Alan Alda (Hawkeye)- Currently a visiting professor at SUNY Stony Brook School of Journalism and a member of the advisory board of The Center for Communicating Science. He recently starred in the movie Tower Heist in 2011.
Wayne Rogers (Trapper)- Regular panel member on the Fox New Channel stock investment show Cashin' In, a result of building a very successful & lucrative second career as an investor, investment strategist and advisor, and money manager.
Mike Farrell (BJ)- Activist for politically liberal causes and creator/co-founder of Farrell/Minoff Productions in 1985 with Marvin Minoff. The company produced the 1998 film Patch Adams.
Loretta Swit (Margaret)- Starred in the plays Mame (2003) and Amorous Crossings (2010).
David Ogden Stiers (Charles)- Starred in Better Off Dead(1985), and The Majestic (2001). Voicework in Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth in 1991), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Archdeacon in 1996), Pocahontas (Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in 1995), Atlantis (Mr. Harcourt in 2001), and Lilo and Stitch (Jumba Jookiba in 2002)
Gary Burghoff (Radar)- Works as a professional jazz drummer in the band The We Three.
William Christopher (Mulcahy)- Did a US tour in the mid-90s with Jamie Farr doing The Odd Couple on stage
Jamie Farr (Klinger)- Starred in 1990s production of Guys and Dolls. Hosts a daily radio travel feature called "Travelin' Farr".
McLean Stevenson (Henry)- Passed away on February 15, 1996 at the age of 68.
Harry Morgan (Potter)- Passed away on December 7, 2011 at the age of 96.
Larry Linville (Frank)- Passed away on April 10, 2000 at the age of 60.
Jill Edwards
She never was
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (The actual MASH units in Korea were the 8054th, 8055th, 8063d, 8076th, 8209th, 8225th and 8228th.)
Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce is a draftee surgeon.
Sal Viscuso and Todd Susman were M*A*S*H's PA announcers
MASH stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. "4077" was its unit number.
Korea
Yes
251
Across the street from the 4077
The MASH 4077 (or as Colonel Potter said it "4 0 double-7") was in Uijeongbu, South Korea during the Korean War. It was noted time and time again that the 4077 was only 3 miles from the front
Jill Edwards
She never was
The television show was filmed in California.
Not all of the story is true.
The name of the tent is The Swamp
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (The actual MASH units in Korea were the 8054th, 8055th, 8063d, 8076th, 8209th, 8225th and 8228th.)