George (M*A*S*H) George (M*A*S*H) George is the 46th episode of the "M*A*S*H" television series, and 22nd episode of season two. The episode aired on February 16, 1974. Among the latest batch of wounded soldiers treated at the 4077th is a young soldier, Private George Weston (Richard Ely), who is also heavily bruised in addition to the leg wound he received in battle. After brushing off Frank Burns' (Larry Linville) suggestions he had been involved in a fight, Weston confides to Hawkeye (Alan Alda) that he had been beaten up by soldiers from his unit after he inadvertently admitted to being a homosexual.
Alan Alda a writer and director, with the ensemble dramedy, "The Four Seasons" being perhaps his most notable hit. "Betsy's Wedding" is his last directing credit to date. After "M*A*S*H", Alda took on a series of roles that either parodied or directly contradicted his "nice guy" image. In 1993, he co-starred with Woody Allen (also the director), Diane Keaton, and Anjelica Huston in the comedy/mystery "Manhattan Murder Mystery". The four play a quartet of amateur crime solvers who become entangled in a murder plot possibly perpetrated by Keaton and Allen's neighbor. Alda's character is Ted, a playwright secretly in love with Keaton's