Cast & creator
Edward Winter
Best known for Seinfeld, Columbo, The Love Boat
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.
Also known as: Ed Winter, Edward B. Winter
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film credits
70
television credits
99
1954–1997 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (99)
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Seinfeld
Mr. Stevenson
1989
Columbo
Charlie Chambers
1971
The Love Boat
Rod Simpson
1977
Knots Landing
Commissioner Kimble
1979
Murder, She Wrote
Capt. Everett Larson
1984Murder, She Wrote
Edward Dunsany
1984Murder, She Wrote
Baker Lawrence
1984
Dallas
Dr. Frank Waring
1978
M*A*S*H
Colonel Flagg
1972M*A*S*H
Capt. Halloran
1972
Falcon Crest
J. Benson Landale
1981
Magnum, P.I.
Dr. Jorgenson
1980
Mannix
1967
Charlie's Angels
Hugh Tomlinson
1976
Dynasty
1981
The A-Team
Mitchell Barnes
1983
Night Court
Clarence Egan
1984
The Golden Girls
John Quinn
1985
Simon & Simon
1981
Alice
1976
Hotel
Edward Palmer
1982
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Hart to Hart
1979
Step by Step
Richard Lambert
1991The Secret Storm
1954
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Bill Swanson
1969
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Police Woman
1974
Lou Grant
1977Lou Grant
Robert Dennehy
1977
The Bob Newhart Show
Wes Greenfield
1972The Bob Newhart Show
Professor Trainer
1972
Duckman
1994
Blossom
1990
Empty Nest
1988
Weird Science
1994
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
The Angry Beavers
1997
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
President (voice)
1996
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Dr. Buzz Kutt (voice)
1994
Soap
Congressman Walter McCallam
1977
Herman's Head
Mr. Crawford
1991
The Greatest American Hero
1981
Finder of Lost Loves
Edward Dreighton
1984
The Magician
Ted Winters
1973
Father Dowling Mysteries
Bill Gardner (as Ed Winter)
1989
Joe Forrester
1975
9 to 5
Bud Coleman
1982
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Mr. Burke
1993
Salvage 1
1979
Medical Story
1975
Misfits of Science
Dr. Strickland
1985
Holocaust
1978Holocaust
Torture Guard
1978
Shades of L.A.
1990
Hollywood Beat
Capt. Wes Biddle
1985
City of Angels
1976
Adam's Rib
Kip Kipple
1973
Project U.F.O.
1978
Good Heavens
1976
The Feather And Father Gang
1977The Bob Crane Show
1975
The Family Man
1990Shirley
1979
Scene of the Crime
Senator Martin Hastings
1985
We've Got Each Other
1977
The Parallax View
Senator Jameson
1974Over My Dead Body
Chief Shirer
1990
The Boston Strangler
Man in Hallway (uncredited)
1968
Porky's II: The Next Day
Gebhardt
1983
The Gathering
Roger
1977
Karen
1975
Empire
T. Howard Daniels
1984
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Jerrold Farinpour
1981
A Change of Seasons
Steven Rutledge
1980
The Disappearance of Flight 412
Mr. Cheer
1974
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Clark Gable
1980
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Dr. Peter Cabe
1977
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Jonathan Eastman
1986
The Buddy System
Jim Parks
1984
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
Johnny Roman
1989Stranded
Tommy Claybourne
1986
There Must Be a Pony
David Hollis
1986
The American Clock
William Durant
1993
Special Delivery
Lorry Pierce
1976
Never Con a Killer
Deputy DA J.C. Hadley
1977
The First Time
Captain Michael McKenzie
1982
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
Doug
1980
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Carl Macaluso
1984
The Invasion of Johnson County
Major Edward Fershay
1976
Paper Lion
Touch Football Player (uncredited)
1968
From the Hip
Raymond Torkenson
1987
Wait Until Dark
Sam Hendrix
1982
The Christmas Gift
Thomas A. Renfield
1986Rendezvous Hotel
Jim Becker
1979
Fly Away Home
Lt. Col. Hannibal Pace
1981
Misfits of Science
Dr. James Strickland
1985
The Adventures of Pollyanna
Dr. Richard Chilton
1982