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Henry attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he was the football team's athletic trainer. In the show, he was the sergeant in charge of the motor pool. This is also the only time his rank and real name are mentioned. The show recast the characters, with actress Loretta Swit taking on the role of "Hot Lips" Houlihan. [56], "Hawkeye (M*A*S*H)" redirects here. For instance, in the sixth-season episode "Patent 4077", when Margaret is in a bad mood after losing her wedding ring, a nurse describes her as "Hot Lips Houlihan: Blonde land mine". ", 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.". 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. [35] In one early episode, Houlihan herself was a hard drinker who drank a quart of brandy a day. Frank is last referred to in the second-to-last episode "As Time Goes By", where the question is asked (by Winchester) if anything that was put in the 4077th's time capsule belonged to Burns. For the Australian public servant, see. As for Klinger's religion, in an early show, Klinger said he gave up being an atheist for Lent. 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 two-part farewell episode titled "Good-Bye 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 adequately replace him. The Death of Henry Blake M*A*S*H producer Gene Reynolds on facing down viewers outrage for killing off a popular character. He accosted a blonde female WAC, a blonde female Red Cross worker, and an army general and his blonde wife in an offoro bath, mistaking the couple for the Penobscots. 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. [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. An experimental procedure was said to have restored most of his hearing. Episode 2/24, "A Smattering of Intelligence." He visited the camp to do a psychiatric evaluation of Klinger, who was aiming for a Section 8 discharge). "Max" Klinger appears in the television series M*A*S*H and the spin-off AfterMASH, played by actor Jamie Farr. He served briefly in World War II; in 1950 he was drafted into the US Army Medical Corps and sent to serve at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War. Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Samuel Flagg is played by Edward Winter. 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 is brought to tears by Frank's verbal assault prompting Hawkeye and Trapper to encase Frank's right arm in plaster capped with a metal retractor while Frank is sleeping. 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. On the bus is a woman with a crying newborn baby. 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. In the novel, the confrontation is less violent, and Burns is simply transferred to a VA hospital stateside. Coincidentally, actor Timothy Brown played most of his nine-year NFL career with Philadelphia and was selected to the team's Hall of Fame in 1990.[49]. The story, actually a string of vignettes, was adapted from the novel of Comment. Radar appeared in every episode of the show's first three seasons. 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 Soon-Lee, and Father Mulcahy. [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. 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. Despite their long-running mutual antagonism, Hawkeye and Margaret came to develop respect and affection for each other, reflected in a long passionate farewell kiss in the final episode. Based on his age and how long he had been in private practice before he was drafted, Burns appears to be an immigrant to the United States from some unnamed country, stating his family had come to America in 1927. Classical music is one of his great loves, helping him to maintain his morale. Her long-standing affair with Frank ends after she finally realizes that Burns has no intention of divorcing his wife to marry her; she does have an engagement and subsequent marriage to Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott. The character of B.J. The show was set at the fictional General Pershing VA Hospital in Missouri, where he served as chaplain. Age during show: 39-50. In the film, Hawkeye and Trapper are given roughly equal focus, but in the TV series, the character devolved to become more of a sidekick to the character of Hawkeye. 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. The character's name is a reference to the character "Captain Spaulding" played by Groucho Marx in the film Animal Crackers. [47] In a season 3 episode, when asked what happened to "that surgeon you had from Georgia", Trapper answers, "He got sent stateside! In M*A*S*H Goes to Maine, Ho-Jon is briefly seen again, having pursued a successful career in university administration. 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. A hospital orderly who is innocent and not especially bright. ", "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler? After the war ends and the 4077th is disestablished, he returned to Boston, where the position of Chief of Thoracic Surgery at a prestigious hospital awaits him. John Patrick Francis Mulcahy, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, "Mike Farrell had complicated feelings about B.J. hospital. Gelbart, Larry & Marks, Lawrence. 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). 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. Duke learns to appreciate Spearchucker when he is informed that he is a well-known professional football player, as well as when Duke sees Spearchucker's prowess as a surgeon. Although he glibly answers that the initials "B.J." The script was likely written before Spearchucker was dropped and the writers presumably overlooked editing that line of dialogue. Though by military rank Burns is second-in-command of the unit, he is outranked in medical matters by Hawkeye, who reluctantly accepts appointment by Colonel Blake as Chief Surgeon. From then on, he wears his Army uniform, and has given up on his attempts to "escape". John Orchard later returned to the show for the Season 8 episode "Captains Outrageous", this time playing a drunken and corrupt Australian Military Policeman "Sgt. TV audiences were shocked after a character death in the HBO show. Elsewhere, it was mentioned and implied by Dr. Mark Craig (portrayed by William Daniels) that B.J. [52] He was known for his slow, deep, Louisiana drawl (Bailey himself is in fact Texan) and his slightly disheveled look. During Margaret's stay in Tokyo, Burns drinks all of Hawkeye's booze, cleans out Hawkeye and BJ's poker winnings of $200, and confesses that he wants to have affairs with two other nurses besides Houlihan: Nurse Kellye, and an unnamed "little red-haired nurse". Also, where Burns was always the fall-guy and butt of Hawkeye's roasts and insults, Winchester often was able to match wits with Hawkeye and even zinged him back, which Hawkeye seemed to actually respect. 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 "Promotion Commotion", Igor relentlessly tries to impress Hawkeye and BJ, so he can be promoted to Corporal. Although the character was originally intended to develop a romance with Houlihan,[citation needed] the chemistry between the two was not there, so Charles and Margaret maintain a platonic, professional friendship. Henry would never meet his son. In addition, Potter, who had been managing administrative work before his assignment to the 4077th with the asset of knowing many his superiors as personal acquaintances, possesses formidable skills as a surgeon and for keeping morale high in the operating room. Igor was seen in 48 episodes, the second most frequent recurring character after Nurse Kellye (portrayed by Kellye Nakahara) who appeared in 167 episodes. In the book and the film, Hawkeye had played football in college; in the series, he is non-athletic. He was not promoted, but made it clear that he was American "with an American wife and American son, Billy Bubba". In later seasons, his roles were expanding, making him more of a recurring cast member. The marriage does not last long; she later finds out a visiting nurse had had an affair with him. His name was not set for several seasons. One of those names, however, applies to Roy Goldman (see above), thus one can assume that the name was merely a one-time usage. 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. In an early episode, however, before his character becomes more of a buffoon, he demonstrated himself to be an efficient, though again micromanaging, commander. 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. Wayne Rogers: 82, born April 7, 1933 died December 31, 2015. When Frank botches his work, he blames Ginger and tells Maj. Houlihan that Ginger is, "an incompetent bungler. The character returned to television in 1979 in the medical drama series Trapper John, M.D. Key episodes in this development include the season 5 episode "The Nurses", in which she plays the role of a stern disciplinarian, but breaks down in front of her nurses revealing how hurt she is by their disdain for her; and "Comrades In Arms" (season 6), in which Hawkeye and Margaret make peace as they endure an artillery barrage together while lost in the wilderness, though they had also shown more mutual respect for one another before, when they have to go help a front-line aid station in "Aid Station" (season 3). Hunnicutt is played by Mike Farrell in the TV show. [31] In the seventh-season episode "None 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? He is depicted doing this in Hooker's two sequels, M*A*S*H Goes to Maine and M*A*S*H Mania. It is Mulcahy who alerts the doctors that the camp dentist "Painless" is severely depressed. [17] In "The Novocaine Mutiny", Burns is left in temporary command when the 4077th is inundated with a deluge of casualties. 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. From the archives of TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress Loretta Swit on her respect for the work of real-life nurses and the woman on whom she based her portrayal of Major Margaret Houlihan. As portrayed by Skerritt in the film, he stands at 6'1" and is dark-haired. Igor became a favorite with both the fan base and the network. The couple has a daughter, Erin, who was born shortly before B.J. 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 was drafted into the South Korean army, subsequently, wounded and sent back to the 4077th for treatment. In Richard Hooker's 1977 novel M*A*S*H Mania, which takes place in the early 1970s, Henry Blake has become a General and helps Hawkeye in a scheme to rid Crabapple Cove of a troublesome psychologist. He is usually seen in a non-medical setting (such as guard duty), though he also does chores within the hospital. Burns further asserts that the other surgeons could not keep up with him and complained that he was pushing them too hard. Radar is from Ottumwa, Iowa, and joined the army right out of high school. One time he accidentally had an unplanned one-night stand while comforting a nurse, and was also similarly tempted into having an affair with a visiting female journalist. Ho-Jon was portrayed by Kim Atwood in the film, and Patrick Adiarte in the series. Cutler was played by actress/singer Marcia Strassman. 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. Though he promises to work things out with her, he has himself permanently transferred to San Francisco. Klinger's discharge was dropped, and Freedman left the camp. But despite his stern military bearing, Potter is a relatively relaxed and laid-back commander, not above involving himself in camp hijinks and understanding the need for fun and games to boost morale during wartime, particularly in the high-pressure atmosphere of a MASH. While he assumes the same general disregard for military discipline exhibited by both Hawkeye and Trapper--going as far as to grow out a Walrus moustache at the start of the 7th season in clear violation of Army uniform guidelines (and would be retained by the character for the rest of the series, though Farrell would shave it off immediately after the series ended)[7]--B.J. Unfortunately, this has often backfired on him when both parties he was pranking find out and retaliate. by | May 29, 2022 | 1990 alabama basketball roster | obituaries heritage funeral home | May 29, 2022 | 1990 alabama basketball roster | Charles Winchester II (father), This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 01:19. Burns' replacement Major Winchester has a grudging respect for Potter, even though their personalities are often at odds with one another. The nine months he spends in Korea caused him to have an emotional breakdown because of the separation from his wife and child. Blake had affairs with a call girl, an underage girl, three nurses at the 4077th MASH, and a recent college graduate member of the press corps (the last so serious that Henry came close to deserting his family for her). For example, in the episode "In Love and War", a new nurse arrives at the 4077th. Dennis rarely speaks, and never beyond a few words. However he was later written to be in recreation of Trapper John when in one episode ("Movie To-night) he and Hawkeye sing a duet about how they both "work on patients through the day and on nurses through the night." Which MASH star died recently? CNN . This leads to him "capturing" a Korean family and their ox, and almost fires his carbine in Potter's office at the suggestion that he is heading for a Section Eight discharge. Sparky is the mostly unseen telephone/radio operator at headquarters. He is one of the main characters in the M*A*S*H TV series during the first three seasons and the central character of the latter series. He is as cultured as Burns was low-brow; in one episode during a verbal joust with Pierce and Hunnicutt, Winchester can match them a true story for the true story due to his cultured upbringing and skill, culminating in him revealing he even once dated actress Audrey Hepburn (producing a candid photograph of them as proof) to the astonishment and chagrin of B.J. 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. Sergeant Rizzo is known to carry a grudge. In the film, when it is proposed that "Spearchucker" Jones will bunk with the other surgeons in the Swamp, Duke is disrespectful (implied to be because of his Southern heritage), until he is rebuked by Hawkeye and Trapper. 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. In one early episode ["Hot Lips and Empty Arms"] she is very angry at herself when she finds her college roommate has a dream marriage with a rich doctor, children, a great house, a swimming pool, and a washing machine-all of which could have been hers. However, it appears that Margaret genuinely cares for her flock and is not merely shaking them down in pursuit of material gain. Another time, he cons nearly every member of MASH 4077 into buying mail-order shoes. After rehabilitation, he resumes his position as "Swampboy." In the book and the film, Trapper John is a graduate of Dartmouth College (having played quarterback on the school's football team) and serves as thoracic surgeon of the 4077th. Drinking problems appear to run in her family. 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