M*A*S*H - Requiem for a Lightweight - 8:00 pm Wednesday, February 18 on Great! TV

About this Broadcast

Requiem for a Lightweight
Season 1, Episode 3

Hot Lips persuades Henry to transfer a beautiful nurse out of the 4077th, but Trapper enters the ring in the inter-camp tournament to fight for her posting. Black comedy, starring Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff and Loretta Swit

Movie/Drama Sitcom

Cast & Crew

Alan Alda (Actor) .. Hawkeye Pierce

Loretta Swit (Actor) .. Major Margaret Houlihan

Larry Linville (Actor) .. Maj Frank Burns

McLean Stevenson (Actor) .. Lt Colonel Henry Blake

Wayne Rogers (Actor) .. Captain John McIntyre

Gary Burghoff (Actor) .. Radar O'Reilly

John Orchard (Actor) .. Capt. 'Ugly John' Black

William Christopher (Actor) .. Father Francis Mulcahy

Marcia Strassman (Actor) .. Nurse Margie Cutler

Hy Averback (Director)

Robert Klane (Writer)

More Information

Did You Know..

Alan Alda (Actor) .. Hawkeye Pierce

Born: January 28, 1936 in New York

Best Known For: TV series MASH.

Early-life: Born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo in New York on January 28, 1936. His father, Robert Alda, was an acclaimed actor, while his mother, Joan Brown, was a beauty queen. His half-brother, Antony, was also a thespian. As a child, Alan was bedridden for two years and partially paralysed after contracting polio. In 1956, he received an English degree from Fordham University, then served for six months as a gunnery officer in the Korean War.

Career: Alda was interested in performing from an early age, appearing in numerous plays and on TV in Amsterdam alongside his father. Movies and US series including The Phil Silvers Show, Route 66 and The Mephisto Waltz followed, but landing the role of Hawkeye Pierce in the TV version of MASH made him a household name. The programme ran from 1972 to 1983, and was a smash hit across the globe. He also directed and wrote several episodes, winning Emmys for his work. He has written and directed movies and continued to act in such projects as ER, The West Wing, Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), The Aviator (2004), 30 Rock, Law & Order: LA, The Big C and The Blacklist.

Quote: "It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that."

Trivia: Away from showbusiness, Alda is an activist for feminist issues.