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Click through the gallery to see what M*A*S*H stars are up to now. See the cast of the long-running Korean War sitcom 50 years after the show's premiere! Swit inherited the role of head...
- 7 Alan Alda
- 6 Loretta Swit
- 5 Jamie Farr
- 4 Gary Burghoff
- 3 Mike Farrell
- 2 Jeff Maxwell
- 1 Odessa Cleveland
Age: 88 years
Alan Alda played Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce for all eleven seasons of M*A*S*H, and he was the only actor to appear in all 256 episodes.He won five Emmy Awards for his work on the show, and he has remained a well-known and successful actor to this day. Most recently, he had a recurring role in the Emmy Award-nominated TV series Ray Donovan and a supporting role in the Academy Award-nominated film A Marriage Story. Some may also remember him for his role as the antagonist in the...
Age: 86 years
Loretta Swit played Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, the only woman in the main cast of M*A*S*H. Swit had guest-starred on several popular TV shows in the early 1970s, including Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke and Mission: Impossible, butit wasn't until she landed the role of Houlihan that she became a household name. Her performance was critically acclaimed, and she won two Emmy Awards out of ten nominations for her performance on M*A*S*H. These days, Swit seems to be mostly retired from acting. Accord...
Age: 89 years
Jamie Farr played Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger on M*A*S*H for all eleven seasons, although his character only appeared in a recurring role for the first three seasons before being upped to series regular status for season four. Before Farr acted on M*A*S*H, he actually did serve in Korea with the United States Army, and according to an article Farr wrote for the U.S. Naval Institute, he wore his "Real dog-tags on M*A*S*H." In the years since M*A*S*H wrapped, Farr has held roles in a number of...
Age: 80 years
Gary Burghoff played the popular character Walter "Radar" O'Reilly on M*A*S*H for the first eight seasons of the show's run. He was the youngest of the main characters on the show and celebrated his 80th birthday in May 2023. Burghoff is notable for being the only actor from the movie M*A*S*H (1970) to reprise his role as a main cast member on the television series. He left the show in 1979, but he returned later that year for a two-part special episode called "Goodbye Radar." Good things hap...
Age: 85 years
Mike Farrell joined the cast of M*A*S*H in season four as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt, a replacement for Wayne Rogers' character "Trapper" John. Farrell's wife at the time, Judy Farrell, also acted on M*A*S*H in the recurring role of Nurse Able. In recent years, he has guest-starred on popular TV dramas like NCIS. In 2016, he also played Lee Miglin in American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
Age: 76 years
Jeff Maxwell was never a series regular on M*A*S*H, but he appeared on the show in a recurring role for ten years. Many of his earlier appearances on the show were uncredited, but as time went on, his role on the show increased, and he became a beloved cast member. These days, he hosts a podcast called M*A*S*H Matters, where he discusses M*A*S*H and the film and TV industry alongside his co-host Ryan Patrick.
Age: 79 years
Odessa Cleveland appeared on M*A*S*H from 1972-1975 as Ginger Bayliss, one of the most frequently featured nurses over the first few seasons. She also guest-starred on one episode of the M*A*S*H spin-off series Trapper John, M.D. in 1986. Cleveland was one of the few Black actors to appear as a recurring character on the show, and she was prominently featured in the season two episode "Dear Dad... Three." In that particular episode, viewers saw Nurse Bayliss forced to treat an out of line, ra...
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- Alan Alda (Hawkeye) Alan Alda has remained very active in the three decades since M*A*S*H went off the air. In 1983, shortly after the series wrapped, he produced The Four Seasons for CBS.
- Gary Burghoff (Radar) After leaving M*A*S*H in 1979, Gary Burghoff made a handful of guest roles on TV shows like Fantasy Island and The Love Boat. He made a cameo appearance in the January 16th, 1984 episode of AfterMASH on CBS followed by a full-blown guest appearance the following week.
- William Christopher (Father Mulcahy) William Christopher co-starred in AfterMASH on CBS from 1983 to 1984 alongside Harry Morgan and Jamie Farr. Since then, he’s acted sporadically.
- Jamie Farr (Klinger) Jamie Farr continued playing Maxwell Q. Klinger on AfterMASH from 1983 to 1985 on CBS alongside Harry Morgan and William Christopher.
May 2, 2022 · Hawkeye was brought to life by famed actor Alan Alda, who, as of this publication, is still living. But, unfortunately, a number of Alda's "M*A*S*H" co-stars have died, including the actors behind beloved characters such as Colonel Sherman Potter and Father Francis Mulcahy. Here are the "M*A*S*H" actors we've sadly lost.
- Alan Alda: Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce. THEN: Serving as star, director, writer, and guiding creative force behind the long-running sitcom over his ten year tenure, Alan Alda became not only the face of M*A*S*H, but of a generation of thoughtful feminist men throughout the 1970s and into the ‘80s.
- Loretta Swit: Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan. THEN: Alongside Alda, Loretta Swit was one of the longest-serving members of the 4077, playing head nurse and stickler for the rules Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan for all 11 seasons.
- Jamie Farr: Maxwell Q. Klinger. THEN: Maxwell Q. Klinger was only supposed to appear in one episode as a Colonel who dresses in women’s clothing in an attempt to get kicked out of the Army (the 1970s were a different time).
- William Christopher: Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy. THEN: William Christopher replaced George Morgan, who portrayed the kind-hearted priest in the series’ pilot episode.
Dec 22, 2020 · Here's what the cast members have been up to since the show ended in 1983. 1. Alan Alda
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Mar 14, 2022 · Many of the great talents who starred in "M*A*S*H" have passed away in the years since it ended, but a number of them are still with us, many remaining active in the entertainment industry. Here...
