pernell roberts played trapper john on trapper john md.
pernell roberts played trapper john on trapper john md.
who played trapper john on trapper john md?
pernell roberts
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trapper john, m.d. is an american medical drama television series and spin-off of the film "mash" (1970). pernell roberts portrayed the title character, a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in san francisco, california. the show ran on cbs for seven seasons, from september 23, 1979, to september 4, 1986. roberts played the character more than twice as long as had wayne rogers (1972–75) on the tv series "m*a*s*h". the role of trapper john was played by elliott gould in the film.









































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trapper john, m.d.
it has sometimes been reported that after "trapper john, m.d." premiered, the producers of the television series "m*a*s*h" filed suit claiming they were entitled to royalties from the new show because their series had also featured trapper john mcintyre as a character, portrayed by actor wayne rogers. according to these reports, although rogers left "m*a*s*h" in 1975 and the character had been written out of the series, the "m*a*s*h" producers argued "trapper john, m.d." was a spin-off of the tv series "m*a*s*h". the producers of "trapper john, m.d" supposedly responded that their series was a spin-off of the 1970 motion picture "mash", which itself was an adaptation of richard hooker's "", but was not a spin-off of the "m*a*s*h" television series and that series' producers were not entitled to royalties from "trapper john, m.d."
trapper john, m.d.