TV series) After leaving M*A*S*H, Rogers appeared as an FBI agent in the 1975 NBC-TV movie Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan, as Michael Stone in the 1980 miniseries Top of the Hill, and as civil rights attorney Morris Dees in 1996s Ghosts of Mississippi. But Frank then shows up and the drunken Trapper gets caught up in lampooning him and forgets all about deserting. M*A*S*H (novels) . and Hawkeye swap their own personal reflections of one another with Hawkeye saying, "I'll never be able to shake you. For other uses, see, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M*A*S*H&oldid=1142107561, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 15:05. He was a regular panel member on the Fox News Channel stock investment television program Cashin' In as a result of having built a career as an investor, investment strategist, adviser, and money manager. 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. On the M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion Television Special aired by Fox-TV in 2002, Rogers spoke on the differences between the Hawkeye and Trapper characters, saying, "Alan [Alda] and I both used to discuss ways on how to distinguish the differences between the two characters as to where there would be a variance. My character [Trapper John McIntyre] was a little more impulsive [than Hawkeye]." I PROMISE! got his doctorate from Stanford University medical school, becoming a fourth generation doctor in his family. Both served in the Army. After an OR session and a brief game of pick-up football during which Hawkeye catches a long pass thrown by Trapper, a delighted Hawkeye finally remembers him from a crazy college football game between Androscoggin and Dartmouth; Androscoggin won 6-0 during a blizzard when Hawkeye intercepted one of Trapper's passes and scored in the last few seconds of the game. Why did BJ replace Trapper on MASH? The two were caught by a conductor, at which point the woman turned against him shouting, "He trapped me! series. Then, in the movie The Gig (1985), alongside Cleavon Little, he was a jazz musician-hobbyist whose group has an opportunity to play a Catskills resort and must confront failure. However, that changed radically when Alan Alda was cast as Hawkeye. While Hawkeye tends to fly strictly by his gut emotions (often at the expense of his better judgment), B.J. He briefly visits Hawkeye, but makes no mention of his discharge while there. Also in 1985, he starred opposite Barbara Eden in the televised reunion movie I Dream of Jeannie Fifteen Years Later based on the 1960s situation comedy I Dream of Jeannie. Rather than ruin its 11-year run, these items provide insight into small part of the television universe that was the 4077th. After college, Rogers served as an officer in the United States Navy, as a navigator on the USS Denebola, and had planned on entering Harvard Law School before he became an actor.[1][2]. Hawkeye unexpectedly ups the ante by claiming Lacy has appendicitis and requires surgery (a trick he and Trapper John once used to put Colonel Flagg temporarily out of commission). 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. tended to be more passive, preferring to be a quieter voice of reason. Contents 1 "Welcome to Korea" 2 About B.J. THEN: Coming in to replace Trapper John as Hawkeyes best friend/partner-in-crime, B.J. Born: It starred Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce and Wayne Rogers as Trapper John McIntyre. itself; when Hawkeye rhetorically asks who would name their son "B.J. Even though the latter half of the third season started to flesh Trapper out a bit, Rogers departed, and his character was written out of the series. According to Radar, after hearing the news, an ecstatic Trapper went streaking through the Mess Tent. 'M*A*S*H' made all of its cast members into stars, but it's now been a long time since actors like Loretta Swit and Jamie Farr were household names. gets into a discussion with Hawkeye about the things they're not going to miss once they head home, but when their discussion comes around to what they will miss- each other, B.J. about what he would be doing if he were at home with his family. Sadly, in the nearly four decades since the show went off the air, many of the main cast members have passed away, including William Christopher (Father Mulcahy), Wayne Rogers ("Trapper" John), Larry Linville (Major Frank Burns), Harry Morgan (Colonel Potter) and McLean Stevenson (Lt. Better. Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (TV series episode). One personality trait that B.J. The track was muted for these scenes, and given the serious nature of the show, producers pushed for no laugh track at all. THEN: Wayne Rogers played surgeon Captain John Trapper McIntyre, Hawkeyes partner-in-crime in the shows first three seasons, before leaving to pursue other work. 's daughter, B.J. The reason for this was three of his fingers were deformed to a birth defect. In 1990, Rogers co-starred with Connie Selleca in the CBS made-for-television movie Miracle Landing based on the true story of the 1988 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 crash landing after an explosive cabin depressurization. The next morning at breakfast, he teased her by telling her that "last night" meant a lot to him and he wanted to know she was not "playing games". Hornberger, who was described as a good surgeon with a sense of humor, worked in a VA hospital following the war before opening his own practice. THEN: Standup comedian McLean Stevenson played the commanding officer of the 4077, Henry Blake, for three years before leaving to find starring roles in other shows and movies. So I would still go witrh Trapper. But he also stands up for others, particularly the enlisted, when they are thrown into indefensible situations. No matter who pitches a TV show today, most writers and producers couldn't dream of hitting those numbers. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. You think a lot of people will be tuning in to see the series finale of Supernatural this year, or Law and Order: SVU (whenever that happens)? After feeling as though he was being shafted from a more developed character arc, Wayne made the decision to quit the show. 's pain of being away from home during his anniversary; Hawkeye secretly recorded a conversation with B.J. After the third season, Rogers left the show and was replaced by Mike Farrell as B. J. Hunnicutt. After returning from R&R in Tokyo, Hawkeye is informed by Radar that Trapper John had gotten his discharge and was on his way to Kimpo Air Field in Seoul to fly home. He replaced Trapper John, both in his position . Their writing has been featured in numerous magazines, literary journals, digital projects, educational media, websites, nonprofit materials and marketing campaigns. ran for seven seasons, airing its series finale in 1986. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly is perhaps one of the most beloved characters in television history. strongly objects to this needless surgery calling it mutilation and a violation of his oath, and after a heated argument with him refuses to be a part of Hawkeye's scheme. Rogers married his second wife, Amy Hirsh, in 1988. It was then that Alan Alda and the rest of the writers incorporated it into the story. is discharged from the army and leaves while Hawkeye is under psychiatric treatment. They had been separated for almost four years prior to the divorce. In the final episode he gets yet another motorcycle from a group of Chinese POWs and, after painting it yellow, rides it off into the sunset toward home. M*A*S*H has remained one of the most popular sitcoms in television history. Radar had tried to reach Hawkeye in Tokyo to alert him of Trapper's departure, but without success. is a direct spin-off of the MASH film rather than the television series due to licensing issues. "B.J. Captain (O-3), U.S. Army Reserve (FYI, the Bronze Star is awarded for combat action against the enemy; he would have probably been awarded a US Army Commendation Medal or the US Soldiers Medal). Who took Trapper John's Place on MASH? NOW: Linville passed from pneumonia in 2000. AfterMASH was a successor to the original M*A*S*H television series, featuring Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher after the war, as the same characters they played in the original television series. Hunnicutt, a character meant to replace Wayne Rogers' Trapper John. Once the degree of MD or DO is conferred on a member of the military they are given the rank of Captain in both the US Air Force and US Army. ", Related: The Real Reason Shelley Long Left 'Cheers'. Once Trapper settles in at camp, he becomes the wild one of the group, drinking, carousing, and playing pranks on the others, especially Margaret. Wayne Rogers: "Trapper" John McIntyre. In 1986, Rogers hosted the short-lived CBS television series High Risk. leaves, Hawkeye returns, and while Hawkeye is upset over his departure, he is even more so because of the fact that B.J. Mike Farrell joined the cast of M*A*S*H in season four as Captain B.J. Richard Hooker's book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors is the story of the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea, and while it's not nonfiction, it is based on the experiences and knowledge of former surgeon in the military Dr. H. Richard Hornberger, who wrote the book with writer W. C. Heinz after serving in the Korean War. Family/Personal information He played Slim Davis on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1959. As a compromise, CBS not only muted the laughs during the operating scenes, but also lowered the volume of the laughter throughout the series, making it less raucous than the normal canned laughs of a comedic series. Played by: Instead, the Trapper John, M.D. During production of M*A*S*H, Mike Farrell met Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who served as a technical consultant on the show. Hooker was merely their shared pen name. He played a soldier who not only suffered an injury but also had leukemia. maintaining that they stood for nothing at all, Hawkeye went to great lengths to get at the truth, sending telegrams to many of B.J. The episode, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen," was two and a half hours long and viewed by a whopping 77% of the people watching TV that night, or 121.6 million people. Hunnicutt. But audiences took to the bit character that he was written in as a regular on the show. There were plenty of other details that were either omitted, changed or exaggerated as well, including the length of the war. Birthplace: premiered, Wayne Rogers returned to TV in House Calls, a sitcom based on the 1978 Walter Matthau film. Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan The object of Hawkeye and Trapper John's ire because of her rigid allegiance to a military protocol that seem to them ridiculously out of place in a hospital so close to the front line of battle. He won five Emmy Awards for his work on the show, and he has remained a well-known and successful actor to this day. Allegedly, he had an issue with the contract's "morals clause" when it was presented to him. Despite B.J. McIntyre is portrayed by Elliott Gould in the 1970 film, by Wayne Rogers in the first three seasons of the television series, and then by Pernell Roberts in the 1979-86 series Trapper John, M.D. stands for as a joke, Prior to his joining M*A*S*H, Mike Farrell's then-wife, actress Judy Farrell, appeared on the show in the early seasons playing various nurses. NOW: Stevenson passed January 15, 2016, from a heart attack. Rogers co-starred with Robert Bray and Richard Eyer in the western series Stagecoach West on ABC from 1960 to 1961. Both Col. Blake and Major Burns were two dimensional characters. Rogers left television's M.A.S.H. In Bottoms Up, after he stages a prank with Hawkeye during which Charles loses his pants in the OR (for which Hawkeye was blamed), B.J. At the beginning of the fourth season, Hawkeye returns from "R&R" in Tokyo to find that Trapper has been discharged. Louise referred to as such once on the "M*A*S*H" TV seriesMelanie (depicted on Trapper John, M.D. Once the land was sold, the time capsule was discovered only months after the series ended, which likely affected its relevance to the construction worker who found it and asked what to do with it. secretly manipulates things to where Charles again gets victimized (again losing his pants) while Hawkeye is vilified by the others and B.J. Early on, Trapper and Hawkeye were partners, both partaking in hedonistic pursuits and playing practical jokes on Majors Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan. 's note, spelled out in rocks on the chopper pad (for Hawkeye, and for the viewing audience): In essence, B.J. 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. Monster M*A*S*H is a FANDOM TV Community. Shortly after B.J. Despite generally empathizing with the man who became his best friend, he often suggests alternate, less confrontational solutions to problems and will occasionally outright refuse to participate in one of Hawkeye's schemes when it violates his own principles. The armistice is finally signed ending the war, but more wounded arrive and then the 4077th is ordered back to its original location. Wayne Rogers as Trapper on the M*A*S*H TV series. left in the exact same way as Trapper John: without closure- to wit, going home without leaving so much as a goodbye note. Although he shared most of Hawkeye's assessment of the Army, the war, and regulation in general, B.J. He was one of only two actors to reprise a role from the movie, MASH (1970), on which this series was based. Appeared in: 'Trapper' John! Some of the actors who starred in M*A*S*Hhad actual military experience to draw from when it came to their scenes. Hunnicutt is a character in the M*A*S*H TV series. Trapper John was referred to a few times in the series after his departure, most notably in an episode in which his replacement B.J. He published several other novels based on that group. A total of 15 M*A*S*H novels were published between 1968 and 1977, some co-authored by William E. Butterworth. The show explained John's and Roger's absence as the military having discharged the character. Farrell later produced the biopic, After his introduction in season 4, there is only one episode in which B.J. As they get airborne, a smile grows on Hawkeye's face as he sees B.J. is a TV dramatic series that showed the character in a contemporary setting (approximately 25 years after the Korean War ended). Wayne Rogers, who portrayed "Trapper" in the TV series, was told when he accepted the role that Trapper and Hawkeye would be equally important, almost interchangeable (much like how Hawkeye and Trapper were presented in the MASH film). The pilot was shown as a "CBS Special Presentation" on July 17, 1984. Trapper John, M.D. Most of the cast had no idea when Henry Blake was being offed from the show. Klinger was only meant to appear in one episode of the show, and the character wasn't even in the book. Legally, Trapper John, M.D. in September 1986. To counter his leave, the creators attempted to sue Wayne for breaking his contract, but the actor had a loophole that they weren't aware of: He had never actually signed the contract they'd presented him. He left the show in 1979, but he returned later that year for a two-part special episode called "Goodbye Radar. In the film, Elliott Gould played the Trapper John character and Donald Sutherland was Hawkeye. In the CBS television series M*A*S*H (1972-83) Trapper John is with the group as they say goodbye to Henry Blake at the Season 3 finale. Wayne Rogers, who starred as the irreverently cantankerous Trapper John on TV's M*A*S*H, died Thursday . However, to relieve the pressures of duty in a field hospital close to the front and the attendant horrors of war, the staff engage in humorous hijinks, frivolity, and petty rivalries off-duty. Morgan, a veteran character actor and former Universal contract player, portrayed Colonel Sherman T. Potter. The entire script was completed in just three days by writer Larry Gelbart. (Hunnicutt's orders are rescinded, however, and he gets only as far as Guam before being sent back, by which time Hawkeye has been discharged from the psychiatric clinic.). However by the premier of Season 4 he is on his way back to . The series was canceled after two seasons. Honeycutt. Instead, Trapper was played by Pernell Roberts, who had portrayed Adam Cartwright in Bonanza prior to the role. They have also written several books. ", "I'm a temporarily misassigned civilian.". 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. "Abyssinia, Henry" (Season 3 finale) Plus, Rogers came into and left MASH when the show was still fresh. He succeeded Elliott Gould, who had played the character in the Robert Altman movie MASH, and was himself succeeded by Pernell Roberts on the M*A*S*H spin-off Trapper John, M.D. They get acquainted over drinks at the Kimpo Officers Club. We wouldn't have realizedit at the time. THEN: Wayne Rogers played surgeon Captain John "Trapper" McIntyre, Hawkeye's partner-in-crime in the show's first three seasons, before leaving . Appearances "Trapper" John Francis Xavier McIntyre is a fictional character in Richard Hooker's M*A*S*H novels, as well as the film and the two TV series (M*A*S*H and Trapper John, M.D.) featured the character of Trapper John McIntyre, played by Pernell Roberts, twenty-eight years after the events of the M*A*S*H film and television series. NOW:Stiers passed away in Oregon due to complications resulting from bladder cancer in 2018. ran for seven seasons, airing its series finale in 1986. Did you know that M*A*S*Hwas based on a novel? Season 4 was pretty similar to the previous two seasons save the fact that BJ and Potter had replaced Trapper and Henry. In Radars Report, when Trapper's patient later dies after a wounded POW smashed an IV blood bottle connected to the patient, Trapper was so enraged that he confronted the bedridden POW in a threatening manner, with serious thoughts of retaliation for the loss of his patient. Timothy Brown also appeared both the movie and the TV show, however he played a different character in the movie (Cpl. Rogers never gave an official reason why he walked away from the show, but Farrell has an idea. THEN: David Ogden Stiers character Winchester replaced Frank Burns as Hawkeyes foe, although Charles Emerson Winchester III was a little more rounded, being less antagonistic and more stuffy and pompous, if kindhearted. It has been conceded by fans, critics and the producers of Trapper John M.D. Fox developed a M*A*S*H video game that was released for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family and the TI-99/4A. Hunnicutt, hearing of the pranks played by Trapper John, attempts to show that he in fact is "the world's heavyweight scamp". And in his place was Mike Farrell playing Capt. Although he was offered a 2-year extension, he turned it down. His interest in science has led to work as a visiting professor at Stony Brook, where he founded the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. It was the first spin-off to feature a character from the series in civilian life after the war. Bj all the way! "John McIntyre! It's unfortunate that the role was swapped for a heterosexual man who only cross-dressed to attempt to get out of the war, as the character was supposed to have been gay, which would have been some much-needed representation on television in the 1970s and '80s. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. They remained until the armistice was signed in July of 1953. After the pilot puts B.J. At the beginning of Season 4 (after the dramatic season 3 finale in which Henry is discharged but killed on the way home), Hawkeye returns from R&R alone in Tokyo to find that Trapper has also been discharged. Wayne Rogers, who played Trapper John, was unceremoniously removed from the cast. On two separate occasions, Margaret drunkenly professes her attraction to Trapper John. Elliott Gould (1970 film)Wayne Rogers TV series Pernell Roberts Trapper John, M.D. Was Radar O'Reilly in the original MASH movie? Specifically, he did not like how the Trapper John character began and ended the movie with the same role significance as Hawkeye (e.g., Trapper John was brought into the movie because the unit needed a "chest cutter") but .