Edward Winter (actor)

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Edward Winter
Winter in M*A*S*H
Born	(1937-06-03)June 3, 1937 Ventura, California, U.S.
Died	March 8, 2001(2001-03-08) (aged 63) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Other names	Ed Winter
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962–2000
Spouses	Ronda Faye Moe ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1962)​ Sandra L. Ward ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1980)​ Linda Foster ​ (m. 1980)​
Children	2 (with Ward)

Edward Dean Winter (June 3, 1937 – March 8, 2001) was an American actor.^[1] He is best known for his recurring role, Colonel Samuel Flagg, in the television series M*A*S*H from 1973 to 1979.

His other notable television roles were as 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 received two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominations for his performances in the original productions of Cabaret (1966) and Promises, Promises (1968). He also appeared in films such as A Change of Seasons (1980), Porky's II: The Next Day (1983) and The Buddy System (1984).

Early career

Winter was born in Ventura, California and 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.^[2] He moved on to television, appearing on the daytime serials The Secret Storm and Somerset.^{[citation needed]}

Later career

Winter was cast on M*A*S*H as Lt. Col. (later Col.) Flagg, becoming one of the program's more memorable and popular recurring characters. He appeared in seven episodes as Flagg during the show's 11-year run. The Flagg character was an intelligence agent (claiming to be C.I.A. several times) who brought a stereotypically paranoid, conspiracy-driven approach to his tasks. In some episodes his character was particularly vicious. Before his introduction as Flagg, Winter had appeared in the Season 2 episode "Deal Me Out" as Cpt. Halloran. A number of fans have expressed the belief that Halloran might have been one of Flagg's many

On March 8, 2001, Winter died at age 63 in Woodland Hills, California, of complications from Parkinson's disease.^[3] His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Filmography

References

External links

• Edward Winter at
  IMDb
• Edward Winter at the Internet Broadway Database
• Edward Winter at Internet Off-Broadway Database