Edward Winter
Acting • Born 1937-06-03 – Died 2001-03-08
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.
Filmography
96 credits
Fly Away Home
Movie • 1981
Lt. Col. Hannibal Pace
The Disappearance of Flight 412
Movie • 1974
Mr. Cheer
The Buddy System
Movie • 1984
Jim Parks
The Parallax View
Movie • 1974
Senator Jameson
Porky's II: The Next Day
Movie • 1983
Gebhardt
The Christmas Gift
Movie • 1986
Thomas A. Renfield
The Gathering
Movie • 1977
Roger
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
Movie • 1989
Johnny Roman
The First Time
Movie • 1982
Captain Michael McKenzie
Never Con a Killer
Movie • 1977
Deputy DA J.C. Hadley
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Movie • 1980
Clark Gable
Rendezvous Hotel
Movie • 1979
Jim Becker
There Must Be a Pony
Movie • 1986
David Hollis
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Movie • 1981
Jerrold Farinpour
Stranded
Movie • 1986
Tommy Claybourne
The Adventures of Pollyanna
Movie • 1982
Dr. Richard Chilton
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Movie • 1977
Dr. Peter Cabe
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
Movie • 1980
Doug
Wait Until Dark
Movie • 1982
Sam Hendrix
From the Hip
Movie • 1987
Raymond Torkenson
The American Clock
Movie • 1993
William Durant
The Invasion of Johnson County
Movie • 1976
Major Edward Fershay
Special Delivery
Movie • 1976
Lorry Pierce
A Change of Seasons
Movie • 1980
Steven Rutledge
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Movie • 1986
Jonathan Eastman
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Movie • 1984
Carl Macaluso
The Boston Strangler
Movie • 1968
Man in Hallway (uncredited)
Paper Lion
Movie • 1968
Touch Football Player (uncredited)
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
J. Benson Landale
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Capt. Everett Larson
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Dr. Jorgenson
Alice
TV • 1976
Duckman
TV • 1994
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
Columbo
TV • 1971
Charlie Chambers
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Mr. Stevenson
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Colonel Flagg
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV • 1996
President (voice)
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Mitchell Barnes
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Rod Simpson
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
John Quinn
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
TV • 1994
Dr. Buzz Kutt (voice)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Bill Swanson
Salvage 1
TV • 1979
Dynasty
TV • 1981
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Hugh Tomlinson
Empty Nest
TV • 1988
Mannix
TV • 1967
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Commissioner Kimble
The Angry Beavers
TV • 1997
Weird Science
TV • 1994
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Dallas
TV • 1978
Dr. Frank Waring
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Blossom
TV • 1990
Soap
TV • 1977
Congressman Walter McCallam
The Secret Storm
TV • 1954
Police Woman
TV • 1974
9 to 5
TV • 1982
Bud Coleman
Misfits of Science
TV • 1985
Dr. Strickland
Hollywood Beat
TV • 1985
Capt. Wes Biddle
Project U.F.O.
TV • 1978
City of Angels
TV • 1976
Karen
TV • 1975
Good Heavens
TV • 1976
We've Got Each Other
TV • 1977
Empire
TV • 1984
T. Howard Daniels
Shirley
TV • 1979
Shades of L.A.
TV • 1990
The Feather And Father Gang
TV • 1977
The Bob Crane Show
TV • 1975
Joe Forrester
TV • 1975
The Magician
TV • 1973
Ted Winters
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Edward Dunsany
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Baker Lawrence
Adam's Rib
TV • 1973
Kip Kipple
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
TV • 1993
Mr. Burke
Father Dowling Mysteries
TV • 1989
Bill Gardner (as Ed Winter)
Over My Dead Body
TV • 1990
Chief Shirer
Holocaust
TV • 1978
Finder of Lost Loves
TV • 1984
Edward Dreighton
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Capt. Halloran
Night Court
TV • 1984
Clarence Egan
The Family Man
TV • 1990
Herman's Head
TV • 1991
Mr. Crawford
Holocaust
TV • 1978
Torture Guard
Hotel
TV • 1982
Edward Palmer
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1985
Senator Martin Hastings
Step by Step
TV • 1991
Richard Lambert
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Robert Dennehy