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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1937
Died
March 8, 2001
Place of Birth
Ventura, California, USA
Also Known As
- Ed Winter
- Edward B. Winter
Edward Winter
0.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.9
The Angry Beavers
1997
7.2
President (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
7.8
Dr. Buzz Kutt (voice)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
7.1
Duckman
1994
6.7
Weird Science
1994
6.8
Mr. Burke
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
5.4
William Durant
The American Clock
1993
7.8
Richard Lambert
Step by Step
1991
6.7
Mr. Crawford
Herman's Head
1991
🎬
5.5
Chief Shirer
Over My Dead Body
1990
Credits
The Angry Beavers
1997
6.9
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as President (voice)
1996
7.2
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
as Dr. Buzz Kutt (voice)
1994
7.8
Duckman
1994
7.1
Weird Science
1994
6.7
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
as Mr. Burke
1993
6.8
The American Clock
as William Durant
1993
5.4
Step by Step
as Richard Lambert
1991
7.8
Herman's Head
as Mr. Crawford
1991
6.7
🎬
Over My Dead Body
as Chief Shirer
1990
5.5
Shades of L.A.
1990
6.0
The Family Man
1990
6.2
Blossom
1990
6.1
Seinfeld
as Mr. Stevenson
1989
8.3
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
as Johnny Roman
1989
4.8
Father Dowling Mysteries
as Bill Gardner (as Ed Winter)
1989
7.4
Empty Nest
1988
5.8
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.2
From the Hip
as Raymond Torkenson
1987
5.8
The Christmas Gift
as Thomas A. Renfield
1986
5.5
There Must Be a Pony
as David Hollis
1986
6.2
🎬
Stranded
as Tommy Claybourne
1986
6.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
as Jonathan Eastman
1986
6.9
Misfits of Science
as Dr. Strickland
1985
6.9
Hollywood Beat
as Capt. Wes Biddle
1985
5.0
The Golden Girls
as John Quinn
1985
7.6
Scene of the Crime
as Senator Martin Hastings
1985
5.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Capt. Everett Larson
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Edward Dunsany
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Baker Lawrence
1984
7.5
Finder of Lost Loves
as Edward Dreighton
1984
5.7
The Buddy System
as Jim Parks
1984
4.5
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
as Carl Macaluso
1984
4.0
Night Court
as Clarence Egan
1984
7.3
Empire
as T. Howard Daniels
1984
5.0
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
6.4
Porky's II: The Next Day
as Gebhardt
1983
5.7
The A-Team
as Mitchell Barnes
1983
7.5
The First Time
as Captain Michael McKenzie
1982
4.0
Hotel
as Edward Palmer
1982
6.8
Wait Until Dark
as Sam Hendrix
1982
5.0
The Adventures of Pollyanna
as Dr. Richard Chilton
1982
0.0
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
9 to 5
as Bud Coleman
1982
6.8
Falcon Crest
as J. Benson Landale
1981
5.5
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Fly Away Home
as Lt. Col. Hannibal Pace
1981
4.7
The Greatest American Hero
1981
7.2
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Jerrold Farinpour
1981
5.8
Dynasty
1981
6.4
Magnum, P.I.
as Dr. Jorgenson
1980
7.3
A Change of Seasons
as Steven Rutledge
1980
5.5
The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Clark Gable
1980
6.1
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
as Doug
1980
0.0
Knots Landing
as Commissioner Kimble
1979
6.7
🎬
Shirley
1979
5.0
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
🎬
Rendezvous Hotel
as Jim Becker
1979
0.0
Salvage 1
1979
6.4
Holocaust
1978
7.3
Holocaust
as Torture Guard
1978
7.3
Dallas
as Dr. Frank Waring
1978
6.8
Project U.F.O.
1978
6.7
The Gathering
as Roger
1977
3.7
We've Got Each Other
1977
5.0
The Love Boat
as Rod Simpson
1977
6.3
Lou Grant
1977
7.3
The Girl in the Empty Grave
as Dr. Peter Cabe
1977
7.1
Soap
as Congressman Walter McCallam
1977
7.3
Never Con a Killer
as Deputy DA J.C. Hadley
1977
0.0
The Feather And Father Gang
1977
0.0
Charlie's Angels
as Hugh Tomlinson
1976
6.7
Alice
1976
7.1
The Invasion of Johnson County
as Major Edward Fershay
1976
6.5
Special Delivery
as Lorry Pierce
1976
5.2
Good Heavens
1976
5.5
City of Angels
1976
5.2
Joe Forrester
1975
7.0
🎬
The Bob Crane Show
1975
5.5
🎬
Karen
1975
6.0
The Disappearance of Flight 412
as Mr. Cheer
1974
4.9
Police Woman
1974
6.2
The Parallax View
as Senator Jameson
1974
6.8
The Magician
as Ted Winters
1973
6.7
Adam's Rib
as Kip Kipple
1973
5.0
M*A*S*H
as Colonel Flagg
1972
7.9
M*A*S*H
as Capt. Halloran
1972
7.9
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
7.5
Columbo
as Charlie Chambers
1971
8.1
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Bill Swanson
1969
6.5
Paper Lion
as Touch Football Player (uncredited)
1968
6.8
The Boston Strangler
as Man in Hallway (uncredited)
1968
6.7
Mannix
1967
6.7
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
🎬
The Secret Storm
1954
3.7