Wayne Rogers, Trapper John on 'M.A.S.H.,' dies at 82
He was number 121 on the list.
Wayne Rogers played Capt. "Trapper" John McIntyre
for the show's first three seasons. Trapper John was depicted as every bit the
prankster, womanizing surgeon that Hawkeye was. The character was abruptly
written out of the show in 1975 when Rogers quit, complaining that Trapper John
had become a sidekick to Hawkeye rather than an equal.
Wayne Rogers played Capt. "Trapper" John McIntyre
for the show's first three seasons. Trapper John was depicted as every bit the
prankster, womanizing surgeon that Hawkeye was. The character was abruptly
written out of the show in 1975 when Rogers quit, complaining that Trapper John
had become a sidekick to Hawkeye rather than an equal.
Wayne Rogers, the actor whose Trapper John McIntyre on
"M*A*S*H" was among the most beloved characters on one of the most
popular shows of all time, has died.
Rogers' publicist Rona Menashe says the actor died Thursday
in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia. He was 82.
As army surgeon Trapper John on "MASH," Rogers
swapped wisecracks with partner in martinis-and-mischief Hawkeye Pierce, played
by Alan Alda.
Rogers was on the show for just the first three of its 11
seasons, but his run, and his character, are especially revered by show
devotees.
An Alabama native and Princeton graduate, Rogers had parts
on many short-lived shows before "M.A.S.H.," specializing in westerns
like "Law of the Plainsman" and "Stagecoach West." Rogers then guest-starred five times in a recurring role on CBS's Murder, She Wrote.
He spent his late life as a money manager and investor and
was a regular panelist on the Fox News stock investment show "Cashin'
In."
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1959 Odds Against
Tomorrow Soldier in Bar
1962 Alfred
Hitchcock Presents...The Big Kick Season 7 Episode 37 Kenneth
1964 Dr. Sex Raincoat Man Uncredited
1965 The Glory
Guys Lt. Mike Moran
1966 Chamber of
Horrors Police Sgt. Jim Albertson
1967 Cool Hand
Luke Gambler
1967 The Invaders Police Lt. Matteson
1970 WUSA Minter
1972 Pocket Money Stretch Russell
1972–1975 M*A*S*H
Trapper John McIntyre 72 episodes
1976 City of
Angels Jake Axminster 13 episodes
1978 Once in
Paris... Michael Moore
1981 The Hot Touch
Danny Fairchild
1985 The Gig Marty Flynn
1987 The Killing
Time Jake Winslow
1990 Miracle
Landing Robert 'Bob'
Schornstheimer
1993 The Goodbye
Bird Ray Whitney
1996 Ghosts of
Mississippi Morris Dees
1999 Love Lies
Bleeding Inspector Abberline
2000 Coo Coo Cafe
2001 Frozen with
Fear Charles Sullivan
2002 Three Days of
Rain Business Man
2003 Nobody Knows
Anything! Gun Schnook (final film role)
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