitually wearing women's clothing and engaging in other "crazy" stunts. 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. [15] He unjustly accuses a rookie orderly, Boone (Bud Cort in the film), of killing one of his patients and nearly kills another patient, earning him retaliatory assaults from Duke and Trapper John. out of the shower after giving him a hard time. There is a running joke that Mulcahy always wins the betting pools. He is transferred stateside for psychiatric evaluation, but although the 4077th is delighted to be finally rid of him, Burns has the last laugh. Ho-Jon is last seen in the film being led away by South Korean soldiers while the doctor tells Hawkeye that he has seen through the trick. "[6]He is also a chronic alcoholic, for three years in Korea drinking every day three times as heavily as the average person [his homemade still; daily tabs at the MASH officer Club and Rosie's Bar]. First Class Ames, but Penobscott gets tangled into a camouflage net while showing off. A nurse at the 4077th, and Henry Blake's paramour during much of the first season, and is at his side through much of the pilot. In the novel, he serves as a moral center and author's alter ego, chiding Trapper John for calling Major Houlihan "Hot Lips," which he never does himself. In the film, it is overtly sexual and broadcast throughout the camp when Radar puts a microphone under Hot Lips' bunk in her tent. This is a minor error; Rizzo had re-enlisted in the Army in a previous episode. In "The Price of Tomato Juice", Igor identifies himself as "Maxwell", and Major Frank Burns also refers to him as "Maxwell" in the following line of dialogue. Hunnicutt was created to replace him, with the two part Season Four opener created to explain his absence (the third episode introducing Col. Potter was intended to be the premiere episode). Now played by Pernell Roberts, the character is depicted in the then-present day as the middle-aged Chief of Surgery at a San Francisco hospital. Sometimes, for special calls, Sparky requires a bribe to arrange the connection. He repeated that advice in the series finale, following his treatment of Hawkeye, who had finally cracked under the strain of the war. Hunnicutt is played by Mike Farrell in the TV show. When the Korean Armistice is announced, he states his intention to return to Crabapple Cove to be a local doctor who has the time to get to know his patients, instead of contending with the endless flow of casualties he faced during his time in Korea. However, she continued to be featured in the opening credit montage sequence (wherein the MASH staff runs toward approaching helicopters) for most of the show's run. [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. left for Korea. CBS. He is devoted to his wife Peg (ne Hayden) who writes many letters to him while he is in Korea. However, it appears that Margaret genuinely cares for her flock and is not merely shaking them down in pursuit of material gain. His sister's religious name is Theresa. 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. Burns became even more erratic than usual after Houlihan's engagement and even a little before, such as when she was attending a meeting in Tokyo during Season 4 without him. The Duke Forrest character did not make it to the TV series. However, as a similar omission exists regarding Colonel Potter's decorations, this may simply have been an error by the costume department. In the pilot episode, Ho-Jon is accepted at Hawkeye's old college, just as in the novel. His mother is deceased and he has a sister (although, like Vermont, they are mentioned in some early episodes), and he is close to his father, whoas mentioned in the later episodesis also a doctor. Between long sessions of treating wounded patients, he is found making wisecracks, drinking heavily, carousing, womanizing, and pulling pranks on the people around him, especially Frank Burns and "Hot Lips" Houlihan. He is portrayed by Dennis Fimple, who plays him with a noticeable Southern US accent. Age during show: 39-41. Zale's name is mentioned for the final time in "Yes Sir, That's Our Baby". Played by Linda Meiklejohn. Government should get out of his liquor cabinet".[4]. In the episode "O.R. The story, actually a string of vignettes, was adapted from the novel of In the TV version, the doctors raise funds for him by raffling off a weekend pass to Tokyo with Nurse Dish. at Harvard Medical in Boston in 1948, and worked at Massachusetts General Hospital. [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. [30] In the film, the nickname originates from a scene in which she has a tryst with Burns. An African American private with a mustache who is occasionally seen in group shots in early seasons. WebAge during show: 60-67 (He was a sprite 59 during The General Flipped at Dawn.) As portrayed by Skerritt in the film, he stands at 6'1" and is dark-haired. [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. He also appeared in two episodes of AfterMASH, and starred in the television pilot W*A*L*T*E*R. The character was portrayed by Gary Burghoff in both the film and on television, the only regular character played by a single actor. The series implies she is ethnic Irish: In the Pilot episode Blake refers to her by her full name as O'Houlihan; while Colonel Potter remarks that she comes from a race that likes to settles arguments with their fists ("Souvenirs"). The 1883 birthdate appears unlikely, since this would have made Potter nearly 70 during the Korean Conflict. In season 3, he remarked that he would be glad to live past age 18, though other ages are given in other episodes, and by then the actor was pushing 30. He thereafter appears in a handful of episodes as a very minor character, played by Bob Gooden. For example, in the episode "Preventative Medicine" he refuses to participate in a scheme to relieve an overzealous officer of command by performing an unnecessary appendectomy on him. Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce (Jr. in the novel) was played by Donald Sutherland in the film. Private Igor Straminsky was generally portrayed by actor Jeff Maxwell, although Peter Riegert played him in two sixth-season episodes. Hot Lips!" [33], Early on in the TV series, she is a stern "by-the-book" head nurse but willingly goes against regulations for her gain. Henry would never meet his son. After being confronted by Hawkeye, Burns was knocked unconscious by the operating room door.
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