+Dave Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=688278 I loved him in MASH and Dragnet. RIP
+hgbn Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 RIP Col Potter. M.A.S.H was and have always been one of my favorite TV series. Part of this was the dry form of humor Col Potter delivered.
+SayethWhaaaa Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Awww no... he was awesome. Always reminded me of my Pop.
+DWCAce Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Sad to hear that he rode into the sunset on Sophie.
+DoctorQuest Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 The man always looked like he was having fun with every part he played. While I liked him as Col. Potter I STILL get a real kick out of him as the crazy Major General Steele earlier in the series.
+matt milne Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) sad to lose such a great actor. Edited December 8, 2011 by matt milne
Lexx_Luthor Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Just looked him up. Apparently, he played a B~36 flight engineer in Strategic Air Command, with Jimmy Stewart. Those days, they employed real actors. I wish they'd make a good DVD of that someday. Why they don't is a wonder. Seeing it for the first time, I instantly saw MASH as a strong protest anti~vietnam war TV series (and original movie as well) -- but safely, and quite creatively, removed to a more distant forgotten war -- Korea. My dad fought on the ground in the Korean War, and loved MASH to no end, but never noticed the anti~war aspect until one day I told him that it was all about Vietnam. He said it never occured to him until then.
+Dave Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 I STILL get a real kick out of him as the crazy Major General Steele earlier in the series. That's three e's and not all in a row.
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