Edward Winter
Edward Dean Winter (June 3, 1937 – March 8, 2001) was an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role, Colonel Samuel Flagg, in the television series M*A*S*H from 1973 to 1979. Winter was born in Ventura, California. He began his acting career in Ashland, Oregon as a member of the cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During the 1961 season, he played Claudius in Hamlet and stayed for an extended repertory season where he appeared in The Boyfriend and Rashomon. He went on to early successes on Broadway. Winter was twice nominated for Tony Awards as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical). The first was in 1967, as Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret, then in 1969 as J.D. Sheldrake in Promises, Promises. He moved on to television, appearing on the daytime serials The Secret Storm and Somerset. In 1973, Winter began his recurring role as Colonel Flagg on M*A*S*H. Flagg was a pompous and incompetent officer who was constantly butting heads with the doctors and nurses at the 4077th. The character was a fan favorite and Winter appeared in 17 episodes of the show. Winter's other notable television roles included U.S. Air Force investigator Capt. Ben Ryan in season 2 of Project U.F.O. (1978–1979); and in Hollywood Beat (1985), 9 to 5 (1986–1988), and Herman's Head (1991–1994). Winter also had a successful career in voice acting. He voiced characters in the animated series The Angry Beavers, Paddington Bear, and The Tick. Winter died in 2001 at the age of 63 from complications from Parkinson's disease. He was married three times and had two children.
92 acting credits
Acting · 92
Columbo
1971
Seinfeld
1989
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mannix
1967
Falcon Crest
1981
Dallas
1978
M*A*S*H
1972
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Love Boat
1977
The A-Team
1983
Knots Landing
1979
Night Court
1984
Charlie's Angels
1976
Dynasty
1981
The Golden Girls
1985
Hotel
1982
Hart to Hart
1979
Alice
1976
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Step by Step
1991
Duckman
1994
Police Woman
1974
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Soap
1977
Lou Grant
1977
Empty Nest
1988
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
The Secret Storm
1954
Weird Science
1994
The Angry Beavers
1997
Blossom
1990
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
The Greatest American Hero
1981
Herman's Head
1991
The Magician
1973
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989
Holocaust
1978
Shades of L.A.
1990
Misfits of Science
1985
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
Medical Story
1975
Hollywood Beat
1985
City of Angels
1976
Project U.F.O.
1978
Adam's Rib
1973
Salvage 1
1979
9 to 5
1982
Good Heavens
1976
Joe Forrester
1975
The Family Man
1990
Scene of the Crime
1985
The Feather And Father Gang
1977
Shirley
1979
The Parallax View
1974
Karen
1975
The Boston Strangler
1968
Empire
1984
Over My Dead Body
1990
We've Got Each Other
1977
Porky's II: The Next Day
1983
A Change of Seasons
1980
The Bob Crane Show
1975
From the Hip
1987
The American Clock
1993
Fly Away Home
1981
The Disappearance of Flight 412
1974
Special Delivery
1976
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
1989
Never Con a Killer
1977
The Gathering
1977
The Scarlett O'Hara War
1980
Wait Until Dark
1982
The Buddy System
1984
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
1986
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981
The Christmas Gift
1986
Paper Lion
1968
The Invasion of Johnson County
1976
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
The First Time
1982
There Must Be a Pony
1986
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
1984
The Adventures of Pollyanna
1982
Stranded
1986
Rendezvous Hotel
1979
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
1980