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Stevenson

This

is

a

list

of

characters

from

the

MASH

franchise

covering

the

various

fictional

characters

appearing

in

the

novel

MASH

A

Novel

About

Three

Army

Doctors

and

its

sequels

the

film

adaptation

of

the

novel

and

the

television

series

MASH

AfterMASH

WALTER

and

Trapper

John

MD

MASH

is

a

popular

media

franchise

revolving

around

the

staff

of

the

Mobile

Army

Surgical

Hospital

as

they

attempt

to

maintain

sanity

during

the

harshness

of

the

Korean

War

Contents

Overview

Hawkeye

Pierce

Trapper

John

McIntyre

BJ

Hunnicutt

Henry

Blake

Sherman

T

Potter

Frank

Burns

Margaret

Houlihan

Charles

Winchester

Radar

OReilly

Father

Mulcahy

Maxwell

Klinger

Recurring

characters

Gen

Charles

Hammond

Gen

Krandall

Clayton

Gen

Maynard

M

Mitchell

Colonel

Sam

Flagg

Lt

Col

Donald

Penobscott

Major

Sidney

Freedman

Capt

Spearchucker

Jones

Capt

Ugly

John

Black

Lt

Ginger

Bayliss

Lt

Dish

Lt

Nurse

Kellye

Lt

Margie

Cutler

Lt

Leslie

Scorch

SSgt

Luther

Rizzo

SSgt

Zelmo

Zale

Sparky

HoJon

Igor

Straminsky

Pvt

Lorenzo

Boone

Roy

Goldman

Dennis

Troy

Pvt

Frank

DaleyDaily

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Overview

Character

Portrayed

by

Seasons

Capt

Benjamin

Franklin

Hawkeye

Pierce

Alan

Alda

Maj

Margaret

Hot

Lips

Houlihan

Loretta

Swit

CplSgt

Maxwell

Q

Max

Klinger

Jamie

Farr

LtCapt

Francis

John

Patrick

Mulcahy

William

Christopher

Capt

Trapper

John

McIntyre

Wayne

Rogers

Lt

Col

Henry

Blake

McLean

Stevenson

Maj

Lt

Col

Frank

Burns

Larry

Linville

Cpl

Walter

Radar

OReilly

Gary

Burghoff

Capt

B

J

Hunnicutt

Mike

Farrell

Col

Sherman

T

Potter

Harry

Morgan

Maj

Charles

Emerson

Winchester

III

David

Ogden

Stiers

Starring

Recurring

Not

appearing

Main

characters

Hawkeye

Pierce

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Hawkeye

MASH

character

First

appearance

MASH

A

Novel

About

Three

Army

Doctors

Last

appearance

Goodbye

Farewell

and

Amen

Portrayed

by

Film

Donald

Sutherland

Television

Alan

Alda

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Captain

Hometown

Crabapple

Cove

Maine

fictional

Captain

Benjamin

Franklin

Hawkeye

Pierce

was

played

by

Donald

Sutherland

in

the

film

and

by

Alan

Alda

on

television

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

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

units

medical

activity

In

the

television

series

he

becomes

the

Chief

Surgeon

of

the

unit

early

in

the

first

season

Pierce

was

born

and

raised

in

New

England

most

often

mentioning

Crabapple

Cove

Maine

with

a

few

references

to

Vermont

The

character

at

times

refers

to

having

a

sister

but

at

other

times

says

he

is

an

only

child

His

mother

is

deceased

and

he

is

close

to

his

father

In

the

film

Hawkeye

is

married

with

children

but

in

the

TV

series

he

is

a

bachelor

and

something

of

a

ladies

man

He

was

given

the

nickname

Hawkeye

by

his

father

from

the

character

in

the

novel

The

Last

of

the

Mohicans

the

only

book

my

old

man

ever

read

His

birth

name

is

taken

from

a

member

of

Hookers

own

family

named

Franklin

Pierce

He

attended

Androscoggin

College

In

the

book

and

the

film

Hawkeye

had

played

football

in

college

in

the

series

he

is

nonathletic

After

completing

his

medical

residency

he

was

drafted

into

the

US

Army

Medical

Corps

and

sent

to

serve

at

the

Mobile

Army

Surgical

Hospital

MASH

during

the

Korean

War

Alda

said

of

Pierce

Some

people

think

he

was

very

liberal

But

he

was

also

a

traditional

conservative

I

mean

he

wanted

nothing

more

than

to

have

people

leave

him

alone

so

he

could

enjoy

his

martini

you

know

Government

should

get

out

of

his

liquor

cabinet

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

He

never

wears

rank

insignia

on

his

fatigues

never

polishes

his

combat

boots

and

when

he

wears

his

Class

A

uniform

does

not

wear

any

of

the

decorations

to

which

he

is

entitled

On

occasion

he

assumes

temporary

command

of

the

in

the

absence

or

disability

of

Colonels

Blake

or

Potter

As

a

surgeon

he

does

not

like

the

use

of

firearms

and

he

refuses

to

carry

a

sidearm

as

required

by

regulations

when

serving

as

Officer

of

the

Day

When

ordered

by

Colonel

Potter

to

carry

his

issue

pistol

on

a

trip

to

an

aid

station

and

they

are

ambushed

on

the

road

he

fires

it

into

the

air

rather

than

at

their

attackers

In

the

series

finale

Goodbye

Farewell

and

Amen

Hawkeye

experiences

a

mental

breakdown

when

a

Korean

woman

responds

to

his

frantic

demand

that

she

quiet

her

infant

child

lest

enemy

soldiers

hear

it

and

discover

them

by

suffocating

it

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

In

Hookers

two

sequels

MASH

Goes

to

Maine

and

MASH

Mania

Hawkeye

returns

to

live

in

Crabapple

Cove

Trapper

John

McIntyre

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Trapper

John

MASH

character

First

appearance

MASH

A

Novel

About

Three

Army

Doctors

Last

appearance

Abyssinia

Henry

MASH

Elusive

Butterfly

Trapper

John

MD

Portrayed

by

Film

Elliott

Gould

Television

Wayne

Rogers

for

MASH

Pernell

Roberts

for

Trapper

John

MD

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Captain

Hometown

Boston

Massachusetts

Captain

John

Francis

Xavier

McIntyre

appears

in

the

novels

the

film

played

by

Elliott

Gould

the

MASH

TV

series

Wayne

Rogers

and

the

Trapper

John

MD

series

Pernell

Roberts

He

is

one

of

the

main

characters

in

the

MASH

TV

series

during

the

first

three

seasons

and

the

central

character

of

the

latter

series

His

nickname

comes

from

an

incident

in

which

he

was

caught

having

sex

with

a

woman

in

the

lavatory

aboard

a

Boston

Maine

Railway

train

she

claimed

in

her

defense

that

he

trapped

me

In

the

book

and

the

film

Trapper

John

is

a

graduate

of

Dartmouth

College

having

played

quarterback

on

the

schools

football

team

and

serves

as

thoracic

surgeon

of

the

In

the

film

he

has

a

dry

sardonic

deadpan

sense

of

humor

while

in

the

MASH

TV

series

he

is

more

of

a

class

clown

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

While

Trapper

expresses

great

love

for

his

wife

and

daughters

he

also

fraternizes

with

the

nurses

a

great

deal

with

no

pretense

of

fidelity

In

the

film

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

are

given

roughly

equal

focus

but

in

the

TV

series

the

character

became

more

of

a

sidekick

to

the

character

of

Hawkeye

This

frustrated

Rogers

and

in

combination

with

a

dispute

over

the

terms

of

the

contract

for

the

fourth

season

he

quit

the

show

the

character

of

Trapper

was

abruptly

transferred

back

to

the

US

between

seasons

The

character

of

BJ

Hunnicutt

was

created

to

replace

him

The

character

returned

to

television

in

in

the

medical

drama

series

Trapper

John

MD

Now

played

by

Pernell

Roberts

the

character

is

depicted

in

the

thenpresent

day

as

Chief

of

Surgery

at

a

San

Francisco

hospital

This

version

of

the

character

is

in

continuity

with

the

film

rather

than

the

TV

series

but

no

other

characters

from

either

production

appear

in

this

series

making

Trapper

John

the

only

MASH

character

to

be

depicted

onscreen

in

what

was

then

the

present

day

Trapper

John

along

with

The

Mary

Tyler

Moore

Show

s

Lou

Grant

thus

became

one

of

a

handful

of

television

characters

to

be

successfully

adapted

from

situation

comedy

to

drama

BJ

Hunnicutt

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J

Hunnicutt

MASH

character

First

appearance

Welcome

to

Korea

Last

appearance

Goodbye

Farewell

and

Amen

Portrayed

by

Television

Mike

Farrell

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Captain

Hometown

Mill

Valley

California

Captain

BJ

Hunnicutt

is

played

by

Mike

Farrell

in

the

TV

show

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

Although

he

glibly

answers

that

the

initials

BJ

stand

for

anything

you

want

he

tells

Hawkeye

that

the

initials

are

derived

from

the

names

of

his

parents

Bea

and

Jay

Hunnicutt

resided

in

Mill

Valley

California

before

he

was

drafted

He

was

educated

at

Stanford

University

and

was

a

member

of

the

Tau

Phi

Epsilon

fraternity

He

is

a

thirdgeneration

doctor

in

his

family

He

went

through

his

military

training

at

Fort

Sam

Houston

He

is

devoted

to

his

wife

Peg

née

Hayden

who

writes

many

letters

to

him

while

he

is

in

Korea

The

couple

have

a

daughter

Erin

who

was

born

shortly

before

BJ

left

for

Korea

His

status

as

faithful

family

man

contrasts

him

with

the

philandering

Trapper

John

and

he

is

also

more

reserved

than

his

predecessor

often

serving

as

the

voice

of

reason

when

Hawkeye

goes

too

far

Nonetheless

he

also

participates

in

and

initiates

practical

jokes

such

as

secretly

switching

Major

Winchesters

clothing

for

that

of

other

soldiers

to

make

him

think

he

is

gaining

or

losing

weight

While

he

assumes

the

same

general

disregard

for

military

discipline

exhibited

by

both

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

BJ

professes

stronger

moral

values

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

He

is

a

skilled

surgeon

willing

to

take

extraordinary

measures

to

save

a

patient

such

as

in

Heroes

where

he

undertakes

an

experimental

procedure

he

had

read

about

in

a

medical

journal

using

a

primitive

openchest

defibrillator

and

openchest

heart

massage

He

actively

avoids

the

finality

of

farewells

but

when

the

is

disbanded

in

the

series

finale

he

is

last

seen

riding

his

Indian

motorcycle

away

from

camp

while

Hawkeye

sees

from

a

helicopter

that

BJ

has

arranged

painted

white

stones

into

the

word

GOODBYE

visible

from

the

air

Henry

Blake

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Henry

Blake

MASH

character

First

appearance

MASH

A

Novel

About

Three

Army

Doctors

Last

appearance

Abyssinia

Henry

on

screen

Portrayed

by

Film

Roger

Bowen

Television

McLean

Stevenson

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Lieutenant

Colonel

Hometown

Bloomington

Illinois

Lieutenant

Colonel

Henry

Braymore

Blake

is

introduced

in

the

novel

MASH

and

is

also

a

character

in

the

film

played

by

Roger

Bowen

and

television

series

played

by

McLean

Stevenson

He

is

a

surgeon

and

the

original

commanding

officer

of

the

MASH

unit

He

is

beloved

for

his

downtoearth

laidback

manner

by

many

under

his

command

especially

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

John

with

whom

he

drinks

flouts

regulations

and

chases

women

and

scorned

for

it

by

those

who

prefer

strict

military

discipline

such

as

Frank

Burns

and

Margaret

Hot

Lips

Houlihan

In

the

film

he

is

a

career

Army

physician

having

been

commissioned

prior

to

World

War

II

In

the

television

series

he

is

a

reservist

called

up

to

active

duty

and

taken

from

his

private

practice

in

Bloomington

Illinois

Henry

attended

University

of

Illinois

at

UrbanaChampaign

where

he

was

the

football

team

athletic

trainer

He

tells

Hawkeye

he

has

a

great

practice

back

home

but

a

routine

one

and

that

by

serving

in

Korea

he

is

doing

more

doctoring

than

he

would

otherwise

do

in

a

lifetime

While

Henry

is

in

command

of

the

his

wife

called

Mildred

in

earlier

episodes

Lorraine

in

later

ones

the

reason

is

never

explained

gives

birth

to

a

son

back

in

Bloomington

Henry

would

never

meet

his

son

Henry

is

a

good

man

and

a

capable

surgeon

but

an

ineffectual

commanding

officer

Company

clerk

Radar

can

usually

anticipate

his

wishes

and

turn

them

into

efficient

military

orders

but

Henry

often

gets

flustered

when

an

important

decision

needs

to

be

made

In

the

Rainbow

Bridge

episode

he

has

to

decide

whether

to

send

his

doctors

into

enemy

territory

for

an

exchange

of

wounded

prisoners

but

hems

and

haws

then

tells

his

doctors

Whatever

you

guys

decide

is

fine

with

me

His

strength

as

a

commander

is

an

ability

to

maintain

the

morale

of

his

unit

which

he

does

through

heartfelt

talk

and

indulgence

of

the

lunacy

that

is

a

hallmark

of

the

This

success

is

demonstrated

by

the

units

outstanding

casualty

survival

rate

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

However

the

producers

added

a

final

scene

to

his

last

episode

in

which

it

is

reported

that

Blakes

plane

has

been

shot

down

with

no

survivors

This

scene

was

kept

secret

from

most

of

the

cast

until

just

before

filming

so

that

they

would

respond

more

authentically

to

the

news

Sherman

T

Potter

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T

Potter

MASH

character

First

appearance

Welcome

to

Korea

Part

Last

appearance

Saturdays

Heroes

AfterMASH

Portrayed

by

Harry

Morgan

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Colonel

Hometown

Hannibal

Missouri

Colonel

Sherman

Tecumseh

Potter

appears

in

the

MASH

and

AfterMASH

television

series

He

was

portrayed

by

Harry

Morgan

and

replaced

the

departing

character

of

Henry

Blake

as

commander

of

the

MASH

The

character

appeared

in

every

subsequent

episode

with

only

three

exceptions

Potter

is

from

Hannibal

Missouri

onequarter

Cherokee

and

possesses

a

passion

and

fondness

for

horses

He

lied

about

his

age

to

enlist

at

though

this

age

does

not

conform

to

continuity

as

it

would

mean

he

would

be

only

around

during

the

Korean

War

though

he

later

comments

that

he

is

joining

the

US

Army

horse

cavalry

as

a

private

during

World

War

I

and

subsequently

rose

to

the

rank

of

sergeant

During

combat

in

World

War

I

in

the

Argonne

Forest

he

was

lost

for

three

days

taken

prisoner

head

shaved

and

beaten

to

a

pulp

At

the

Battle

of

ChâteauThierry

he

was

mustard

gassed

leaving

him

blind

for

a

month

in

a

French

hospital

Another

time

several

of

his

teeth

were

knocked

out

by

his

German

captors

for

which

he

was

later

awarded

a

Purple

Heart

After

the

war

he

went

to

medical

school

and

began

his

service

as

an

Army

doctor

in

serving

in

World

War

II

One

of

his

most

cherished

possessions

is

his

Good

Conduct

Medal

an

award

only

given

to

enlisted

men

Potter

explains

to

Radar

while

unpacking

It

is

framed

and

hangs

behind

his

desk

during

his

tenure

at

the

Potter

is

married

to

Mildred

and

they

have

only

one

daughter

and

one

grandson

in

some

episodes

while

in

others

he

has

multiple

children

and

grandchildren

Potter

was

created

as

a

different

type

of

commanding

officer

than

his

predecessor

a

Regular

Army

career

officer

and

close

to

retirement

But

despite

his

stern

military

bearing

Potter

is

a

relatively

relaxed

and

laidback

commander

not

above

involving

himself

in

camp

hijinks

and

understanding

the

need

for

fun

and

games

to

boost

morale

during

wartime

particularly

in

the

highpressure

atmosphere

of

a

MASH

In

fact

when

Hawkeye

and

BJ

invite

Potter

to

their

tent

for

a

postsurgery

drink

he

is

very

affable

and

complimentary

of

their

brewing

skills

even

giving

them

tips

on

how

to

improve

their

gin

still

and

make

more

booze

He

also

has

his

eccentricities

including

a

love

of

horses

from

his

cavalry

days

and

an

ability

to

Potter

is

wellliked

by

his

subordinates

especially

Radar

who

comes

to

see

him

as

a

mentor

and

father

figure

after

Blakes

transfer

stateside

and

subsequent

death

Potter

receives

more

respect

than

Blake

did

from

Major

Houlihan

but

Major

Burns

harbors

a

grudge

against

him

after

being

passed

over

for

command

In

turn

Potter

holds

Burns

feigned

military

bearing

and

subpar

medical

skills

in

contempt

Potter

takes

pride

in

the

competency

of

the

rest

of

the

medical

staff

despite

their

antics

Burns

replacement

Major

Winchester

has

a

grudging

respect

for

Potter

even

though

their

respective

personalities

are

often

at

odds

with

The

character

also

appeared

as

a

central

character

in

AfterMASH

a

spinoff

starring

the

three

cast

members

who

had

voted

unsuccessfully

to

continue

the

first

series

Potter

became

chief

of

staff

and

chief

of

surgery

of

the

fictional

General

Pershing

VA

Hospital

in

River

Bend

Missouri

where

he

is

joined

by

Klinger

and

his

wife

SoonLee

and

Father

Mulcahy

Among

the

resident

inpatients

is

one

of

Potters

subordinates

from

World

War

I

who

addresses

him

as

Sarge

as

opposed

to

his

retired

rank

of

colonel

Frank

Burns

Frank

Burns

redirects

here

For

other

uses

see

Frank

Burns

disambiguation

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Franklin

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Marion

Burns

MASH

character

Larry

Linville

as

Major

Frank

Burns

on

the

CBSTV

MASH

series

First

appearance

MASH

A

Novel

About

Three

Army

Doctors

Last

appearance

Margarets

Marriage

Portrayed

by

Film

Robert

Duvall

Television

Larry

Linville

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Captain

in

Hookers

novel

Major

in

TV

series

w

a

departing

promotion

to

Lieutenant

Colonel

Hometown

Fort

Wayne

Indiana

Major

Franklin

Delano

Marion

Frank

Burns

is

the

main

antagonist

in

the

film

played

by

Robert

Duvall

and

the

first

five

seasons

of

the

television

series

Larry

Linville

Burns

first

appeared

in

the

original

novel

where

he

had

the

rank

of

captain

He

is

also

known

as

Ferret

Face

a

nickname

first

pinned

on

him

by

his

brother

In

the

novel

Burns

is

a

welloff

doctor

who

attended

medical

school

but

whose

training

as

a

surgeon

was

limited

to

an

apprenticeship

with

his

father

in

Fort

Wayne

Indiana

Nonetheless

he

maintains

a

dismissive

attitude

toward

his

bettertrained

colleagues

blaming

others

for

his

own

failures

He

unjustly

accuses

a

rookie

orderly

of

killing

one

of

his

patients

and

nearly

kills

another

patient

earning

him

retaliatory

assaults

from

Duke

and

Trapper

John

His

medical

incompetence

causes

Colonel

Blake

to

instead

assign

Trapper

John

as

Chief

Surgeon

After

the

Swampmen

learn

that

Burns

is

having

an

affair

with

Major

Margaret

OHoulihan

Hawkeye

taunts

him

about

it

baiting

him

to

attack

just

as

Blake

enters

the

tent

The

next

day

Burns

is

permanently

sent

away

for

psychiatric

evaluation

in

a

straitjacket

shot

full

of

tranquilizers

In

the

film

and

in

the

subsequent

TV

series

Frank

Burns

rank

is

that

of

major

The

film

version

includes

elements

of

the

novels

Major

Jonathan

Hobson

a

very

religious

man

who

prays

for

all

souls

to

be

saved

In

the

TV

series

he

is

very

highstrung

with

a

penchant

for

uttering

what

are

often

bizarre

or

redundant

cliches

and

malapropisms

one

example

is

from

The

Interview

season

episode

in

which

Burns

describes

marriage

as

the

headstone

of

American

society

In

the

TV

series

Burns

is

a

firm

believer

in

military

discipline

and

continues

to

fancy

himself

a

superior

surgeon

but

his

actions

invariably

reveal

his

incompetence

and

require

one

of

the

other

surgeons

to

prevent

him

from

making

fatal

mistakes

Though

by

military

rank

Burns

is

secondincommand

of

the

unit

he

is

outranked

in

medical

matters

by

Hawkeye

who

reluctantly

accepts

appointment

by

Blake

as

Chief

Surgeon

Burns

longs

for

command

of

the

himself

and

resorts

to

underhanded

means

to

achieve

this

end

such

as

filing

misleading

complaints

about

Blake

and

unsuccessfully

preventing

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

from

testifying

in

his

defense

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

In

The

Novocaine

Mutiny

Burns

is

left

in

temporary

command

when

the

is

inundated

with

a

deluge

of

casualties

Burns

and

Hawkeye

recount

opposing

versions

of

the

events

Burns

claims

that

he

was

performing

superior

work

even

going

so

far

as

to

donate

blood

to

a

critically

wounded

soldier

in

between

treating

patients

and

performing

the

Last

Rites

benediction

in

Latin

for

the

deceased

after

Father

Mulcahy

passed

out

from

exhaustion

Burns

further

asserts

that

the

other

surgeons

could

not

keep

up

with

him

and

complained

that

he

was

pushing

them

too

hard

In

Hawkeyes

presumably

far

more

accurate

account

Burns

was

borderline

In

another

episode

A

Smattering

of

Intelligence

Burns

is

gullible

enough

to

believe

that

the

US

Army

Corps

of

Engineers

is

going

to

make

MASH

hospitals

amphibious

In

addition

to

his

gullibility

Burns

was

shown

to

be

incredibly

greedy

selfish

and

occasionally

childish

he

is

involved

in

a

prescription

kickback

racket

falsifies

his

income

taxes

and

dabbles

in

the

stock

market

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

Despite

his

ongoing

affair

with

Major

Houlihan

he

is

unwilling

to

divorce

his

wife

because

all

his

money

stocks

and

his

house

are

in

her

name

In

one

episode

his

greed

is

such

that

he

turns

down

a

transfer

to

another

unit

because

he

is

tricked

by

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

into

thinking

there

is

gold

in

the

hills

near

the

camp

He

has

twice

applied

for

a

Purple

Heart

for

being

wounded

in

combat

first

for

slipping

in

the

shower

second

for

getting

an

eggshell

fragment

in

his

eye

Both

medals

are

stolen

by

Hawkeye

and

given

to

people

who

earned

them

an

underage

Marine

played

by

Ron

Howard

and

a

Korean

mother

and

her

infant

son

who

had

been

shot

just

before

she

gave

birth

The

incident

with

an

eggshell

fragment

was

based

on

an

actual

incident

during

the

Vietnam

War

An

example

of

his

childishness

is

when

Burns

is

passed

over

for

command

of

the

in

favor

of

Colonel

Potter

Frank

has

a

temper

tantrum

and

runs

away

until

he

gets

cold

tired

and

hungry

Burnss

only

friend

in

the

unit

is

head

nurse

Major

Houlihan

with

whom

he

has

an

ongoing

affair

that

they

believe

is

discreet

but

which

is

common

knowledge

in

the

camp

They

share

a

disdain

for

the

unmilitary

doctors

against

whom

they

conspire

ineffectively

His

wife

eventually

hears

of

the

affair

and

threatens

him

with

divorce

he

denies

it

describing

Houlihan

as

an

old

war

horse

and

an

army

mule

with

bosoms

beginning

a

rift

that

leads

to

her

engagement

to

Donald

Penobscott

a

handsome

lieutenant

colonel

stationed

in

Tokyo

Burns

starts

acting

crazy

after

Houlihans

engagement

he

drinks

up

Section

Eight

discharge

Following

Houlihans

marriage

Burns

suffers

a

mental

breakdown

while

on

a

weeks

leave

in

Seoul

He

accosts

a

female

WAC

a

female

Red

Cross

worker

and

an

army

general

and

his

wife

in

a

hot

bath

mistaking

the

couple

for

the

Penobscotts

He

is

transferred

stateside

for

psychiatric

evaluation

but

although

the

is

delighted

to

be

rid

of

him

Burns

seems

to

have

the

last

laugh

He

telephones

to

claim

he

has

been

cleared

of

all

charges

promoted

to

lieutenant

colonel

and

assigned

to

a

veterans

hospital

in

his

hometown

Burns

departure

from

the

series

stemmed

from

Linvilles

frustration

with

the

character

which

he

felt

offered

no

further

opportunities

for

development

Nothing

is

known

about

the

characters

fate

post

Margaret

Houlihan

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is

being

considered

for

merging

Margaret

Houlihan

RN

MASH

character

First

appearance

MASH

A

Novel

About

Three

Army

Doctors

Last

appearance

Goodbye

Farewell

and

Amen

Portrayed

by

Film

Sally

Kellerman

Television

Loretta

Swit

Information

Gender

Female

Title

Major

Hometown

Fort

Ord

California

Major

Margaret

J

Hot

Lips

Houlihan

appears

in

the

novel

the

film

played

by

Sally

Kellerman

and

the

TV

series

Loretta

Swit

She

is

the

regulararmy

head

nurse

of

the

and

begins

allied

with

Major

Frank

Burns

against

the

more

civilian

doctors

of

the

unit

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

Margaret

is

an

army

brat

born

in

an

Army

base

hospital

the

daughter

of

career

artillery

officer

Alvin

Howitzer

Al

Houlihan

She

entered

nursing

school

in

and

graduated

in

when

she

joined

the

Army

She

served

in

World

War

II

but

it

is

unknown

if

she

served

stateside

or

overseas

She

is

the

head

nurse

of

the

MASH

the

highestranking

female

officer

in

the

unit

and

fiercely

protective

of

the

women

under

her

command

The

character

was

inspired

by

two

reallife

Korean

War

MASH

head

nurses

Hotlips

Hammerly

an

attractive

blonde

of

similar

disposition

and

Janie

Hall

Her

nickname

Hot

Lips

has

different

origins

in

the

original

novel

film

and

TV

show

In

the

novel

the

phrase

is

first

used

by

Trapper

John

McIntyre

when

he

is

flirting

with

Margaret

after

learning

about

her

affair

with

Frank

Burns

Calling

her

Hot

Lips

Trapper

suggests

that

they

should

get

together

since

he

has

become

Chief

Surgeon

and

she

is

the

Chief

Nurse

In

the

film

the

nickname

originates

from

a

scene

in

which

she

has

a

tryst

with

Burns

Unbeknownst

to

them

a

hidden

PA

microphone

is

broadcasting

their

conversation

to

the

whole

camp

including

her

growl

to

Frank

kiss

my

hot

lips

In

the

TV

show

the

origin

of

her

nickname

is

never

shown

or

explained

in

detail

though

it

seems

to

refer

to

various

aspects

of

her

passionate

nature

Midway

through

the

series

the

Hot

Lips

nickname

phases

out

with

characters

addressing

her

as

either

Margaret

or

Major

Houlihan

though

her

nickname

is

still

referenced

occasionally

For

instance

in

the

sixthseason

episode

Patent

when

Margaret

is

in

a

bad

mood

after

losing

her

wedding

ring

a

nurse

describes

her

as

Hot

Lips

In

the

seventhseason

episode

Like

It

Hot

after

Margaret

talks

about

a

bathtub

that

is

supposed

to

be

kept

secret

Hawkeye

says

to

her

Would

you

please

keep

your

hot

lips

sealed

and

in

the

second

part

of

the

twopart

eighthseason

episode

Good

Bye

Radar

Radar

says

Wow

Hot

Lips

after

he

is

kissed

by

Margaret

Early

on

in

the

TV

series

she

is

a

stern

bythebook

head

nurse

but

willingly

goes

against

regulations

for

her

own

gain

She

uses

her

sex

appeal

to

her

professional

advantage

as

well

as

personal

satisfaction

as

shown

by

her

relationship

with

Frank

Burns

In

early

seasons

she

had

several

liaisons

with

visiting

colonels

or

generals

who

were

old

friends

She

is

an

experienced

surgical

nurse

so

although

she

thoroughly

disapproves

of

the

surgeons

offduty

tomfoolery

she

is

able

to

set

her

personal

feelings

aside

to

appreciate

their

skills

such

as

when

she

came

down

with

appendicitis

and

asked

that

In

later

years

she

becomes

a

more

relaxed

and

less

criticizing

member

of

the

unit

tempering

her

authority

with

humanity

Key

episodes

in

this

development

include

the

season

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

in

which

Hawkeye

and

Margaret

make

peace

as

they

endure

an

artillery

barrage

together

while

lost

in

the

wilderness

Drinking

problems

appear

to

run

in

her

family

She

once

told

Frank

that

half

of

kleptomaniac

Although

the

series

presumes

that

she

is

an

only

child

in

the

same

episode

she

tells

Frank

about

her

younger

sister

who

was

engaged

to

be

married

Her

longstanding

affair

with

Frank

ends

with

her

engagement

and

subsequent

marriage

to

Lieutenant

Colonel

Donald

Penobscott

The

marriage

does

not

last

long

she

later

finds

out

a

visiting

nurse

had

had

an

affair

with

him

Though

he

promises

to

work

things

out

with

her

he

has

himself

permanently

transferred

to

San

Francisco

and

she

divorces

him

regaining

her

selfconfidence

In

the

wake

of

her

split

with

Burns

she

becomes

more

comfortable

with

at

least

some

of

the

units

more

unorthodox

ways

and

as

time

progresses

becomes

a

willing

participant

in

some

of

the

hijinks

Despite

their

longrunning

mutual

antagonism

Hawkeye

and

Margaret

come

to

develop

respect

and

affection

for

each

other

reflected

in

a

long

passionate

farewell

kiss

in

the

final

episode

She

returns

to

the

US

to

take

a

position

in

an

Army

hospital

In

the

series

of

novels

cowritten

with

or

ghostwritten

by

William

E

Butterworth

Houlihan

reappears

as

the

twicewidowed

Margaret

Houlihan

Wachauf

Wilson

both

husbands

having

expired

on

the

nuptial

bed

through

excessive

indulgence

in

her

stilloutstanding

physical

charms

Her

career

has

taken

a

new

direction

as

the

reverend

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

Most

of

these

are

extremely

flamboyant

and

the

Reverend

Mother

herself

is

conspicuously

glitzy

and

glittery

However

it

appears

that

Margaret

genuinely

cares

for

her

flock

and

is

not

Charles

Winchester

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for

merging

Charles

Emerson

Winchester

III

MASH

character

First

appearance

Fade

In

Fade

Out

Last

appearance

Goodbye

Farewell

and

Amen

Portrayed

by

Television

David

Ogden

Stiers

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Major

Hometown

Boston

Massachusetts

Major

Charles

Emerson

Winchester

III

is

a

supporting

protagonist

in

the

television

series

played

by

David

Ogden

Stiers

He

was

introduced

in

the

shows

sixth

season

as

a

replacement

for

Frank

Burns

both

in

the

units

surgical

team

and

as

a

foil

for

Hawkeye

and

BJ

Though

Winchester

did

embody

some

antagonistic

qualities

similar

to

that

of

Burns

he

proved

over

the

course

of

his

time

on

the

series

to

be

a

very

different

character

than

his

predecessor

being

far

more

intelligent

humane

and

kind

Charles

Winchester

was

born

in

his

grandmothers

house

in

the

Boston

Massachusetts

neighborhood

of

Beacon

Hill

and

is

part

of

a

very

wealthy

family

of

Republican

Boston

Brahmins

After

finishing

his

secondary

studies

at

Choate

he

graduated

summa

cum

laude

class

of

from

Harvard

College

where

he

lettered

in

Crew

and

Polo

completed

his

MD

at

Harvard

Medical

in

Boston

in

and

worked

at

Massachusetts

General

Hospital

Before

he

was

drafted

to

join

the

US

Army

during

the

Korean

War

he

was

on

track

to

become

Chief

of

Cardio

Thoracic

Surgery

Winchesters

commanding

officer

transferred

him

to

the

in

retaliation

for

the

majors

gloating

attitude

about

beating

him

at

cribbage

to

tune

of

a

debt

equivalent

to

about

in

Assigned

to

quarters

in

the

swamp

with

Hawkeye

and

BJ

Winchester

found

the

conditions

there

appalling

calling

the

camp

an

inflamed

boil

on

the

buttocks

of

the

world

Keeping

with

the

shows

tradition

of

replacement

characters

who

are

in

some

way

the

antithesis

of

their

predecessors

Winchester

is

as

skilled

a

surgeon

as

Burns

was

inept

and

he

is

as

cultured

as

Burns

was

lowbrow

Indeed

in

one

episode

during

a

verbal

joust

with

Pierce

and

Hunnicutt

Winchester

is

able

to

match

them

true

story

for

true

story

due

to

his

cultured

upbringing

and

skill

culminating

in

him

revealing

he

However

Winchester

still

has

to

adjust

to

the

realities

of

field

medicine

Although

the

character

was

originally

intended

to

develop

a

romance

with

Houlihan

the

chemistry

between

the

two

was

not

there

so

Charles

and

Margaret

maintain

a

platonic

professional

friendship

Winchester

is

often

adversarial

with

Hawkeye

and

BJ

but

joins

forces

with

them

if

it

is

justified

He

has

a

keen

but

dry

sense

of

humor

and

enjoys

practical

jokes

as

well

as

the

occasional

prank

to

get

revenge

on

his

bunkmates

for

something

they

did

or

for

his

own

amusement

Behind

his

snobbery

he

was

raised

with

a

sense

of

noblesse

oblige

and

was

capable

of

profound

albeit

sometimes

misguided

acts

of

kindness

For

example

in

Death

Takes

a

Holiday

he

anonymously

gifts

an

orphanage

with

expensive

chocolates

and

is

initially

outraged

to

find

that

they

have

been

sold

on

the

black

market

then

chagrined

to

learn

that

the

chocolate

bars

were

sold

to

buy

staple

goods

reflecting

that

It

is

I

who

should

be

sorry

It

is

sadly

inappropriate

to

give

dessert

to

a

child

who

has

had

no

meal

In

Morale

Victory

he

sends

for

a

copy

of

the

score

for

Ravels

Piano

Concerto

for

the

Left

Hand

to

give

encouragement

to

a

pianist

who

can

no

longer

play

with

his

injured

right

hand

In

another

episode

he

stands

up

for

a

wounded

soldier

whose

comrades

and

commanding

officer

mock

his

stuttering

encouraging

the

young

man

to

live

up

to

his

intellectual

potential

At

the

end

of

the

episode

he

listens

to

a

recorded

letter

from

his

sister

Honoria

who

turns

out

to

likewise

be

a

stutterer

Classical

music

is

one

of

his

great

loves

helping

him

to

maintain

his

morale

In

the

series

finale

following

the

sudden

death

of

the

Chinese

POWs

he

has

been

teaching

a

work

by

Mozart

Winchester

states

that

music

has

transformed

into

a

haunting

reminder

of

the

horrors

of

the

war

After

the

war

he

returns

to

Boston

where

the

position

of

Chief

of

Thoracic

Surgery

at

a

prestigious

hospital

awaits

him

Radar

OReilly

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considered

for

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Radar

MASH

character

First

appearance

MASH

A

Novel

About

Three

Army

Doctors

Last

appearance

WALTER

Portrayed

by

Gary

Burghoff

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Corporal

Hometown

Ottumwa

Iowa

Corporal

Walter

Eugene

OReilly

best

known

as

Radar

OReilly

appears

in

the

novels

film

and

TV

series

He

also

appeared

in

two

episodes

of

AfterMASH

and

starred

in

the

television

pilot

WALTER

The

character

was

portrayed

by

Gary

Burghoff

in

both

the

film

and

on

television

the

only

regular

character

played

by

a

single

actor

His

full

name

is

never

given

in

the

original

novel

or

film

but

on

the

TV

series

it

is

Walter

Eugene

OReilly

The

later

novels

by

Richard

Hooker

and

William

Butterworth

give

his

full

name

as

J

Robespierre

OReilly

Radar

is

from

Ottumwa

Iowa

and

joined

the

army

right

out

of

high

school

He

seems

to

have

extrasensory

perception

appearing

at

his

commanders

side

before

being

called

and

finishing

his

sentences

He

also

has

exceptionally

good

hearing

able

to

hear

helicopters

before

anyone

else

and

to

tell

from

the

rotor

sounds

if

they

are

coming

in

loaded

or

not

It

was

these

abilities

that

earned

him

the

nickname

Radar

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

In

the

film

Radar

was

portrayed

as

worldly

and

sneaky

a

characterization

that

carried

into

the

early

part

of

the

series

He

carries

with

him

a

pocketful

of

passes

for

any

potential

scam

that

might

arise

and

has

a

racket

of

selling

tickets

for

spying

through

a

peephole

into

the

nurses

shower

Another

time

he

cons

nearly

every

member

of

MASH

into

buying

mail

order

shoes

He

is

known

for

his

tremendous

appetite

for

heaping

portions

of

food

is

not

averse

to

drinking

Henry

Blakes

brandy

and

smoking

his

cigars

when

the

colonel

is

offduty

and

he

occasionally

drinks

moonshine

liquor

that

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

make

in

their

still

Soon

after

the

pilot

episode

Burghoff

noted

that

the

other

characters

were

changing

from

the

film

portrayals

and

decided

to

follow

He

and

Gelbart

evolved

Radar

into

a

naïve

farm

boy

who

still

sleeps

with

his

teddy

bear

and

whose

favorite

beverage

is

Nehi

brand

grape

soda

He

has

a

virginal

awkwardness

with

women

and

a

fondness

for

superhero

comic

books

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

He

frequently

looks

to

the

doctors

for

advice

and

increasingly

regards

Henry

Blake

and

then

Sherman

Potter

as

father

figures

having

lost

his

own

elderly

father

at

a

young

age

Radar

is

also

one

of

the

very

few

people

Hawkeye

Pierce

has

ever

saluted

an

event

that

occurred

after

Radar

was

wounded

during

a

trip

to

Seoul

and

was

given

a

Purple

Heart

showing

just

how

much

Pierce

respects

him

Radar

is

promoted

to

Second

Lieutenant

as

the

result

of

a

poker

game

debt

Lt

Radar

OReilly

but

soon

returns

to

Corporal

after

discovering

that

life

as

a

commissioned

officer

Burghoff

appeared

in

every

episode

of

the

shows

first

three

seasons

After

season

three

doing

the

series

had

become

a

strain

on

the

actors

family

life

and

he

had

his

contract

changed

to

limit

his

appearances

to

episodes

per

season

out

of

the

usual

By

season

seven

Burghoff

started

experiencing

burnout

and

decided

it

was

time

to

quit

he

finished

season

seven

then

returned

the

next

season

for

a

twopart

farewell

episode

titled

GoodBye

Radar

in

which

Radar

was

granted

a

hardship

discharge

after

the

death

of

his

Uncle

Ed

to

help

on

the

family

farm

which

he

accepted

after

being

satisfied

that

Klinger

could

replace

him

In

Burghoff

starred

in

WALTER

a

television

movie

that

was

to

serve

as

the

pilot

for

a

spinoff

series

In

that

movie

and

proposed

series

the

OReilly

family

farm

had

failed

and

Radar

had

moved

to

St

Louis

and

become

a

police

officer

Production

never

proceeded

past

the

pilot

which

aired

once

on

CBS

Father

Mulcahy

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for

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Father

Mulcahy

MASH

character

First

appearance

MASH

A

Novel

About

Three

Army

Doctors

Last

appearance

Saturdays

Heroes

AfterMASH

Portrayed

by

Film

René

Auberjonois

Television

William

Christopher

George

Morgan

for

the

pilot

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Lieutenant

Captain

Hometown

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

Lieutenant

later

Captain

Francis

John

Patrick

Mulcahy

SJ

the

order

of

his

given

names

was

not

presented

consistently

in

the

series

appears

in

the

novel

film

played

by

René

Auberjonois

and

TV

series

played

William

Christopher

except

the

pilot

He

is

a

Roman

Catholic

priest

and

serves

as

a

US

Army

chaplain

assigned

to

the

He

was

played

by

George

Morgan

in

the

pilot

episode

of

the

series

but

the

producers

decided

that

a

quirkier

individual

was

needed

for

the

role

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

in

Roman

Catholic

Communion

While

most

of

the

staff

is

not

religious

they

treat

Mulcahy

with

some

respect

It

is

Mulcahy

who

alerts

the

doctors

that

the

camp

dentist

Painless

is

severely

depressed

Afterwards

Mulcahy

reluctantly

helps

the

doctors

to

stage

the

famous

Last

Supper

faux

suicide

to

convince

Painless

that

he

should

continue

with

life

He

is

bewildered

by

the

doctors

amoral

pranks

and

womanizing

behavior

When

Radar

places

a

hidden

microphone

inside

The

Bickersons

leaving

abruptly

when

he

realizes

otherwise

He

is

from

Philadelphia

and

is

frequently

seen

wearing

a

Loyola

sweatshirt

He

has

a

sibling

Kathy

who

is

a

Catholic

nun

he

impishly

refers

to

her

as

my

sister

the

Sister

His

sisters

religious

name

is

Theresa

He

is

an

amateur

boxer

and

boxing

fan

an

old

priest

and

mentor

in

Jesuit

school

taught

his

students

that

boxing

built

character

There

is

a

running

joke

that

Mulcahy

always

wins

the

betting

pools

On

one

occasion

when

asked

how

he

knows

what

bet

to

place

he

looks

to

the

sky

with

a

smile

His

luck

at

poker

is

unremarkable

however

He

donates

his

winnings

to

the

local

orphanage

Mulcahy

understands

that

many

of

his

flock

are

nonreligious

or

have

other

faiths

and

does

not

evangelize

them

overtly

Rather

than

lecturing

from

authority

he

seeks

to

teach

by

example

Blood

Brothers

or

by

helping

someone

see

the

error

of

their

ways

Identity

Crisis

Although

his

quiet

faith

in

God

is

unshakable

Mulcahy

is

often

troubled

over

whether

his

role

as

chaplain

and

religious

leader

has

importance

compared

to

the

doctors

obvious

talent

for

saving

lives

This

is

despite

being

told

by

Cardinal

Reardon

a

prelate

visiting

Korea

to

evaluate

the

effectiveness

of

the

chaplains

serving

there

that

youre

a

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

Mulcahys

War

and

putting

himself

in

harms

way

to

retrieve

or

negotiate

for

medical

supplies

Tea

and

Empathy

Out

of

Gas

He

is

repeatedly

passed

over

for

promotion

but

eventually

rises

to

the

rank

of

Captain

after

Colonel

Potter

intercedes

on

his

behalf

Captains

Outrageous

Although

he

is

ordained

as

a

Catholic

priest

Mulcahy

demonstrates

a

familiarity

with

other

faiths

such

as

offering

a

prayer

in

Hebrew

for

a

wounded

Jewish

soldier

Cowboy

and

explaining

the

rituals

of

a

Buddhist

wedding

to

other

attendees

from

the

camp

Ping

Pong

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

He

tells

his

friends

that

he

intends

to

work

with

the

deaf

following

the

war

but

only

BJ

knows

why

and

helps

him

conceal

this

handicap

from

them

Father

Mulcahy

was

one

of

three

regular

MASH

characters

to

star

in

the

spinoff

AfterMASH

with

William

Christopher

joining

Harry

Morgan

and

Jamie

Farr

The

show

was

set

at

the

fictional

General

Pershing

VA

Hospital

in

Missouri

where

he

served

as

chaplain

An

experimental

procedure

was

said

to

have

restored

most

of

his

hearing

Maxwell

Klinger

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character

is

being

considered

for

merging

Klinger

MASH

character

First

appearance

Chief

Surgeon

Who

Last

appearance

Saturdays

Heroes

AfterMASH

Portrayed

by

Jamie

Farr

Information

Gender

Male

Title

Corporal

Sergeant

Hometown

Toledo

Ohio

Corporal

later

Sergeant

Maxwell

Q

Max

Klinger

appears

in

the

television

series

MASH

and

the

spinoff

AfterMASH

played

by

actor

Jamie

Farr

He

serves

as

an

orderlycorpsmansentry

and

later

company

clerk

assigned

to

the

Klinger

was

the

first

main

character

introduced

on

MASH

not

to

have

appeared

in

either

the

original

novel

or

the

subsequent

film

Despite

the

writers

giving

him

an

Ashkenazi

sounding

name

Klinger

is

an

ArabAmerican

of

Lebanese

descent

from

Toledo

Ohio

like

Farr

himself

As

for

Klingers

religion

in

an

early

show

Klinger

said

he

gave

up

being

an

atheist

for

Lent

but

did

not

specify

a

denomination

In

real

life

Jamie

Farr

is

a

devout

Antiochian

Greek

Orthodox

In

other

episodes

Klinger

pleads

with

Allah

to

help

him

out

of

a

jam

The

characters

original

defining

characteristic

was

his

continual

attempts

to

gain

a

Section

psychiatric

discharge

from

the

Army

by

habitually

wearing

womens

clothing

and

engaging

in

other

crazy

stunts

His

first

appearance

was

in

the

fourth

episode

Chief

Surgeon

Who

in

that

episodes

original

script

Klinger

was

an

effeminate

gay

man

a

silly

fag

character

as

stated

by

Farr

in

the

documentary

Making

MASH

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

discharge

He

makes

it

a

point

to

play

up

his

antics

to

visiting

highranking

officers

in

an

attempt

to

gain

their

sympathy

and

convince

them

that

he

is

unfit

to

serve

When

Colonel

Potter

takes

command

Klinger

immediately

tries

the

same

with

him

but

Potter

sees

through

the

scam

immediately

Series

writer

Larry

Gelbart

stated

during

the

MASH

Anniversary

Reunion

special

that

Klingers

antics

were

inspired

by

stories

of

Lenny

Bruce

attempting

to

dodge

his

own

military

service

by

dressing

himself

as

a

US

Navy

WAVE

In

the

second

half

of

the

twopart

episode

Bug

Out

which

inaugurated

the

fifth

season

Klinger

reveals

that

it

took

him

three

years

to

accumulate

his

collection

of

dresses

implying

that

he

was

cross

dressing

before

the

Korean

conflict

began

Klinger

eventually

gives

up

his

attempts

at

a

Section

when

he

is

picked

by

Colonel

Potter

to

become

the

company

clerk

following

Radars

discharge

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

the

eighthseason

episode

Dear

Uncle

Abdul

Klinger

writes

to

his

uncle

who

successfully

used

crossdressing

to

stay

out

of

the

Army

about

the

crazy

goingson

in

camp

ending

with

the

reflection

Its

no

wonder

I

never

got

a

Section

Eight

theres

nothing

everybody

here

is

crazy

Klinger

is

a

fan

of

the

Toledo

Mud

Hens

an

actual

minor

league

baseball

team

and

occasionally

voices

his

high

opinion

of

the

hot

dogs

at

Tony

Packos

an

actual

Toledo

restaurant

In

the

thirdseason

episode

Springtime

Klinger

marries

his

girlfriend

Laverne

Esposito

via

radio

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

Klingers

supposed

best

friend

In

the

final

episodes

of

the

series

Klinger

gets

engaged

to

Soon

Lee

Han

Rosalind

Chao

a

Korean

refugee

She

refuses

to

leave

Korea

until

she

finds

her

family

leading

to

the

irony

that

although

the

end

of

the

war

means

Klinger

is

free

to

return

to

the

US

he

chooses

to

stay

with

her

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

US

to

settle

down

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

veterans

hospital

in

Missouri

where

he

now

works

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Gen

Charles

Hammond

Hammond

is

a

brigadier

general

who

is

in

charge

of

several

medical

outfits

including

the

In

the

movie

he

is

very

enthusiastic

about

football

and

he

challenges

the

to

a

game

against

his

Evac

unit

In

the

series

pilot

it

is

clear

that

he

a

surgeon

as

well

as

an

administrator

In

Henry

Please

Come

Home

he

is

personally

responsible

for

Henrys

shortlived

transfer

to

Tokyo

In

both

the

film

and

the

series

Hammond

has

a

cordial

relationship

with

Col

Blake

In

the

film

Hammond

is

dismissive

of

Major

OHoulihan

and

her

negative

report

about

Blake

while

in

the

TV

series

Houlihan

is

a

sometime

lover

whom

he

remembers

fondly

Hammond

is

played

by

G

Wood

Gen

Krandall

Clayton

Clayton

like

Hammond

is

in

charge

of

several

medical

outfits

including

the

He

once

refers

to

Henry

Blake

as

a

dear

friend

though

Blake

always

addresses

him

as

General

Clayton

has

a

somewhat

less

of

a

military

bearing

than

Hammond

and

seems

to

want

to

balance

military

expediency

with

fatherly

advice

He

is

played

by

Herb

Voland

Gen

Maynard

M

Mitchell

A

general

who

appears

in

a

few

early

episodes

In

the

episode

The

Incubator

and

in

this

episode

only

he

is

presented

as

a

fool

answering

questions

of

reporters

in

military

double

talk

In

Officers

Only

he

is

the

grateful

father

of

a

wounded

soldier

who

arranges

with

Maj

Burns

for

the

construction

of

an

Officers

Club

Played

by

Robert

F

Simon

Colonel

Sam

Flagg

Lieutenant

Colonel

later

Colonel

Sam

Flagg

is

played

by

Edward

Winter

Col

Flagg

is

an

American

intelligence

agent

who

acts

paranoid

and

irrational

and

appears

to

the

staff

of

the

Mobile

Army

Surgical

Hospital

to

be

mentally

unstable

He

alternately

claims

to

be

affiliated

with

the

CIA

the

CIC

or

the

CID

Other

aliases

include

Major

Brooks

Lieutenant

Carter

Ensign

Troy

and

Captain

Louise

Klein

Colonel

Flagg

appears

in

seven

MASH

episodes

Deal

Me

Out

as

Capt

Halloran

A

Smattering

of

Intelligence

Officer

of

the

Day

White

Gold

Quo

Vadis

Captain

Chandler

The

Abduction

of

Margaret

Houlihan

and

Rally

Round

the

Flagg

Boys

Flagg

resurfaces

a

few

years

after

the

war

in

a

Hannibal

Missouri

courtroom

as

seen

in

the

AfterMASH

episode

Trials

in

which

he

uses

the

name

Flagg

and

asserts

employment

with

an

intelligence

organization

which

has

initials

and

its

members

are

allowed

to

carry

firearms

in

their

shoes

Lt

Col

Donald

Penobscott

Lieutenant

Colonel

Donald

Penobscott

was

played

by

two

actors

Beeson

Carroll

and

former

football

player

and

Tarzan

actor

Mike

Henry

Donald

is

introduced

in

name

only

at

the

start

of

the

fifth

season

Tall

dark

handsome

and

muscular

he

is

a

graduate

of

West

Point

who

Major

Margaret

Hot

Lips

Houlihan

Loretta

Swit

meets

while

she

is

on

leave

in

Tokyo

She

falls

madly

in

love

with

him

on

the

spot

and

he

quickly

asks

her

to

marry

him

Margaret

promptly

accepts

leading

to

a

falling

out

with

her

former

flame

Frank

Burns

Penobscott

is

not

actually

seen

until

the

seasonending

episode

Margarets

Marriage

wherein

Donald

played

by

Carroll

arrives

to

marry

Margaret

at

the

Hawkeye

and

BJ

have

a

bachelor

party

for

him

and

after

he

passes

out

from

drunkenness

the

hosts

also

inebriated

decide

to

play

a

joke

on

Penobscott

by

plastering

him

from

his

chest

to

his

toes

intending

to

tell

him

that

he

had

broken

both

his

legs

during

the

night

The

cast

is

still

on

during

the

wedding

ceremony

and

he

is

unable

to

move

without

assistance

The

wedding

is

cut

short

by

incoming

wounded

which

leaves

He

is

not

seen

again

until

the

sixthseason

episode

The

MASH

Olympics

in

which

Donald

played

this

time

by

Henry

arrives

to

visit

Margaret

and

ends

up

taking

part

in

the

amateur

Olympics

competition

he

almost

wins

a

race

against

portly

Sgt

First

Class

Ames

but

Penobscott

trips

over

himself

while

showing

off

He

is

mentioned

frequently

throughout

the

and

seasons

particularly

in

reference

to

problems

Margaret

and

Donald

are

having

For

example

in

the

episode

In

Love

and

War

a

new

nurse

arrives

at

the

After

saying

she

was

recently

involved

with

a

colonel

named

Donald

Margaret

comes

to

the

conclusion

that

Donald

has

cheated

on

her

and

she

flies

into

a

rage

against

the

nurse

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

Major

Sidney

Freedman

Major

Sidney

Theodore

Freedman

played

by

Allan

Arbus

is

a

psychiatrist

frequently

summoned

in

cases

of

mental

health

problems

His

name

is

a

play

on

that

of

psychoanalyst

Sigmund

Freud

When

Radar

was

written

out

of

the

series

the

writers

considered

adding

Sidney

Freedman

as

a

regular

character

However

Allan

Arbus

didnt

want

to

commit

to

be

anything

other

than

a

guest

star

so

the

character

remained

an

occasionally

recurring

character

In

the

MASH

Anniversary

Special

that

aired

on

Fox

in

Arbus

was

the

only

nonregular

cast

member

to

be

featured

on

the

special

Freedmans

first

appearance

was

in

the

episode

Radars

Report

He

visited

the

camp

to

do

a

psychiatric

evaluation

of

Klinger

who

was

aiming

for

a

Section

discharge

as

always

After

Freedman

had

finished

the

report

he

quietly

took

Klinger

in

for

an

interview

and

told

him

that

while

he

is

obviously

not

mentally

ill

Freedman

was

willing

to

declare

him

a

transvestite

and

a

homosexual

This

label

would

not

leave

him

though

as

Sidney

put

it

From

now

on

you

go

through

life

on

high

heels

Klinger

vociferously

denied

I

aint

any

of

those

things

Im

just

crazy

Klingers

discharge

was

uniformly

dropped

and

Freedman

left

the

camp

In

this

first

appearance

in

the

series

Dr

Freedmans

first

name

was

Milton

instead

of

Sidney

Freedman

appears

in

MASH

episodes

Radars

Report

as

Milton

Freedman

Deal

Me

Out

OR

Quo

Vadis

Captain

Chandler

Dear

Sigmund

Hawks

Nightmare

War

of

Nerves

in

which

he

qualified

for

a

Purple

Heart

by

being

wounded

while

performing

therapy

followup

on

one

of

his

patients

The

Billfold

Syndrome

Goodbye

Cruel

World

Bless

You

Hawkeye

Pressure

Points

and

the

series

finale

Goodbye

Farewell

and

Amen

He

is

also

mentioned

but

does

not

appear

onscreen

in

the

episodes

Mad

Dogs

and

Servicemen

Heal

Thyself

A

Holy

Mess

and

Trick

or

Treatment

In

the

episode

OR

Freedman

told

those

gathered

in

the

operating

room

Ladies

and

gentlemen

take

my

advice

Pull

down

your

pants

and

slide

on

the

ice

He

repeated

that

advice

in

the

series

finale

following

his

treatment

of

Hawkeye

who

had

finally

cracked

under

the

strain

of

the

war

Freedman

led

Hawkeye

to

stop

suppressing

the

memory

of

seeing

a

Korean

mother

smothering

her

crying

baby

in

an

effort

to

keep

it

silent

so

that

a

nearby

Chinese

patrol

would

not

find

and

kill

or

capture

their

group

In

Hawkeyes

suppression

he

had

remembered

that

the

mother

had

killed

After

leaving

Korea

and

the

Army

Dr

Freedman

accepts

a

post

at

the

University

of

Chicago

The

AfterMASH

episode

Madness

to

His

Method

has

as

its

frame

Colonel

Potter

writing

a

letter

in

Missouri

about

the

episodes

situation

to

an

unseen

Freedman

Capt

Spearchucker

Jones

Captain

Oliver

Harmon

Spearchucker

Jones

originally

appears

in

the

novel

MASH

and

was

portrayed

by

Fred

Williamson

in

the

movie

and

Timothy

Brown

in

the

television

series

Spearchucker

was

shown

during

several

episodes

during

the

first

season

of

the

series

His

full

name

was

never

mentioned

in

the

series

The

characters

middle

name

was

Harmon

in

the

film

and

Wendell

in

the

novels

He

is

a

boardcertified

neurosurgeon

in

the

film

and

in

the

episode

in

which

Hawkeye

becomes

chief

surgeon

Spearchuckers

specialty

is

indicated

as

he

struggles

to

do

other

types

of

surgery

and

when

he

asks

Hawkeye

for

help

he

says

Anything

outside

the

skull

Im

dead

Dr

Jones

was

one

of

the

original

Swampmen

with

Trapper

Hawkeye

and

Frank

Burns

and

was

the

sole

black

surgeon

at

the

In

the

pilot

episode

to

raise

funds

for

HoJons

education

Trapper

jokingly

suggests

selling

Spearchucker

During

his

brief

run

on

the

show

it

was

implied

that

he

and

nurse

Ginger

Bayliss

played

by

Odessa

Cleveland

were

romantically

involved

Spearchuckers

role

was

limited

It

is

implied

he

assisted

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

in

their

schemes

on

the

sidelines

The

producers

decided

to

drop

the

character

after

the

first

few

episodes

reasoning

that

they

wouldnt

be

able

to

write

enough

meaningful

episodes

for

Spearchucker

if

they

were

concentrating

on

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

Some

accounts

assert

the

producers

were

unable

to

find

evidence

for

black

Army

surgeons

in

Korea

there

were

however

a

number

of

black

surgeons

who

served

in

the

US

military

at

the

time

Spearchucker

Jones

was

also

a

character

in

both

the

novel

MASH

and

its

sequels

by

Richard

Hooker

and

Robert

Altman

s

movie

In

each

the

Spearchucker

character

is

a

superior

surgeon

who

was

also

a

standout

collegiate

athlete

Spearchucker

a

common

racial

slur

is

said

to

refer

in

this

case

to

his

javelinthrowing

prowess

Initially

he

is

transferred

to

the

to

help

them

win

a

football

game

Jones

is

said

to

have

played

with

the

NFLs

San

Francisco

against

a

rival

outfit

It

is

established

in

the

novel

that

Jones

is

from

Duke

Forrest

s

hometown

of

Forest

Park

Georgia

and

knew

Dukes

father

Duke

makes

racist

comments

about

Jones

causing

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

to

punish

Duke

In

the

novel

it

is

related

that

while

a

poorly

paid

resident

he

had

been

scouted

by

the

Philadelphia

Eagles

playing

semiprofessional

football

in

New

Jersey

for

extra

cash

and

had

been

signed

by

the

Eagles

playing

with

them

until

he

was

drafted

Coincidentally

Timothy

Brown

played

most

of

his

nineyear

NFL

career

with

Philadelphia

and

was

selected

to

the

teams

Honor

Roll

in

In

the

sequel

novels

particularly

MASH

Goes

to

Maine

Jones

joins

the

other

doctors

in

their

practice

in

Spruce

Harbor

Maine

becoming

a

highly

successful

doctor

and

prominent

citizen

Capt

Ugly

John

Black

Captain

Ugly

John

Black

was

portrayed

by

Carl

Gottlieb

in

the

movie

and

John

Orchard

in

the

TV

series

The

character

on

the

television

show

was

an

anesthesiologist

from

Australia

often

depicted

wearing

an

Australian

Slouch

hat

In

the

book

he

was

an

American

who

had

trained

in

the

States

with

McIntyre

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

TV

series

Ugly

John

was

present

only

in

the

first

season

He

began

as

a

significant

supporting

member

of

the

cast

often

engaged

in

poker

games

with

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

but

by

the

end

of

the

season

he

was

rarely

seen

outside

brief

OR

scenes

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

Sometimes

You

Hear

the

Bullet

Hawkeye

says

that

he

shares

a

tent

with

three

other

doctors

The

script

was

likely

written

before

Spearchucker

was

dropped

and

the

writers

presumably

overlooked

editing

that

line

of

dialogue

However

Ugly

John

was

still

a

recurring

character

and

may

have

been

one

of

the

three

other

doctors

John

Orchard

later

returned

to

the

show

for

the

Season

episode

Captains

Outrageous

this

time

playing

a

drunken

and

corrupt

Australian

Military

Policeman

Sgt

Muldoon

Lt

Ginger

Bayliss

Played

by

Odessa

Cleveland

on

the

TV

series

Ginger

is

one

of

few

nurses

to

have

a

recurring

speaking

role

in

the

series

as

the

same

character

Ginger

appears

to

be

a

competent

nurse

who

is

wellliked

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

Ginger

is

a

commissioned

Lieutenant

but

is

not

a

stickler

for

rules

or

military

discipline

like

Major

Houlihan

She

is

frequently

seen

fraternizing

with

Trapper

and

Spearchucker

even

playing

a

game

of

strip

dominoes

with

the

latter

in

the

firstseason

episode

Chief

Surgeon

Who

In

the

firstseason

episode

Major

Fred

C

Dobbs

Ginger

is

working

with

Frank

in

the

OR

When

Frank

botches

his

work

he

blames

Ginger

and

tells

Maj

Houlihan

that

Ginger

is

an

incompetent

bungler

I

never

want

her

at

my

table

again

Ginger

is

brought

to

tears

by

Franks

verbal

assault

prompting

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

to

encase

Franks

right

arm

in

plaster

capped

with

a

metal

hook

while

Frank

is

sleeping

One

of

Gingers

most

prominent

roles

comes

in

the

season

episode

Dear

DadThree

where

a

wounded

soldier

requests

that

he

be

given

blood

only

from

white

donors

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

decide

to

teach

him

a

lesson

by

tinting

his

skin

darker

while

he

is

sedated

and

subsequently

referring

to

him

as

boy

and

bringing

him

fried

chicken

and

watermelon

to

eat

When

Ginger

is

doing

her

rounds

in

postop

she

looks

at

his

chart

and

says

Theyve

got

you

down

as

white

Good

job

baby

When

he

angrily

lashes

out

at

her

she

pulls

rank

on

him

warning

Im

Gingers

last

appearance

was

in

the

season

episode

The

Late

Captain

Pierce

All

told

Cleveland

appeared

in

episodes

of

MASH

spanning

seasons

Lt

Dish

Lieutenant

Maria

Dish

Schneider

was

played

by

Jo

Ann

Pflug

in

the

film

and

as

Lt

Maggie

Dish

by

Karen

Philipp

in

the

series

She

was

a

nurse

at

the

MASH

during

the

Korean

War

Dishs

role

in

the

finished

film

was

limited

as

a

large

portion

of

her

role

did

not

make

the

final

cut

The

same

thing

happened

to

the

character

in

the

television

series

After

being

prominently

featured

as

Hawkeye

s

love

interest

in

the

pilot

she

appeared

in

only

one

further

episode

Episode

before

leaving

the

show

entirely

However

she

continued

to

be

featured

in

the

opening

credit

montage

sequence

wherein

the

MASH

staff

run

toward

approaching

helicopters

for

most

of

the

shows

run

Lt

Nurse

Kellye

Lt

Kealani

Kellye

was

portrayed

by

Kellye

Nakahara

She

appeared

in

episodes

of

the

series

more

episodes

than

some

main

characters

such

as

Henry

Blake

and

Trapper

John

The

character

grew

steadily

from

a

background

often

nonspeaking

character

in

the

first

season

to

a

speaking

character

with

a

character

arc

of

her

own

culminating

in

the

season

episode

Hey

Look

Me

Over

which

was

primarily

about

the

character

In

her

first

appearances

her

name

changed

several

times

before

it

finally

settled

on

Nurse

Kellye

for

example

she

was

referred

to

as

Nurse

Able

in

her

first

appearance

in

A

Full

Rich

Day

The

first

name

Kealani

was

never

spoken

on

screen

but

according

to

interviews

with

the

actress

that

was

the

first

name

used

on

set

when

referring

to

the

character

On

several

occasions

though

she

is

called

Lt

Nakahara

notably

in

the

season

episode

The

Birthday

Girls

and

in

the

last

regular

episode

of

season

the

final

episode

filmed

As

Time

Goes

By

Major

Houlihan

refers

to

Kellye

as

Lt

Nakahara

Originally

from

Honolulu

she

described

herself

as

part

Chinese

part

Hawaiian

in

Episode

Life

Time

and

speaks

Japanese

as

revealed

in

Communication

Breakdown

She

had

great

pride

in

her

Asian

American

heritage

and

frequently

took

umbrage

at

racial

slurs

leveled

by

Frank

Burns

Her

family

lives

in

Honolulu

according

to

her

statements

in

the

final

episode

Nakahara

joined

Morgan

Christopher

and

Farr

on

AfterMASH

albeit

offcamera

as

the

recurring

voice

of

the

public

address

system

at

the

VA

hospital

Lt

Margie

Cutler

A

nurse

introduced

as

a

new

transfer

in

the

episode

Requiem

for

a

Lightweight

She

immediately

attracts

the

attention

of

both

Hawkeye

and

Trapper

so

much

so

that

Maj

Houlihan

wants

her

transferred

again

immediately

In

the

same

episode

Trapper

agrees

to

participate

in

a

boxing

match

with

a

fighter

from

another

outfit

in

exchange

for

a

promise

by

Henry

Blake

that

Cutler

will

be

kept

at

the

Despite

Trappers

efforts

however

she

becomes

romantically

linked

with

Hawkeye

in

a

few

episodes

Cutler

was

played

by

actresssinger

Marcia

Strassman

Lt

Leslie

Scorch

A

nurse

at

the

and

Henry

Blakes

paramour

during

much

of

the

first

season

and

is

at

his

side

through

much

of

the

pilot

She

is

goodnatured

and

has

a

bubbly

personality

Played

by

Linda

Meiklejohn

SSgt

Luther

Rizzo

Staff

Sergeant

Luther

Wilson

Rizzo

was

played

by

G

W

Bailey

In

the

show

he

was

the

sergeant

in

charge

of

the

motor

pool

While

originally

written

to

be

from

New

York

City

when

the

producers

heard

Baileys

southern

accent

in

his

first

dailies

his

character

was

moved

to

Louisiana

He

was

known

for

his

slow

deep

Louisiana

drawl

Bailey

himself

is

in

fact

Texan

and

his

slightly

disheveled

look

Though

the

motor

pool

seemed

to

function

well

it

did

so

despite

Rizzos

casual

work

style

and

frequent

naps

His

philosophy

on

success

in

the

army

was

that

it

was

possible

to

never

do

work

so

long

as

your

superiors

dont

see

you

enjoy

yourself

Where

else

but

the

Army

can

you

be

a

bum

and

get

paid

for

it

In

the

Season

episode

Promotion

Commotion

Rizzo

was

one

of

three

enlisted

who

appeared

before

a

promotion

board

consisting

of

Hawkeye

BJ

and

Winchester

He

was

not

promoted

but

made

it

clear

that

he

was

American

with

an

American

wife

and

American

son

Billy

Bubba

In

Episode

his

first

name

is

given

as

Wilson

Rizzo

enjoys

shooting

craps

and

seems

to

win

more

than

he

loses

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

cigarchewing

sergeant

Sergeant

Rizzo

is

known

to

carry

a

grudge

On

one

occasion

he

borrowed

a

deactivated

hand

grenade

from

Igor

and

used

it

to

scare

BJ

out

of

the

shower

after

BJ

had

given

him

a

hard

time

He

had

harsh

words

with

Winchester

when

the

latter

acting

as

motor

pool

officer

required

him

to

completely

disassemble

a

jeeps

engine

and

lay

it

out

on

white

sheets

for

no

good

reason

that

Rizzo

could

see

In

the

series

finale

at

the

final

dinner

Rizzo

claimed

that

he

would

be

going

home

to

work

on

a

new

moneymaking

venture

breeding

frogs

to

sell

to

French

restaurants

This

is

a

minor

error

Rizzo

had

reenlisted

in

the

Army

in

a

previous

episode

SSgt

Zelmo

Zale

Staff

Sergeant

Zelmo

Zale

was

portrayed

by

Johnny

Haymer

Zale

is

the

supply

sergeant

for

the

MASH

and

also

is

the

camps

electrician

he

is

shown

trying

to

keep

the

camp

s

generator

going

until

it

blows

up

He

is

responsible

for

repairing

the

juke

box

in

the

officers

club

after

the

Marines

bust

it

up

In

the

episode

Patent

Zale

describes

himself

a

master

craftsman

He

mentions

in

one

episode

that

he

is

from

Brooklyn

which

was

the

reason

he

didnt

know

what

people

who

were

heading

to

California

in

the

late

were

looking

for

when

quizzed

He

makes

his

first

appearance

in

the

Season

episode

For

Want

of

a

Boot

and

his

final

appearance

in

the

Season

episode

GoodBye

Radar

which

also

marked

Gary

Burghoff

s

last

appearance

on

the

show

as

Corporal

Radar

OReilly

Zales

name

is

mentioned

for

the

final

time

in

Yes

Sir

Thats

Our

Baby

A

running

gag

is

his

feud

with

Maxwell

Klinger

once

Klinger

hit

Zale

for

insulting

the

Toledo

Mud

Hens

and

is

put

on

KP

for

a

whole

month

Another

time

Major

Burns

manipulates

Klinger

and

Zale

into

a

boxing

match

which

results

in

Burns

being

knocked

out

by

both

men

Sparky

Sparky

Sgt

Pryor

is

the

mostly

unseen

telephoneradio

operator

at

headquarters

His

nickname

is

probably

a

carryover

from

the

days

of

telegraphy

Sparks

is

a

similar

nickname

as

used

for

instance

by

Ellies

father

in

the

film

Contact

Radar

almost

always

needs

to

go

through

Sparky

when

he

makes

a

call

to

Seoul

Japan

or

the

US

Sparky

seems

to

be

at

his

desk

round

the

clock

Sometimes

for

special

calls

Sparky

requires

a

bribe

to

arrange

the

connection

The

character

is

seen

and

heard

only

once

in

the

firstseason

episode

Tuttle

This

is

also

the

only

time

his

rank

and

real

name

are

mentioned

He

is

portrayed

by

Dennis

Fimple

who

plays

him

with

a

noticeable

USSouthern

accent

HoJon

HoJon

was

portrayed

by

Kim

Atwood

in

the

film

and

Patrick

Adiarte

in

the

series

In

the

original

novel

HoJon

is

described

as

a

Korean

tall

thin

bright

Christian

and

living

in

Seoul

He

is

drafted

into

the

South

Korean

army

subsequently

wounded

and

sent

back

to

the

for

treatment

After

rehabilitation

he

resumes

his

position

as

Swampboy

The

Swampmen

who

are

very

fond

of

HoJon

arrange

to

have

him

sent

to

Hawkeyes

old

college

in

the

US

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

buck

apiece

In

MASH

Goes

to

Maine

HoJon

is

briefly

seen

again

having

pursued

a

successful

career

in

university

administration

In

MASH

Mania

he

is

shown

to

have

become

the

Director

of

Admissions

at

Androscoggin

College

Hawkeyes

alma

mater

In

the

film

HoJon

is

drafted

and

Hawkeye

drives

him

to

the

induction

center

The

Korean

doctor

who

examines

HoJon

discovers

that

Hawkeye

has

given

him

drugs

to

induce

hypertension

and

tachycardia

so

that

he

will

fail

the

induction

physical

HoJon

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

In

the

screenplay

HoJon

is

wounded

and

sent

to

the

however

his

surgery

is

unsuccessful

and

he

dies

The

completed

film

omits

this

storyline

although

a

scene

showing

HoJon

in

the

operating

room

remains

with

overdubbed

dialogue

Houlihan

That

mans

a

prisoner

of

war

Doctor

Trapper

So

are

you

Sweetheart

but

you

dont

know

it

and

a

scene

showing

a

jeep

driving

off

with

the

deceased

HoJon

causing

a

brief

pause

in

the

poker

game

In

the

pilot

episode

HoJon

is

accepted

at

Hawkeyes

old

college

just

as

in

the

novel

In

the

TV

version

the

doctors

raise

funds

for

him

by

raffling

off

a

weekend

pass

to

Tokyo

with

Nurse

Dish

In

the

episode

I

Hate

a

Mystery

HoJon

steals

many

valuable

items

and

Hawkeyes

poker

winnings

in

order

to

bribe

the

border

guards

to

bring

his

family

down

from

the

North

This

contrasts

with

an

incident

in

the

pilot

where

he

receives

his

college

acceptance

letter

and

leaves

to

tell

his

parents

who

presumably

live

nearby

Igor

Straminsky

Private

Igor

Straminsky

was

generally

portrayed

by

actor

Jeff

Maxwell

although

Peter

Riegert

played

him

in

two

sixthseason

episodes

He

debuted

in

the

second

season

and

appeared

on

and

off

up

until

the

series

finale

He

has

appeared

in

more

episodes

than

any

recurring

character

except

Nurse

Kellye

Igors

role

was

often

to

serve

food

out

in

the

mess

and

therefore

also

to

serve

as

the

foil

for

a

lot

of

the

complaints

about

the

state

of

the

food

He

is

also

sometimes

tasked

with

duties

with

Radar

as

seen

in

the

episode

Mulcahys

War

As

a

comic

relief

buffoon

he

takes

the

part

of

Frank

Burns

as

the

village

idiot

In

Promotion

Commotion

Igor

relentlessly

tries

to

impress

Hawkeye

and

BJ

so

he

can

be

promoted

to

Corporal

He

once

mentioned

to

Father

Mulcahy

that

he

sets

aside

three

dollars

from

each

salary

payment

for

the

local

orphanage

In

The

Price

of

Tomato

Juice

Igor

identifies

himself

as

Maxwell

a

goof

on

the

part

of

actor

Jeff

Maxwell

and

Major

Frank

Burns

also

refers

to

him

as

Maxwell

in

the

following

line

of

dialogue

Igor

became

a

fan

favorite

with

both

the

fan

base

and

the

network

In

later

seasons

his

roles

were

expanding

making

him

more

of

a

recurring

cast

member

His

name

is

a

play

on

the

name

of

the

classical

composer

Igor

Stravinsky

Pvt

Lorenzo

Boone

An

hospital

orderly

who

is

innocent

and

not

especially

bright

In

the

movie

he

is

played

by

Bud

Cort

and

Boones

humiliation

at

the

hands

of

Maj

Burns

leads

to

Trapper

striking

Burns

later

that

day

In

the

TV

series

he

is

first

played

by

Bruno

Kirby

though

only

in

the

pilot

in

which

he

has

no

lines

He

thereafter

appears

in

a

handful

of

episodes

played

by

Bob

Gooden

Roy

Goldman

Roy

Goldman

is

a

corpsman

who

is

assigned

various

duties

at

the

His

name

was

not

set

for

several

seasons

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

He

is

also

referred

to

in

one

episode

perhaps

jokingly

as

Fred

Later

the

name

Goldman

was

firmly

established

as

his

own

He

is

usually

seen

in

a

nonmedical

setting

such

as

guard

duty

though

he

also

does

chores

within

the

hospital

Goldman

appears

off

and

on

throughout

the

run

of

series

usually

when

a

soldier

is

needed

for

a

random

line

or

reaction

When

Hawkeye

walks

into

the

mess

tent

naked

for

example

Goldman

is

the

The

RedWhite

Blues

his

reaction

to

a

medication

is

an

important

plot

point

and

he

speaks

quite

a

bit

more

It

is

hinted

in

that

episode

that

he

is

Jewish

The

character

was

played

by

an

actor

not

coincidentally

named

Roy

Goldman

Dennis

Troy

Like

Roy

he

is

a

corpsman

and

he

is

frequently

seen

together

with

Roy

Sometimes

he

is

a

jeep

driver

Dennis

has

glasses

and

straight

hair

and

usually

has

a

mustache

Dennis

rarely

speaks

and

never

beyond

a

few

words

In

one

episode

Officer

of

the

Day

he

appears

with

another

soldier

and

his

last

name

is

said

to

be

Carter

or

Willis

it

is

unclear

who

is

being

referred

to

One

of

those

names

however

applies

to

Roy

Goldman

see

above

thus

one

can

assume

that

the

name

was

merely

a

onetime

usage

Perhaps

because

his

appearances

are

so

fleeting

the

production

staff

may

have

been

felt

that

Troy

could

be

seen

without

distraction

to

the

audience

in

settings

other

than

the

In

the

episode

Dr

Pierce

and

Mr

Hyde

Dennis

is

General

Claytons

jeep

driver

In

Bombshells

he

is

an

ambulance

driver

for

the

MASH

and

does

not

seem

to

recognize

BJ

Hunnicutt

Pvt

Frank

DaleyDaily

An

African

American

private

with

a

mustache

who

is

occasionally

seen

in

group

shots

in

early

seasons

His

name

is

only

mentioned

in

the

episode

Payday

though

Hawkeye

jokingly

introduces

him

as

his

brotherinlaw

Leroy

at

the

Officers

Club

PA

Announcer

The

announcer

on

the

public

address

system

is

heard

throughout

the

film

and

in

most

episodes

of

the

series

In

the

film

the

voice

is

that

of

David

Arkin

There

were

a

few

different

voices

in

the

series

among

them

Todd

Susman

s

and

Sal

Viscuso

s

Viscuso

is

sometimes

incorrectly

listed

as

having

been

the

PA

announcer

in

the

film

In

the

series

it

is

unknown

where

on

the

base

the

PA

announcer

is

posted

as

Radar

is

the

only

one

seen

in

control

of

the

radio

and

PA

system

In

the

episode

A

Full

Rich

Day

Blake

says

Tony

hit

it

cueing

the

national

anthem

of

Luxembourg

over

the

PA

Tony

could

have

been

the

name

of

the

announcer

starting

a

record

or

the

name

of

a

live

pianist

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November

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MASH

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