Edward Winter (actor)
| Edward Winter | |
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Winter as "Colonel Flagg" on M*A*S*H.
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| Born |
Edward Dean Winter June 3, 1937 Ventura, California, US |
| Died | March 8, 2001 (aged 63) Hollywood, California, US |
| Other names | Ed Winter |
| Occupation | Actor, director, writer, narrator |
| Years active | 1968–2000 |
Edward Dean Winter (June 3, 1937 – March 8, 2001) was an American actor, perhaps most well known for his role as military intelligence officer Colonel Flagg on the television series M*A*S*H.
Winter was born in Ventura, California, and began his acting career in Ashland, Oregon, as a member of the cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During the 1961 season, he played Claudius in Hamlet, and stayed for an extended repertory season, where he appeared in The Boyfriend and Rashoman. He went on to early successes on Broadway. Winter was twice nominated for Tony Awards as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical). The first was in 1967, as Herr Ludwig in Cabaret, then in 1969, as J.D. Sheldrake in Promises, Promises.
He moved on to television, appearing on the daytime serials The Secret Storm and Somerset.
Winter was cast on M*A*S*H as Lt. Col. (later Col.) Flagg, becoming one of the program's more memorable and popular recurring characters; he appeared in seven episodes as Flagg during the show's 11-year run. Before his introduction as Flagg, Winter had also appeared on the series as Captain Halloran. A number of fans have expressed the belief that Captain Halloran might have been one of Flagg's many aliases, especially as he said to Dr. Freedman, "we played poker once," which Captain Halloran had.
Winter was also a recurring character on the primetime 1970s sitcom Soap, portraying Congressman Walter McCallum, who was in a relationship with Chester Tate's and Jessica Tate's daughter Eunice.
In 1974, he played a pedophile in the infamous Marcus Welby, M.D. episode "The Outrage". The same year he appeared in the films The Parallax View and The Disappearance of Flight 412. In 1976 he appeared in the crime comedy Special Delivery.
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