Known for:	Cool Hand Luke, House Calls, The Girl Who Spelled Freedom
Birthday:	7 April 1933, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Height:	6' 3" (1.91 m)

When he left M*A*S*H, he was sued for breach of contract, but the case was thrown out because he had no contract. Producers wanted him to sign a morality clause, in which he could be suspended or fired at any time, and he refused because he wanted the same privilege regarding the producers. Attended Ramsay High School in Birmingham, Alabama. Attended Princeton University Was the second actor to play the "M*A*S*H" character Trapper John McIntyre. The first one being Elliott Gould in the film MASH and the third one being Pernell Roberts on the TV series Trapper John, M.D.. In addition to the disputes about contracts, he says he also left M*A*S*H because he felt the writers were not giving Trapper John any character development. Described M*A*S*H co-star McLean Stevenson as being "one of the funniest men I had ever met", fondly recalling in an interview a day on the set where Stevenson had been goofing around with a fly swatter. After leaving M*A*S*H, he turned down the lead role in the TV series Trapper John, M.D. because he did not want to be typecast as a doctor on television. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [December 13, 2005].

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