Rip Charles Winchester
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I didn't think I would like his character on MASH when he first started but I eventually did. Apparently, his love for classical music extended to his real life.
RIP
RIP
Kind of like Frazier. Even with or really, especially with, all of the weirdness you liked them...
The great Mayor of Shangri-La in 'Doc Hollywood'.
Found this tidbit funny: Played French horn in the orchestra at Juilliard, which is rather more amusing considering an episode of M*A*S*H (1972) where he bothers Hawkeye and B.J. with persistent bad horn playing.
I bet he got a kick out of that. I loved M*A*S*H.
Found this tidbit funny: Played French horn in the orchestra at Juilliard, which is rather more amusing considering an episode of M*A*S*H (1972) where he bothers Hawkeye and B.J. with persistent bad horn playing.
I bet he got a kick out of that. I loved M*A*S*H.
Another tidbit listed for him: Has conducted 70 orchestras in over 100 appearances. He is resident conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra in Newport, Oregon. (Reference IMDB). Oh, just noticed there are some more details on this on his Wikipedia entry.
Frazier is one of my all-time favorite TV characters.
He was great. Those two really messed with him. Forgot he was in Star Trek TNG.
He didn't often play the character you liked, but he almost always nailed the part...
- John Cusack's dad in Better off Dead
- Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast
- one of the stuffy brothers in Accidental Tourist
And he was great in a tiny role as the orchestra conductor in The Man with One Red Shoe.
Radar giving him his toboggan hat because he was pissy and depressed (homesick over the holidays) in MASH was one of the best moments in that series
- John Cusack's dad in Better off Dead
- Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast
- one of the stuffy brothers in Accidental Tourist
And he was great in a tiny role as the orchestra conductor in The Man with One Red Shoe.
Radar giving him his toboggan hat because he was pissy and depressed (homesick over the holidays) in MASH was one of the best moments in that series
MASH might be my favorite show of all time. At least comedy. It was so well written and had a great cast.
I recall the scene in which paid back Hawkeye and BJ with some practical joke after all the jokes they played on him. He is sitting there in the tent listening to classical music and the other two are making a lot of noise dealing with the joke (I think Charles cut the ropes holding up the hammocks whereupon he asks them to be quiet by saying "Gentlemen, please ..... Mozart".
That was in his 2nd episode I think. He put a snake, not sure if itwas real or fake, in Hawkeye's cot.
Also loved when he tricked the visiting Doctor, (George Lindsay) into riding Potter;s horse.
And when he planed a phony map on a injured prisoner to trick Col. Flagg into trying to arrest some prominent South Korean officials!
Pretty cool image to think of David skateboarding to work everyday.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mash-stars-recall-heart-humor-david-ogden-stiers-1091949
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mash-stars-recall-heart-humor-david-ogden-stiers-1091949
One story from that article:
Jamie Farr (Klinger) remembers Stiers and Farrell being the biggest pranksters. "They were the culprits." If you polled castmembers about the greatest joke played during the series run, they would all say without hesitation: "Attenborough."
During the 1977-78 season, Richard Attenborough took residence on the 20th Century Fox lot to direct Magic, a twisted horror film starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret. Many of the people working on the lot, including Attenborough, often frequented the commissary for lunch. One day, Morgan, Farr, William Christopher (Father Mulcahy), Farrell and a crewmember went to the commissary and situated themselves in a booth for lunch. As it would turn out, Attenborough was across the room with some people, also enjoying a meal.
"As we were finishing our meal, this line of waiters came up to us with a flourish. They had soft-serve yogurt — at the time a fancy new dessert in the commissary — brought to us and served in goblets. The waiters made a big deal out of it, setting it down in front of each of us. They said, 'Compliments of Sir Richard Attenborough,'" Farrell recalls. "We were blown away that Richard would know who we were, let alone treat us to this fabulous dessert. So, we turned and waved graciously and said, 'Thank you, Sir Richard, so kind of you.' We had to call it out a little bit because he was across the room. Attenborough didn't even turn to acknowledge us. So, we said it louder. Again, he ignored us. Then Harry stands up and yells, 'Thank you, Dickie.' Nothing. I was trying to figure out what was going on. My eyes sweep the room and I see, over in another corner of the commissary, David laughing to all hell. And I thought, 'Oh, that son of a bitch.'
"I said to the guys, who were still standing, 'Stop. Hold it, I think we've been had here,'" Farrell continues. "Stiers is over there having a spasm. He's having so much fun at our expense. When the waiter comes over with the check, it includes the desserts on it. I figure we can't let David do this without some consequence. So, I tell him to take the entire check to Stiers. I watched as the waiter hands David the check. He looks at it, signs it with a flourish and walks out. I ran out after him and caught him in the street and I said, 'David, I didn't really mean for you to have to pay for our meals. I just wanted to get back at you in some small way for humiliating us, you son of a bitch!' And David says, 'Oh, it's alright Mike, I signed Gary Burghoff's [who played 'Radar' O'Reilly] name to it."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mash-stars-recall-heart-humor-david-ogden-stiers-1091949
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mash-stars-recall-heart-humor-david-ogden-stiers-1091949
One story from that article:
Jamie Farr (Klinger) remembers Stiers and Farrell being the biggest pranksters. "They were the culprits." If you polled castmembers about the greatest joke played during the series run, they would all say without hesitation: "Attenborough."
During the 1977-78 season, Richard Attenborough took residence on the 20th Century Fox lot to direct Magic, a twisted horror film starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret. Many of the people working on the lot, including Attenborough, often frequented the commissary for lunch. One day, Morgan, Farr, William Christopher (Father Mulcahy), Farrell and a crewmember went to the commissary and situated themselves in a booth for lunch. As it would turn out, Attenborough was across the room with some people, also enjoying a meal.
"As we were finishing our meal, this line of waiters came up to us with a flourish. They had soft-serve yogurt — at the time a fancy new dessert in the commissary — brought to us and served in goblets. The waiters made a big deal out of it, setting it down in front of each of us. They said, 'Compliments of Sir Richard Attenborough,'" Farrell recalls. "We were blown away that Richard would know who we were, let alone treat us to this fabulous dessert. So, we turned and waved graciously and said, 'Thank you, Sir Richard, so kind of you.' We had to call it out a little bit because he was across the room. Attenborough didn't even turn to acknowledge us. So, we said it louder. Again, he ignored us. Then Harry stands up and yells, 'Thank you, Dickie.' Nothing. I was trying to figure out what was going on. My eyes sweep the room and I see, over in another corner of the commissary, David laughing to all hell. And I thought, 'Oh, that son of a bitch.'
"I said to the guys, who were still standing, 'Stop. Hold it, I think we've been had here,'" Farrell continues. "Stiers is over there having a spasm. He's having so much fun at our expense. When the waiter comes over with the check, it includes the desserts on it. I figure we can't let David do this without some consequence. So, I tell him to take the entire check to Stiers. I watched as the waiter hands David the check. He looks at it, signs it with a flourish and walks out. I ran out after him and caught him in the street and I said, 'David, I didn't really mean for you to have to pay for our meals. I just wanted to get back at you in some small way for humiliating us, you son of a bitch!' And David says, 'Oh, it's alright Mike, I signed Gary Burghoff's [who played 'Radar' O'Reilly] name to it."
I recall him also for his very well done role on Star Trek NG in the episode "Half a Life".
The episode where BJ puts Winchester on a diet by shrinking his clothes is pure genius,
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