Edward Winter

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-06-03 (64 years old)

Deathday

2001-03-08

Place of Birth

Ventura, California, USA

Edward Winter

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 Lud...

Acting

1981

Fly Away Home

as Lt. Col. Hannibal Pace

1984

The Buddy System

as Jim Parks

1974

The Parallax View

as Senator Jameson

1986

The Christmas Gift

as Thomas A. Renfield

1977

1982

The First Time

as Captain Michael McKenzie

1977

Never Con a Killer

as Deputy DA J.C. Hadley

1980

1979

Rendezvous Hotel

as Jim Becker

1986

There Must Be a Pony

as David Hollis

1981

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

as Jerrold Farinpour

1986

Stranded

as Tommy Claybourne

1982

The Adventures of Pollyanna

as Dr. Richard Chilton

1977

1982

Wait Until Dark

as Sam Hendrix

1987

From the Hip

as Raymond Torkenson

1976

The Invasion of Johnson County

as Major Edward Fershay

1976

Special Delivery

as Lorry Pierce

1980

A Change of Seasons

as Steven Rutledge

1984

1968

The Boston Strangler

as Man in Hallway (uncredited)

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