Trapper John, M.D.

Infobox Television
show_name = Trapper John, M.D.


caption = Title card
format = Drama
camera =
runtime = 60 minutes
creator =
developer =
executive_producer =
starring = Pernell Roberts
Gregory Harrison
Charles Siebert
Mary McCarty
Madge Sinclair
Brian Mitchell
Christopher Norris
Timothy Busfield
Lorna Luft
narrated =
country = United States
company = 20th Century Fox Television
network = CBS
first_aired = September 23, 1979
last_aired = September 4, 1986
num_seasons = 7
num_episodes = 151
website =
imdb_id = 0078704
tv_com_id = 227

"Trapper John, M.D." is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film "MASH", and ran on CBS from September 23, 1979 to September 4, 1986. It featured 'Trapper John' McIntyre 28 years after he had left the 4077th MASH. The series had Trapper working as chief of surgery at the San Francisco Memorial Hospital. In this incarnation, Trapper was played by Pernell Roberts.

One of the other characters in the show was Doctor George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, who was played by Gregory Harrison. Gonzo was a man who had just returned to the states after serving in a Vietnam-era MASH unit, and who was much like what Trapper had been earlier. Interestingly, Harrison was featured in a 1976 episode of M*A*S*H as Lt. Tony Baker, the husband of one of the nurses at the 4077th.

, which had appeared in the developed world during the series run.

Legally, the show is considered a spin-off of the original movie "MASH", rather than the "M*A*S*H" television show. This is due to a court case in which the producers of the series had sought royalty payments on the grounds that "Trapper John, M.D." was a spin-off of their television series. However, the court found that the series was a spin-off of the original movie. As a result, the series producers did not receive any royalties from "Trapper John, M.D."

Cast

* Pernell Roberts as John 'Trapper John' McIntyre, M.D.
* Gregory Harrison (1979-1985) as George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates, M.D.
* Charles Siebert as Stanley Riverside, III, M.D.
* Mary McCarty (1979-1980) as Nurse Clara 'Starch' Willoughby
* Madge Sinclair (1980 - 1986) as Nurse Ernestine Shoop
* Brian Stokes Mitchell as 'Jackpot' Jackson, M.D.
* Christopher Norris as Nurse Gloria "Ripples" Brancusi
* Timothy Busfield (1984-1986) as John 'J.T.' McIntyre, Jr., M.D.
* Lorna Luft (1985-1986) as Nurse Libby Kegler
* Simon Scott as Arnold Slocum, Hosp. Administrator
* Jessica Walter as Melanie McIntyre

External links

*imdb title|id=0078704|title=Trapper John, M.D.
*Tv.com show|id=227|title=Trapper John, M.D.
* [http://www.finest-kind.net/miscellaneous/trapperjohnmd.php Finest-Kind.net] - "M*A*S*H" website w/info on "Trapper John, M.D."