Episodes Pilot September 17, 1972 To Market, to Market September 24, 1972 Requiem for a Lightweight October 1, 1972 Chief Surgeon Who? October 8, 1972 The Moose October 15, 1972 Yankee Doodle Doctor October 22, 1972 Bananas, Crackers and Nuts November 5, 1972 Cowboy November 12, 1972 Henry, Please Come Home November 19, 1972 I Hate a Mystery November 26, 1972 Germ Warfare December 10, 1972 Dear Dad December 17, 1972 Edwina December 24, 1972 Love Story January 7, 1973 Tuttle January 14, 1973 The Ringbanger January 21, 1973 Sometimes You Hear the Bullet January 28, 1973 Dear Dad, Again February 4, 1973 The Longjohn Flap February 18, 1973 The Army-Navy Game February 25, 1973 Sticky Wicket March 4, 1973 Major Fred C. Dobbs March 11, 1973 Ceasefire March 18, 1973 Showtime March 25, 1973 Directed by Gene Reynolds   Michael O'Herlihy   Hy Averback   E.W. Swackhamer   Lee Philips   Bruce Bilson   Don Weis   William Wiard   Terry Becker   James Sheldon   Earl Bellamy   Jackie Cooper   Written by Larry Gelbart   Richard Hooker   Burt Styler   Robert Klane   Laurence Marks   Hal Dresner   Bruce Shelly   David Ketchum   Jerry Mayer   Carl Kleinschmitt   Sheldon Keller   Alan Alda   Sid Dorfman   McLean Stevenson   Richard Baer   Cast Alan Alda ... Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce (24 episodes) Wayne Rogers ... Capt. 'Trapper John' McIntyre (24 episodes) McLean Stevenson ... Lt. Col. Henry Blake (24 episodes) Loretta Swit ... Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan (24 episodes) Larry Linville ... Maj. Frank Burns (24 episodes) Gary Burghoff ... Cpl. Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly (24 episodes) William Christopher ... Father Francis Mulcahy (12 episodes) Odessa Cleveland ... Lt. Ginger Bayliss, RN (11 episodes) John Orchard ... Capt. 'Ugly John' Black (9 episodes) Patrick Adiarte ... Ho-Jon (7 episodes) Linda Meiklejohn ... Lt. Leslie Scorch (7 episodes) Timothy Brown ... Capt. Oliver Harmon 'Spearchucker' Jones (6 episodes) Jamie Farr ... Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger (6 episodes) Marcia Strassman ... Nurse Margie Cutler (6 episodes) G. Wood ... Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond (3 episodes) Robert Gooden ... Pvt. Lorenzo Boone (3 episodes) (as Bob Gooden) Herb Voland ... Gen. Crandell Clayton (3 episodes) Bonnie Jones ... Lt. Barbara Bannerman (3 episodes) Lynnette Mettey ... Lt. Nancy Griffin (3 episodes) Karen Philipp ... Lt. Maria 'Dish' Schneider (2 episodes) Sheila Lauritsen ... Nurse Hardy (2 episodes) Sorrell Booke ... Gen. Wilson Spaulding Barker (2 episodes) Barbara Brownell ... Lt. Jones (2 episodes) Harvey J. Goldenberg ... Kaplan (2 episodes) George Morgan ... Lt. Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy Laura Miller ... Knocko Bruno Kirby ... Pvt. Lorenzo Boone (as B. Kirby Jr.) Jack Soo ... Charlie Lee Robert Ito ... Lin John C. Johnson ... Truck Driver Jack Riley ... Capt. Kaplan Paul Jenkins ... Sergeant Baker Virginia Ann Lee ... Young Hi (as Virginia Lee) Craig Jue ... Benny Ed Flanders ... Lt. Dwayne Bricker Bert Kramer ... Sgt. Martin Tom Sparks ... Corpsman Stuart Margolin ... Captain Phillip G. Sherman Billy Green Bush ... John 'Cowboy' Hodges Joe Corey ... Goldstein (as Joseph Corey) Mike Robelo ... Cook Jean Powell ... Nurse Baker Bill Svanoe ... Aide Jean Pleet ... Nurse Noel Toy ... Mama San Kasuko Sakuro ... Cho-Cho Byron Chung ... P.O.W. Buck Young ... M.P. Lizabeth Deen ... Becky William Katt ... P.F.C. (as Bill Katt) Gary Van Ormand ... Corporal (as Gary Van Orman) Arlene Golonka ... Nurse Edwina 'Eddie' Ferguson Kelly Jean Peters ... Lt. Louise Anderson Stefanianna Christopherson ... Lt. O'Brien (as Indira Danks) Jerry Harper ... Sergeant Mary-Robin Redd ... Sister Theresa (as Mary Robin Redd) Dennis Fimple ... Sergeant 'Sparky' Pryor James Sikking ... Finance Officer Captain Tuttle ... Self Leslie Nielsen ... Col. Buzz Brighton Ron Howard ... Wendell (as Ronny Howard) James T. Callahan ... Tommy Gillis (as James Callahan) Fred Lerner ... Patient #1 Chuck Hicks ... Patient #2 Alex Henteloff ... Captain Casey Gail Bowman ... Nurse Powell Kathleen King ... Nurse Beddoes Joseph V. Perry ... The Cook (as Joseph Perry) John A. Zee ... Commander Sturner Bobbie Mitchell ... Lt. Mason, RN Alan Manson ... Colonel Hersh Wayne Bryan ... Private Thompson Bruce Kimmel ... Private Gilbert Joey Forman ... Jackie Flash Stanley Bennett Clay ... Driver (as Stanley Clay) Oksun Kim ... Korean Woman Marilyn King ... Miller Sister Jean Turrell ... Miller Sister Joan Lucksinger ... Miller Sister Uncredited Cast Gwen Farrell ... Running Nurse (8 episodes) Sheila Lauritsen ... Running Nurse (5 episodes) George Simmons ... Soldier (5 episodes) Walter Smith ... Doctor (4 episodes) Roy Goldman ... Tray Dropper (3 episodes) Leland Sun ... Soldier (2 episodes) Todd Susman ... P.A. Announcer (2 episodes) John Orchard ... Capt. 'Ugly John' Black John Burnside ... Soldier Jamie Farr ... Announcer Marcia Gelman ... Running Nurse Bob Harks ... Colonel Mike McGirr ... Sergeant 'Killer' Flacker Richard Elmore ... Soldier Virginia Ann Lee ... Singing Geisha #1 Bonnie Jones ... Lt. Barbara Bannerman Patch Mackenzie   Tom Richards   Dennis Troy ... G.I. Stephen Burnette ... Patient in Bed Produced by Burt Metcalfe   Gene Reynolds   Original Music by Johnny Mandel   Roger Kellaway   Duane Tatro

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