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Love Story
Season 1, Episode 14
Trapper and Hawkeye fix Radar up with a nurse after his girl jilts him, but he needs a crash course in classical literature and music to come up to scratch. Comedy, starring Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers and Gary Burghoff
Movie/Drama
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Alan Alda
(Actor)
.. Hawkeye Pierce
Gary Burghoff
(Actor)
.. Radar O'Reilly
Larry Linville
(Actor)
.. Maj Frank Burns
Wayne Rogers
(Actor)
.. Trapper John
McLean Stevenson
(Actor)
.. Henry Blake
Loretta Swit
(Actor)
.. Major Margaret Houlihan
Marcia Strassman
(Actor)
.. Nurse Margie Cutler
Kelly Jean Peters
(Actor)
.. Lt Louise Anderson
Earl Bellamy
(Director)
Laurence Marks
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Alan Alda
(Actor)
.. Hawkeye Pierce
Born:
January 28, 1936
in
New York
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.
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.
Gary Burghoff
(Actor)
.. Radar O'Reilly
Larry Linville
(Actor)
.. Maj Frank Burns
Wayne Rogers
(Actor)
.. Trapper John
McLean Stevenson
(Actor)
.. Henry Blake
Loretta Swit
(Actor)
.. Major Margaret Houlihan
Marcia Strassman
(Actor)
.. Nurse Margie Cutler
Kelly Jean Peters
(Actor)
.. Lt Louise Anderson
Earl Bellamy
(Director)
Laurence Marks
(Writer)
