After saying she was recently involved with a colonel named Donald, Margaret comes to conclude he has cheated on her, and she flies into a rage against the nurse. Henry is a good man and a capable surgeon but an ineffectual commanding officer. He makes it a point to play up his antics to visiting high-ranking officers in an attempt to gain their sympathy and convince them that he is unfit to serve. This is also the only time his rank and real name are mentioned. A hospital orderly who is innocent and not especially bright. Morgan died peacefully in hospice care at the age of 96, and his "M*A*S*H" colleagues stayed close with him until the end. 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. Radar frequently looks to the doctors for advice, and increasingly regards Henry Blake and then Sherman Potter as father figures, having lost his elderly father at a young age. 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. When Frank botches his work, he blames Ginger and tells Maj. Houlihan that Ginger is, "an incompetent bungler. [in fact Swit is an ethnic Swedish-Polish] She entered nursing school in 1938 and graduated in 1942 when she joined the Army. After leaving Korea and the army, Freedman accepts a post at the University of Chicago. In the Season 10 episode "Promotion Commotion", Rizzo was one of three 4077th enlisted who appeared before a promotion board consisting of Hawkeye, B.J., and Winchester. 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. Series writer Larry Gelbart stated during the M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion special that Klinger's antics were inspired by stories of Lenny Bruce attempting to dodge his military service by dressing himself as a U.S. Navy WAVE. 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. This was after he told the gun "You're fired. [16] Burns longs for command of the 4077th himself and resorts to underhanded means in attempting to achieve this end, such as filing misleading complaints about Blake and unsuccessfully preventing Hawkeye and Trapper from testifying in Blake's defense. Sometimes he is a jeep driver. The character was inspired by two real-life Korean War MASH head nurses: "Hotlips" Hammerly,[28] an attractive blonde of similar disposition,[citation needed] and Janie Hall. after he is kissed by Margaret. Ginger appears to be a competent nurse who is well-liked by the medical staff but occasionally runs afoul of Frank Burns who blames her for his mistakes, leading to Hawkeye and Trapper coming to her defense by pulling pranks on Frank. 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. Comment. [33], Early on in the TV series, she is a stern "by-the-book" head nurse but willingly goes against regulations for her gain. He is from Philadelphia and is frequently seen wearing a Loyola sweatshirt. Potter is from Hannibal, Missouri, one-quarter Cherokee[12] and possesses a passion and fondness for horses. The producers decided to drop the character after the first few episodes, reasoning that they wouldn't be able to write enough meaningful episodes for Spearchucker if they were concentrating on Hawkeye and Trapper. Although his career was in the Horse Cavalry until 1924 when he married, he has told inconsistent stories about being in the Infantry during World War I: During combat in World War I, at the July 1918 Battle of Chteau-Thierry, he was mustard gassed, leaving him blind for a month in a French hospital. [9] While Henry is in command of the 4077th, his wife called Mildred in earlier episodes, Lorraine in later ones (the reason is never explained) gives birth to a son back in Bloomington. Sometimes, for special calls, Sparky requires a bribe to arrange the connection. He rarely has more than one or two lines, though in the episode "The Red/White Blues", his reaction to a medication is an important plot point and he speaks quite a bit more. Freedman's first appearance was in the episode "Radar's Report". He also appeared in two episodes of AfterMASH, and starred in the television pilot W*A*L*T*E*R. The character was portrayed by Gary Burghoff in both the film and on television, the only regular character played by a single actor. He is also sometimes tasked with duties with Radar, as seen in the season 5 episode "Mulcahy's War". In the novel, Burns is a well-off doctor who attended medical school, but whose training as a surgeon was limited to an apprenticeship with his father in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Cutler was played by actress/singer Marcia Strassman. He is mentioned frequently throughout the sixth and seventh seasons, particularly about problems Margaret and Donald are having. These appearances led to W*A*L*T*E*R, a television pilot for a proposed spin-off series. In "Officers Only", he is the grateful father of a wounded soldier who arranges with Maj. Burns for the construction of an Officer'sClub. 16th Jan 2023, 9:55am. [13]in the Sept-Nov 1918 Argonne Forest, he was "lost for three days, taken prisoner, head shaved and beaten to a pulp". WebUnnamed mother, died when he was 10 years old Unnamed sister (mentioned in earlier seasons) Aunt Eloise (mentioned in one episode) Aunt Sarah (mentioned in one episode) Billy (cousin, mentioned in Bless You, Hawkeye) Billy, Stephen, and Karen Pierce (children in the novel) Unnamed nephew Appearances First appeared in: "Pilot (TV series episode)" (The absence of Miller's considerable baritone resonance would suggest the latter.) When Hawkeye walks into the mess tent naked, for example, Goldman is the first one to notice, dropping his metal tray in shock. In all iterations, the Spearchucker character is a superior surgeon who was also a stand-out collegiate athlete. Gary Burghoff was an actor from the 1970 M*A*S*H film that reprised his role for the series. She falls in love with him on the spot, and he quickly asks her to marry him. Drinking problems appear to run in her family. Duke makes racist comments about Jones, causing Hawkeye and Trapper to punish Duke. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Braymore Blake is introduced in the 1968 novel M*A*S*H and is also a character in the film (played by Roger Bowen) and television series (played by McLean Stevenson). [23] He twice applied for and received a Purple Heart for being "wounded" in combat: first, for slipping and falling on the way the shower;[24] and second, for getting an eggshell fragment in his eye. He is an ardent supporter of the anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy and appears irritated to learn his wife is becoming involved in Republican Party envelope-stuffing campaigns. In "Morale Victory", he sends for a copy of the score for Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand to encourage a pianist who can no longer play with his injured right hand. In her first appearance, 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". Sergeant Rizzo is known to carry a grudge. He was drafted into the South Korean army, subsequently, wounded and sent back to the 4077th for treatment. Age during show: 39-50. 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 couple has a daughter, Erin, who was born shortly before B.J. In the novel and film, Hawkeye is married with children, but in the TV series, he is a bachelor and something of a ladies' man. When Colonel Potter denies his hardship authorization to go home to try to save his marriage, considering it another fake story, the frustrated Klinger tears his dress, shouting that his cross-dressing was fake. In 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. Ginger is a commissioned Lieutenant but is not a stickler for rules or military discipline like Major Houlihan. Benjamin (Hawkeye) Pierce: Responsible For The Death Of A Baby. In the eighth-season episode "Dear Uncle Abdul", Klinger writes to his uncle who successfully used cross-dressing to stay out of the Army about the crazy goings-on in camp, ending with the reflection "It's no wonder I never got a Section Eight there's nothing special about me; everybody here is crazy!" Corporal (briefly Second Lieutenant) Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly appears in the novels, film, and TV series. CNN . 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 quietly gifts an orphanage with expensive chocolates (a tradition in his family) while the camp assails his stinginess because true charity must be anonymous. He alternately claims to be affiliated with the CIA, the CIC, or the CID. Burns's only friend in the unit is head nurse Major Margaret Houlihan, with whom he has an ongoing affair. It is implied he assisted Hawkeye and Trapper in their schemes on the sidelines. As an indication of their respect for him, in the final episode Hawkeye and B.J. formally salute Potter as he leaves the camp, one of the few times either is shown doing so. Nothing further is known about the character's fate post-show from the TV series. In the book, Duke Forrest is described as under six feet tall, with red hair, blue eyes, and 29 years old. Later the name "Goldman" was firmly established as his own. In the episode "I Hate a Mystery", Ho-Jon steals many valuable items and Hawkeye's poker winnings to bribe the border guards to bring his family down from the North. (Interestingly, on the rare occasions Houlihan is shown wearing her Class A uniform, while her ribbons include the usual Korean War decorations everyone received and commendation medals, she does not have an American Campaign Medal, an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, or a European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, a World War II Victory Medal, or an Army of Occupation Medal. In "Comrades in Arms", Margaret receives a letter from Donald that was meant for another womana letter that says unkind things about Margaret and hints at Donald having an affair with the other woman. Potter initially takes a hard line against Klinger's attempts to get discharged but is convinced to let him continue cross-dressing and eventually assigns him to be his new company clerk. 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She returns to the US to take a position in an Army hospital. As the orphanage director apologizes, Winchester reflects: "It is I who should be sorry. The wedding is cut short by incoming wounded, which leaves Donald in the mess hall, unable to move in his body cast. Burns first appeared in the original novel, where he had the rank of captain. [citation needed] He was introduced in the show's sixth season as a replacement for Frank Burns, both in the unit's surgical team and as a foil for Hawkeye and B.J. However, most fans of the show claim this is actually Flagg's first appearance, with Halloran simply being one of Flagg's many aliases. The completed film omits this storyline, although a scene showing Ho-Jon in the operating room remains with overdubbed dialogue (Houlihan: "That man's a prisoner of war, Doctor." When Colonel Potter takes command, Klinger immediately tries the same with him, but Potter sees through the scam immediately. Seen only during season one. In the series finale, at the 4077th's final dinner Rizzo claimed that he would be going home to work on a new moneymaking venture: breeding frogs to sell to French restaurants. Burns further asserts that the other surgeons could not keep up with him and complained that he was pushing them too hard. ", "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler? Rather than lecturing from an authority, he seeks to teach by example ("Blood Brothers"), or by helping someone see the error of their ways ("Identity Crisis"). In the first-season episode, "Major Fred C. Dobbs", Ginger is working with Frank in the O.R. one from Korea, for being shot in the buttocks by a sniper; After the war, he went to medical school, and began his service as an Army doctor in 1932,[6] serving in World War II. In the film, it is overtly sexual and broadcast throughout the camp when Radar puts a microphone under Hot Lips' bunk in her tent. 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. 1st Lieutenant Maria "Dish" Schneider was played by Jo Ann Pflug in the film and (as Lt. Maggie Dish) by Karen Philipp in the series. However, Hawkeye's reaction indicates that on this occasion, Frank was indeed stating the facts. He actively avoids the finality of farewells, but when the 4077th is disbanded in the series finale, he is last seen riding his Indian motorcycle away from camp, while Hawkeye sees from a helicopter that B.J. Mulcahy understands that many of his "flock" are non-religious or have other faiths, and does not evangelize them overtly. In the novel, the extent of the relationship between Burns and Houlihan is unclear and only rumored to be sexual. Age during show: 39-41. [19], A borderline-incompetent surgeon (he twice failed the medical exams and only passed by buying the answers the third time - even so it took him seven years to complete medical school), his reputation for incompetence has spread even to the South Korean Army. The 1900 and 1902 birthdates do not conform to continuity, as they would indicate he would be only around 49-50 during the Korean War. out of the shower after giving him a hard time. In M*A*S*H Goes to Maine, Ho-Jon is briefly seen again, having pursued a successful career in university administration. Ho-Jon was portrayed by Kim Atwood in the film, and Patrick Adiarte in the series. For the film, the voice is sometimes listed as that of Marvin Miller and sometimes as that of David Arkin, who played Staff Sergeant Vollmer. It is Mulcahy who alerts the doctors that the camp dentist "Painless" is severely depressed. Major Charles Emerson Winchester III is a supporting character in the television series, played by David Ogden Stiers. Rizzo enjoys shooting craps and seems to win more than he loses. In talking to psychiatrist Sidney Freedman he first says that the woman had suffocated a chicken, until Freedman led him to admit the repressed memory - the horror of a mother smothering her own baby. He is portrayed by Dennis Fimple, who plays him with a noticeable Southern US accent. In the episodes "For the Good of the Outfit" and "Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde", Dennis is General Clayton's jeep driver. 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. "Max" Klinger appears in the television series M*A*S*H and the spin-off AfterMASH, played by actor Jamie Farr. Potter takes pride in the competency of the rest of the medical staff despite their antics. 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. [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. In the series pilot, it is clear that he is a surgeon as well as an administrator, and his first name is Hamilton. Igor became a favorite with both the fan base and the network. Corporal (later Sergeant) Maxwell Q. Afterward, Mulcahy reluctantly helps the doctors to stage the famous "Last Supper" faux suicide, to convince Painless that he should continue with life. For the episode, see, "Frank Burns" redirects here. John Patrick Francis Mulcahy, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, "Mike Farrell had complicated feelings about B.J. Freedman led Hawkeye to stop suppressing the memory of seeing a Korean mother smothering her crying baby to keep it silent, so a North Korean patrol would not find and kill or capture their group. [30] In the film, the nickname originates from a scene in which she has a tryst with Burns. by | May 29, 2022 | 1990 alabama basketball roster | obituaries heritage funeral home | May 29, 2022 | 1990 alabama basketball roster | Every Friday he gives boring and nonsensical lectures to the enlisted personnel about why the United States is in the Korean war. 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. as he is being shipped back to the United States and tells them that not only has he been cleared of all charges, but has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to a veteran's hospital in his hometown. Ho-Jon is last seen in the film being led away by South Korean soldiers while the doctor tells Hawkeye that he has seen through the trick. Wayne Rogers: 82, born April 7, 1933 died December 31, 2015. Hot Lips!" She was a nurse at the 4077th MASH during the Korean War. She appeared in 86 episodes of the series, more episodes than some main characters, such as Henry Blake and Trapper John. Distraught and exhausted, Burns, speaking on the telephone to his mother, tells her that Major Houlihan had just pretended to like him, "like Dad used to.". Radar is briefly promoted to Second Lieutenant as the result of a poker game debt ("Lt. Radar O'Reilly") but soon returns to Corporal after discovering that life as a commissioned officer is more complicated than he had originally thought. As he prepares to depart the 4077th to rejoin his unit, he thanks the doctors then turns and salutes Ginger, who returns the salute and wishes him well. In the episode "The Incubator", and in this episode only, he is presented as a fool, answering questions of reporters in military double talk. [18] 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. CBS. These labels would not leave him, though; as Sidney put it: "From now on, you go through life on high heels." He donates his winnings to the local orphanage. All told, Cleveland appeared in 25 episodes of M*A*S*H spanning seasons 14. In "Promotion Commotion", Igor relentlessly tries to impress Hawkeye and BJ, so he can be promoted to Corporal. second assistant He is also referred to in one episode, perhaps jokingly, as Fred. Hawkeye says he'd thought about putting in a scalpel but decided not to, reasoning that a later civilization might consider it a weapon. In the episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet", Hawkeye says that he shares a tent with three other doctors. In "Henry Please Come Home" Hammond is personally responsible for Henry's short-lived transfer to Tokyo. He later comments that he is 62, making the 1890 birthdate more credible. He once mentioned to Father Mulcahy that he sets aside three dollars from each salary payment for the local orphanage. 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. 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. Sparky is the mostly unseen telephone/radio operator at headquarters. 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. 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 Packo's, an actual Toledo restaurant. Some accounts assert the producers were unable to find evidence for black Army surgeons in Korea; there were, however, several black surgeons who served in the US military at the time.[50]. He also does not hold a World War II Victory Medal, which typically accompanied the Occupation Medal as its cutoff date was December 31, 1946. 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. WebHe died on April 10, 2000 in New York City Major Franklin Marion Burns (120 episodes, 1972-1977) 6. Henry would never meet his son. 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