Add to FavouritesAbout this Broadcast
The Ringbanger
Season 1, Episode 16
Leslie Nielsen stars as a gung-ho colonel with a terrifying casualty record. Trapper, Hawkeye and Radar conspire to have him sent home before anyone else is killed. Comedy, starring Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff and Wayne Rogers
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
Leslie Nielsen
(Actor)
.. Colonel Buzz Brighton
Linda Meiklejohn
(Actor)
.. Lt Leslie Scorch
Jackie Cooper
(Director)
Jerry Mayer
(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
Leslie Nielsen
(Actor)
.. Colonel Buzz Brighton
Born:
February 11, 1926
in
Regina, Canada
Best Known For:
The Naked Gun movies.
Early-life:
Born Leslie William Nielsen on February 11, 1926, in Regina, Canada. He had two brothers, one of whom became the country's deputy prime minister. His mother was Welsh, his father, a Mountie, was very strict. Nielsen attended school in Edmonton before joining the Royal Air Force towards the end of the Second World War. He was a DJ and announcer for a Calgary radio station before studying acting at the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York.
Career:
Nielsen followed his uncle, actor Jean Hersholt, onto the stage before making his TV debut in Studio One in 1950. He made guest appearances in numerous shows before his first film, The Vagabond King, was released in 1956, the same year he starred in cult sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet. Various TV series and movies followed, including Peyton Place, The Poseidon Adventure and Viva Knievel! In 1980 he featured in Airplane! which led to him being cast in TV series Police Squad. The show was adapted for the big screen as The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, and spawned two sequels. He died from pneumonia on November 28, 2010 at the age of 84.
Quote:
'Doing nothing is very hard to do - you never know when you're finished.'
Trivia:
He married four times and had two children.
Linda Meiklejohn
(Actor)
.. Lt Leslie Scorch
Jackie Cooper
(Director)
Jerry Mayer
(Writer)
