The Korean War was over and the men and women of the 4077th M.A.S.H. unit had returned to civilian life.
Most of them had returned to their hometowns and were scattered around the United States, but three of them – Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan), Max Klinger (Jamie Farr), and Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) – were reunited on the staff of the General John J Pershing Veterans Administration Hospital (better known as General General) in River Bend, Missouri.
Potter was the chief of staff, and it was through his recruiting efforts that Klinger joined the staff as his administrative assistant and Father Mulcahy as the hospital chaplain.
The staff at the VA hospital also included bureaucratic, glory hunting ineffectual hospital administrator Mike D’Angelo (John Chappell), his pushy secretary Alma (Brandis Kemp), another secretary, Bonnie (Wendy Schaal) and a somewhat ingenuous young surgical resident named Gene (Jay O. Sanders). One of the more memorable patients was absent-minded old-timer Bob Scannell (Pat Cranshaw).
Klinger’s Korean war bride, Soon-Lee (Rosalind Chao), had returned with him to America and Potter’s wife, Mildred, who was often talked about but never seen on M*A*S*H– except in a picture on Potter’s desk in Korea – also featured in the series (played successively by Barbara Townsend and Ann Pitoniak).
After Mash was first telecast on 26 September 1983 and last aired on 18 December 1984.
Dr (Colonel) Sherman Potter
Harry Morgan Max Klinger
Jamie Farr Fr Francis Mulcahy
William Christopher Soon-Lee Klinger
Rosalind Chao Mike D’Angelo
John Chappell Mildred Potter
Barbara Townsend (1)
Ann Pitoniak (2) Alma Cox
Brandis Kemp Wally Wainwright
Peter Michael Goetz Dr Gene Pfeiffer
Jay O. Sanders
Nurse Coleman Lois Foraker
Bonnie Hornbeck
Wendy Schaal
Bob Scannell
Pat Cranshaw
Nurse Crown
Shirley Lang
Dr Boyer
David Ackroyd
Sarah
Carolsue Walker
Nurse Weber
Susan Luck
Nurse Parker
Joan Sweeny
Sunshine
Sunshine Parker
Lenore Dudziak
Wendy Girard
