M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, owned by 20th Century Fox and based on the semi-autobiographic fiction of Richard Hooker. The franchise depicts a group of fictional characters who served at the fictional "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M*A*S*H)" during the Korean War, loosely based on the historic 8055th MASH unit. Hawkeye Pierce is featured as the main character, played by Donald Sutherland in the film and by Alan Alda on television. Later spin-offs involve characters who appeared in the series, but were set
M*A*S*H (TV series) Christopher (along with producers Gene Reynolds and Burt Metcalfe and "M*A*S*H" director Charles S. Dubin) reunited at the set to celebrate its partial restoration. The rebuilt signpost is now displayed on weekends, along with tent markers and maps and photos of the set. The state park is open to the public. It was also the location where the film "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) and the "Planet of the Apes" television series (1974) were filmed, among many other productions. Much of this location, including the signpost and markers, were destroyed in the 2018 Woolsey Fire. The exhibit "M*A*S*H: Binding