It’s Alan Alda’s 80th Birthday — See the Cast of ‘MASH’ Then and Now!
Happy 80th Birthday, Alan Alda!
To celebrate the actor's special day, click through the gallery below to see what the MASH cast — including Loretta Swift, Jamie Farr and more! — have been up to since the iconic series went off the air in 1983.
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Alan Alda (Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce)
Since saying "goodbye, farewell, amen" to Hawkeye, Alan, 80, hasn't rested — He appeared in Crimes and Misdemeanors, The West Wing, Scientific American Frontiers and Broadway's Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Loretta Swit (Major Margaret Houlihan)
Loretta, 78, traded Hot Lips for footlights appearing extensively onstage, including in more than 1,000 performances as Shirley Valentine in Chicago.
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Jamie Farr (Major Margaret Houlihan)
He's been to Broadway and Port Charles, but just like Klinger, Jamie, 81, keeps Toledo close — famously hosting an LPGA event there for the past 28 years!
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William Christopher (Father Francis Mulcahy)
Father Mulcahy would find some jocularity with William, 83, since he's done many a guest spot as other clergymen, including Father Tobias on Days of Our Lives.
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Harry Morgan (Colonel Sherman T. Potter)
Before passing away at the age of 96 in 2011, Harry rode his role as cavalry man Col. Potter onto After MASH then guest-starred on shows like Murder, She Wrote and The Simpsons.
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Mike Farrell (Captain B.J. Hunnicut)
After B.J. went off to Mill Valley, Mike, 76, headed to Providence — but also found time to produce Patch Adams, guest star on Desperate Housewives and pursue his favorite role, a social activist.
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David Ogden Stiers (Major Charles Winchester)
"Gentlemen" of Major Winchester's ilk might scoff at David's voice work in cartoons, but they'd applaud the 73-year-old's turn as an orchestra conductor and narrator of PBS' American Experience.
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