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M*A*S*H television series cast members c. 1974. Back row: Larry Linville, Wayne Rogers, and Gary Burghoff. Front row: Loretta Swit, Alan Alda, and McLean Stevenson This is a list of characters from the M*A*S*H franchise created by Richard Hooker, covering the various fictional characters appearing in the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (1968) and its sequels M*A*S*H Goes to Maine ...
M*A*S*H (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American war comedy drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1972, to February 28, 1983. It was developed by Larry Gelbart as the first original spin-off series adapted from the 1970 feature film M*A*S*H, which, in turn, was based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors.
The following is a list of cast members from the television series adaptation of M*A*S*H.The term cast members includes one-episode guest appearances. The popularity of M*A*S*H is reflected in the fact that "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", the show's series finale, was the most watched TV series finale ever when it first aired in 1983, and it remains in that position four decades later.
Bruno Kirby (pilot only) and Bob Gooden: Pvt. Lorenzo Boone ‡ Linda Meiklejohn: Lt. Leslie Scorch George Morgan (pilot only) and William Christopher: Lt. Father Francis Mulcahy John Orchard: Capt. 'Ugly John' Black ‡ Karen Philipp: Lt. Maggie Dish ‡ Marcia Strassman: Lt. Margie Cutler ‡ Herb Voland: Brg. Gen. Crandell Clayton G. Wood
The series was canceled after two seasons. W*A*L*T*E*R was the pilot for a television series that was not picked up. It would have featured Gary Burghoff reprising the role of Walter O'Reilly. The pilot was shown as a "CBS Special Presentation" on July 17, 1984.
The pilot episode of M*A*S*H, the first episode of the first season was broadcast on September 17, 1972, although the initial script was first written in November 1971. [1] The episode was written by Larry Gelbart and directed by Gene Reynolds , who received the Directors Guild of America Award for it. [ 2 ]
Larry Linville (left) with the cast of M*A*S*H (1974). When the television series M*A*S*H was picked up for production in early 1972, Linville signed a five-year contract for the role of Major Frank Burns, an ill-tempered, inept surgeon who embraced military discipline with a cartoonish overzealousness.
Swit was one of only four cast members to stay for all 11 seasons of the show, from 1972 to 1983 (the others are Alan Alda, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher). Swit and Alda were the only actors to have been in both the pilot episode and the finale; she appeared in all but 11 of the total of 256 episodes.