I had great admiration for David's general persona and his portrayal of Charles Emerson Winchester III - a man of equal measures of integrity and kindness. My favorite MASH episodes are ones that showed his inner character - the one when he befriended and defended the "stuttering soldier", and the one where he anonymously gifted to the orphans on Christmas. He was a really good person on and off screen
Stiers portrayal of Winchester made MASH "Work". None of us of a certain age who had children of military age wanted to think our child might be treated by a Frank Burns. If we couldn't get Hawkeye, we wanted Winchester.
The episodes involving Winchester that were memorable to me were the ones where Winchester defended Margaret when he was tempted by Colonel Baldwin to bear false witness against her in order to get transferred to Tokyo. The one where he helped a soldier with a speech impediment. And when he helped a one-handed musician.
He was a truly fine actor as I saw him in other productions besides MASH. Always gave a good accounting of himself and was certainly a great addition to the MASH Show when he came onboard. Hawkeye and BJ may not have liked Charles Emerson Winchester at the beginning personally but they respected him right away for his surgeon skills and that separated him from Frank Burns. This added a new dynamic to the show.
Wow...Yes MASH what a great Series..David you played such a great Doctor...and wonderful voices...now the Angel's have your voice loved your character in Beauty and the Beast...Many Prayes and much love..🙏❤
I loved him on mash. Especially the one when he tells his parents about life there and at the end tells them to “ Get me the hell out of here!!!!” Also love the one when a guy who stutters and gets made fun of, he reprimands the guys who made fun of him and gives him one of his books to help him read to talk better. That changed the character of major Winchester for me entirely. Rip mr stiers
@@FactsVerse"Where I had a father, you had a dad." One of my favorite episodes along with the man who was a pianist and lost use of his one hand. RIP Mr. Stiers. You are greatly missed along with those that we have lost.
I remember Mr. Ogden Stiers. He was an incredible actor that definitely had a wide capability to play a variety characters. I didn't know that he had such a passion for music and that he also worked as a voice actor for many cartoon companies. I know he did a lot work in different genres, but besides M.A.S.H. my favorite character that he played was in Doc Hollywood as the mayor. RIP: David Allen Ogden Stiers, October 31, 1942 - March 3, 2018, age 75. ✝️
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The Christmas episode where Charles is outraged to find his gift to the orphanage sold on the black market, but humbled when he learns the money would feed the children for a month. Plus, he has some good scenes with Max Klinger.
@@FactsVerse Off the top of my head, for Mr. Stiers, I would mention three: his encounter with the soldier who stuttered, with the wounded concert pianist (I think played by James Stephens), and his anonymous chocolate donation to the orphanage - then sold for medicine, with the initial misunderstanding cleared up in such a touching way. But his performances, and the show overall, maintained high quality and artistry throughout. He, and it, are rightly considered national treasures.
Stiers portrayal of Winchester was incredible. While Burns was inept and predictable, Winchester could surpass Hawkeye in skill and wit. My favorite moment was the simple line said to Hawkeye: “Where I had a father, you had a dad.” So amazingly vulnerable at that moment that it moves me every time I think of the episode. 😢
In the serious episode with no Laugh Track when in the end he mentions how a part of him is in the soldier too.Yes The soldier of whom survived after a long venture in surgery.
He was like the Frasier Crane of the late 70s TV! I love the description of him Hawkeye once made about Major Winchester being like "a cat that ate a sour mouse! Haha! There's something to be said about a certain style of actor or singer that can reach multiple audiences! Eartha Kitt once said on a radio interview that she was the "most grateful " for playing Catwoman on Batman and when asked why she explained that if it wasn't for playing that, younger people would (otherwise) not know who she was!
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one of my all- time favorite movies is oh, God! and stiers played a bossy produce manager. i remember seeing that in a theater at 14, then a couple of months later he pops up as winchester on mash and it was like, hey, wait a minute! then years later he played the minister on the dead zone. seriously talented actor. rip.
I recall he was in an episode of ALF where he played a homeless man. It was the first time I personally saw him in any role outside Mash, and i was expecting to hear his Winchester voice but his voice was totally different (i was a kid at the time) and i can see why he was such a successful VA
I really loved Charles Emerson Winchester which he played in mash, but I also love the character he played when he starred in the star track series of shows
@@FactsVerse well I got a couple, the one with the guy impersonates a doctor and Hawkeye figured it out,the CIA guys episodes are hilarious breaks his own arm, the other is when they drop the tent and take Henry's desk lol and the last one the cowboy helicopter pilot
I had the distinct honor of meeting DOS in 1987 when he was the guest conductor at the symphony orchestra in Michigan my mother was a second violinist for. When I saw his name listed I knew that I wouldn’t miss that concert even if I had to be wheeled in on a gurney. Being the child of an orchestra member i had the ability to go backstage. Standing back figuring Orchestra members should have first dibs, I realized everyone had already had time with him. I walked up and, chucking, mentioned that I almost called him Charles. He said that happened a lot.
@@FactsVerse too hard to say. Not many bad ones to speak of and many great ones. That show was often on weekly with current/new shows and simultaneously on via syndication.
I can't help but wonder if his role in M*A*S*H was inspired by "Lost in Space"'s Dr. Smith character. Jonathan Harris ALSO injected a lot of his own lines into the scripts!
His appearances in Stargate and Murder, She Wrote and a few times, and voiced on the Simpsons before his untimely death. I remember someone mentioning he was a writer too. Didn't he appear in Cheers as a friend of Fraserr or phoned Fraser on the series? And voiced on an animated series of the Batman series may have been Mr Frezes. And was Star Trek NG and wrote a short story about Charles Winchester 3rd telling what happened after MASH I think?
I would say my favorites of his roles were Charles & Cogsworth. He was a really talented actor & I share his love of classical music. TY for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
Winchester was one of my favorites on the show. He could be a jerk one minute and a compassionate human being the next. He would was a pranker as well. I loved it when he was getting hammered with BJ and Hawkeye, just being one of the guys. One he is too good for that nonsense, next minute his agreeing to be involved in one the schemes to get something.
Frank Burns was hilarious, but David Ogden Stiers is one of the few replacements who surpassed the original. As opposed to FB, Major Winchester fought back with a sharp whit. In doing so, he established his character as likable in the end. That gave the writers more to work with.
Hogan's Heroes is wonderful precisely because it poked broad fun at what had terrorized so many millions. I think it is a very healing show. Nothing like ridiculing something frightening.
Definitely Winchester could pitch and receive. Hawkeye makes witty thinly veiled insult. Winchester ahh ha yes sarcasm truly the lowest form of wit. I should hardly expect better from someone of YOUR particular breeding. Smug pompous. Somehow oh yeah says you doesn't quite cut it as a repartir.
His 'Winchester' character easily brought into 'M*A*S*H*': dignity, higher IQ and truly mature... maturity. ...I was born the same year his most known role on the show ended with MASH wrapping by '83. When he was on 'Frasier'... That's what resonates with me, still. I love either show. Stiers... I HOPE I get to be in line to shake your soul's hand when I too 'move to the clouds' hopefully around getting up to age 82, myself. 🥲🤌
