Born in New Jersey in 1924, he struggled in his pre-med program and nearly didn’t get into med school until, according to biographer Dale Sherman, a chemistry teacher recommended him as “peculiar, but worth taking a chance on” to Cornell Medical School. Hornberger’s books may have been whimsical, but his real-life war experiences were dead serious. (Credit: 20th Century Fox/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock) Hunnicut, who became Hawkeye’s new cohort and tent mate.Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in the television show MASH.

Rogers later said that had he realized “M*A*S*H” would last so long, he might have “kept my mouth shut and stayed put.” He appeared in 74 episodes, replaced on the show by Mike Farrell as Captain B.J. Rogers said he told them that “some of these things I’m not going to agree to,” and that they responded: “We’ll, we’re a hit show. Well, nobody defined an ‘immoral fashion,’ as it were - so it was at the whim of whoever ran the studio,” Rogers said in a 2012 radio interview. “It said that, in the eyes of the studio, if you behaved in an immoral fashion, they have the right to suspend you. Rogers said he had no contract and the producers wanted to impose one that included, among other things, “an old-fashioned morals clause.” Rogers left “M*A*S*H” in a contract dispute after the third of the show’s 11 seasons, departing at about the same time as McLean Stevenson, another original cast member. But Rogers became frustrated as the plots began to give more attention to the increasingly popular Alda at his character’s expense. It initially focused both on Alda’s character, Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce, and fellow Army captain and surgeon “Trapper” John, played by Rogers. The series, which was inspired by Robert Altman’s hit 1970 movie “MASH” and combined situation comedy with dramatic elements, was set in a mobile Army surgical hospital unit during the 1950-53 Korean War. Rogers, who later forged a successful career as a financial analyst, investor and businessman, died in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia his publicist, Rona Menashe, told Reuters.Īn Alabama native and Princeton University graduate with a degree in history, Rogers achieved his big break after years of lesser roles by being cast to co-star with Alan Alda in “M*A*S*H,” which debuted on the CBS network in 1972. Actor Wayne Rogers' star is unveiled at the Hollywood Walk of Fame December 13, 2005.

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