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My favorite Winchester moment is when he decides to console Hawkeye when his father is having a difficult surgery. They both have the chance to talk about their relationships with their fathers, and Charles says “I had a father, whereas you had a Dad.” Brilliant piece of dialogue, and you feel every inch of it thanks to David.

I loved the Christmas episode when Charles annonumsly donated all those speacial chocolate bars to the orphanage when Klinger thought he was a real Scrooge until Klinger discovered his secret, then brought Charles a humble meal and kept Charles secret. That was a very touching moment to me!

I had the distinct honor of meeting DOS. The bit of Charles conducting the N.Korean POWs was his idea and it was easy since DOS was a very gifted conductor. In 1987 he was the guest conductor at a symphony orchestra my mother played violin for. Being a family member of an orchestra member meant I could go back stage which I did all the time. This time I stood back and waited to say something to DOS since orchestra members should have dibs. After a few minutes it was obvious that most people had spoken to him at the two rehearsals and before the concert. I walked up and mentioned that I was a huge classical music buff and giant M*A*S*H fan. I said that I almost called him Charles. He laughed and said it happened all the time. He was duly impressed that I knew the encore piano piece that the soloist had played because it wasn’t well known. We must have talked for over 15 minutes about mash. My mom, all the years she played in the orchestra, would always stay over for 15 to 20 minutes since we knew so many people from the area. David said that his only caveat was that he could play classical music anytime. Both the conductor bit, and the bit with the Ravel Piece for the left hand, we’re both entirely his idea and both times took zero research since he knew that piece well and the fact that he was so gifted at conducting. He was approachable, talkative, and very friendly. He was the polar opposite of CEWIII.

I loved when he tore into the guys making fun of the stutterer because his sister did.

I grew up knowing David Ogden Stiers. He was a fantastic friend and mentor. I miss him every day

I can play the notes but I cannot make the music -- my all time favorite line from David Steirs as Charles. It moved me because it expressed not only his music but his own inability to communicate and get alone with people.

Major Winchester was a fantastic character and David Ogden Stiers played him beautifully! Frank Burns was a one dimensional character whereas Winchester was well rounded. My favorite MASH episode was Death Takes a Holiday. Everyone thought Winchester was a scrooge (for not donating his Christmas candy) but he secretly donated it to the local orphanage. Great video!

The best memory I have of the Charles Emerson Winchester III character is from the M*A*S*H finale. It is the scene with the captured North Korean soldier/musicians where Charles sees their Korean instruments and flippantly tells them, "Why don't you play some Mozart?!?" To his utter shock and surprise, the North Koreans understand 'Mozart' and begin to play masterfully as Charles begins to walk away, and then he turns around and can't believe what he is witnessing. Charles takes an interest in these North Koreans and even tries to teach them more classical music, even with the obvious language barrier. Of course, this was the setup for the horrific ironic ending. I think out of all the M*A*S*H characters' experiences of irony, Charles suffered the cruelest form.

The episode where Winchester first met Colonel Flag and set him up in revenge for getting him to try and spy on Hawkeye was pure gold!!

I love the "Dear Sis" (1978) episode that highlights Father Mulcahy's feelings. There is also a great Charles moment when Radar gives Charles his old toboggan cap as a gift. He expresses real gratitude toward Radar and to Mulcahy. His monologue to a listening Radar is also heart-warming.

Charles was my favorite MASH character. Stiers played it perfectly.

It could not have been easy for Stiers to step in and fill the void left by Linville. Frank Burns was the original character you "love to hate". Stiers did a remarkable job portraying the next character you love to hate but my favorite Winchester episodes are the ones portraying Winchester's humanity. Another great video Stephen!

Stiers’ personal love of music came through in his portrayal of the outwardly arrogant though privately compassionate Winchester. In “Morale Victory” he sends for a copy of Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand to encourage a permanently wounded soldier who is a concert pianist and who cannot play with his right hand due to nerve damage to continue to play and teach. “I can play the notes,” he tells the young pianist, “but I cannot make the music.” Incredibly moving.

Mash was also a big part of my youth. My mom and I loved it. The one line Charles said to Hawkeye in an episode that is a part of my life is, " where I have a father you have a dad." It stays with me.

He had a depth and humanity underneath that veneer of pompousity. Being able to carve out his own presence in MASH, considering all the other talent around him, is just simply, stunning. Ravi Peiris M.D.

In my opinion, Winchester is the character that best represents the ability of M*A*S*H* to create both great comedy and compelling drama. Frank Burns was a one-dimensional punchline good only for jokes, whereas Winchester was a fleshed-out, multifaceted human being. His arrogance, elitism, and dry wit served the jokes well, while his intelligence, sophistication, surgical talent, and ability to show compassion towards other people were what helped to make some of the show's best dramatic moments happen. It was that ability to transition between the two with such seamlessness that makes both the character and the show as a whole during the time he was on it stand out as a true masterpiece.

Stiers, in my opinion, was a master actor. Watch him in a scene that is not about him to see his true genius. Many actors are just waiting for their line, you can catch some actors mouthing lines of other characters waiting for their line. Stiers acts all the way through the scene allowing a full impact of the moment that allows the audience to immerse themselves better into the story. The next time you watch a scene he is in without a speaking part observe a master at work. Then see how artfully he uses his skill in a part with another actor, he will lift their performance to another level.

RIP Mr. Stiers! The man truly had several great bits over his tenure as Winchester! (The episode where he takes down the bullies for messing with the kid with the speech impediment was downright inspiring!) But the one the scene that always got me was when he received the turned-leaf from Crabapple Cove. All he says is 'Autumn in New England' yet the emotion was overwhelming! As a New Englander myself, I new exactly where he was coming from!

His facial expressions are what really did it for me. I have 2 favorite scenes that involve him that I think really show this. The first is the scene where they decide to have their families attend a reunion now. They look on Charles' face as he realizes his family and Radar's might co-mingle is truly priceless. You can see not just the horror but the embarrassment. My other scene is the other end of the spectrum during the final episode when one of the north Korean men he was conducting for was killed and they were driven off. The look of true despair and loss.....

I love the episode where he stands up for the kid that has a stutter. I myself have struggled with a stutter all my life. And faced the same problems the kid faced. But Winchester's talk to him, helped me through it.

Winchester probably is the best example of how an officer should behave in the series. He knew all the military protocols and rules, but he also knew when to let his hair down (eh, yeah) and fight back on the pranks whereas Burns just tattled. He knew what being in charge was about, except for that one episode when he took it too far.

A favorite Charles Emerson Winchester scene for me was the episode where we get a glimpse into the dreams/nightmares of the characters. In Major Winchester's he is dressed to the nines and performing simple magic tricks. Suddenly a wounded soldier is wheeled in. He is ignored by the Major who attempts to step up his performance. Eventually the patients dies, and the Major is left only to top dance while waving around sparklers. Major Winchester wakes with a start and utters a single, bitter "DAMN!" Flawless.

Have been rewatching the episodes lately, and it’s hard to believe he’s gone. Amazing, iconic actor.

I adored Stiers - always one of my favourite actors - he was so wonderful as Charles Emerson Winchester III...& indeed every other role he undertook - a really class act.

Winchester was an amazing character! Stuck up, Prideful, but he showed such heart and integrity at points. Like when he had the chance to go home if he stuck up for that (major?) that tried to take advantage of Margaret. But instead he chose to sacrifice what he wanted to protect her. When I watched the finale G,F,& A it made me sad for him when he said that music used to be his escape but now it would be a reminder. He also wasn't as racist to the koreans as Frank was. He had a good heart that was well hidden from others but I enjoyed seeing when it showed, cuz it showed who he could be deep down. Can we tell I like this character alot?😂😂😂

I love Winchester's "fetid & festering sewer" speech so much that I've memorized it. It showed to me his endurance in the face of adversity.

Sons and Bowlers was my favorite episode of the Winchester years. Charles and Hawkeye talking about their father’s really touched my heart.

Loved the episode where Winchester helped the pianist who lost the use of his hand. The Christmas episode where he wanted to give the candy to the orphanage away secretly( and Klinger helps him feel better about the candy being traded for food). The episode where he was getting full of himself for a potential news story, but he neglected a patient, and Hawkeye had to reoperate on the patient...Winchester asked that the news story be canceled because of his failure. Hawkeye, at the end of the episode, said he was pompous and arrogant, and " you're all right ". The expression on his face upon hearing that was perfection. One of the funniest MASH episodes ever was when Winchester refused to quit playing his French horn, so Hawkeye and BJ refused to bathe...all three got comeuppance at the end, in hilarious fashion, Hawkeye and BJ being literally hosed down, Winchester's horn is flattened by a jeep. Stiers also appeared in a few episodes of " Frazier " too

I love when Winchester got the letter with the leaf in it, when we found out that Honoria had a stutter, when we found he donated the chocolate to the orphanage . . . and it was funny when he made Klinger be his bird dog and I loved that he went in on the practical joke of getting Hawkeye where the whole camp ganged up on him to make him nervous about when the prank would be played which was the entired prank - making Hawkeye nervous all day long.

I have to say my favourite Charles moment is his first episode at the 4077. When the various lecture time announcements about lice, dysentery and foot fungus go over the camp speaker... his facial expressions of deflated morale are priceless.

Yeah, I still get choked up watching the stuttering episode. Best show of all time 👌

My favorite episode was when Charles gave the orphans the chocolate that he received from his family, and becomes incensed when the caretaker sells it on the black market. His interaction with the caretaker is poignant, as is his later interaction with Klinger in his tent. It’s one of the few times he calls Klinger Max and the only time Klinger calls him Charles. Amazing writing and acting.

I loved the character of Winchester. He knew how to handle Hawkeye and BJ. He didn't just get even, he got ahead but truthfully Winchester was a character of many different layers to him. He had more heart and compassion than he would ever show. I've always had the feeling that he wasn't comfortable showing this side of himself. David Ogden Stiers was a fantastic addition to the cast.

The episode where he buys the fine chocolate for the orphanage later to find out they sold it on the black market in order to buy much more food. He get humbled and realizes that his gift of chocolates wasn’t the need but rather real food was the need. Great episode.

For me it's a toss up between the "Pieces for the Left Hand" episode that you mention, the "Handmade Chocolate" episode and the "Stuttering Soldier" episode! Episodes where we really see Charles Winchester's hidden humanity! They are gold! A great actor sorely missed!

I’m glad they made Charles completely different from Frank. It just doesn’t work when they replace a character with the same kind. I loved his later films as well. I was always excited to see his name pop up.

What a great character, with layers of humanity revealed over time. What an outstanding performance he gave.

In many ways the best character on the show. A bit pompous on the surface due to his upbringing, education, and achievements, but a fine surgeon with a good heart, and the ultimate humanist. He really cared about people. Lots of good scenes that showed the depth of the character. Still one of the best shows ever.

What I loved about Charles was how he was just one of the guys under the filigree. He wasn't afraid to let people see his vulnerable side and he was a friend when they needed one. That really stuck out in the Christmas episode when he gave the white elephant gift to the orphanage in the form of canned oysters; which turned out to be full of chocolate bars. When he heard why the headmaster sold the chocolates, he realized he was in the wrong. I still shed a tear when Klinger brings in the plate of food for Charles.

The difference between Frank Burns and Major Winchester was, Winchester had a spine and a moral compass despite his arrogance, while Frank Burns did not.

As much as Linville's Frank Burns was a good antagonist, I can see his point that there was nowhere for the character to go. I think the choice and development of Winchester as a new character really was what the show needed. He started as an antagonist who thought he was too good for the rest of them, but that gave him room for character growth that Burns never had. And Winchester was still committed to his patients even if he was too good for the work, rather than the bungling Burns. I mean, I suppose they could have shown Burns coming to some sort of realization and improving his surgical skills, but I don't know how his power mad self could have learned that lesson without ruining the character. Meanwhile, Winchester might be a bit of a snob who needed to learn lessons, but he could teach a few lessons of his own about appreciating culture and how the arts could improve life and bring hope and healing. He brought new perspective that was lacking before to the whole idea of medicine.

The episode that I really remember, was when Charles got his French horn. Hawkeye and BJ got tired of him playing it. And they decided not to bathe in protest. Eventually this battle affects the whole camp David Ogden Steirs played the character amazingly. When Larry left the show, I didn't think would find a good replacement. But they did. Thank goodness they created a new character that wasn't a copy of Frank Burns. RIP David Ogden Steirs

My favorite episode is when Winchester is moved by a Korean soldier playing a flute, and he tries to start an orchestra. Later, he sees the flute playing soldier has died, and it effects how he hears music. That episode moved me so much.

I loved Stiers as Winchester. His character was deep, interesting, funny and he carried a lot of greatness too. I loved how they really used everything for his character trademarks as story-driving forces for certain episodes. Especially in the finale. In fact as a character i found him a lot more enjoyable than Frank Burns.

David ogden stiers was a fine actor. There was a certain episode where Winchester forms an orchestra made up of Koreans only after much exhaustion only to lose the whole orchestra in a bombing the look of grief on ogden stiers face no dialogue was needed that is how good of an actor he was.

Who else remembers the shattered record? I had no idea how real those emotions were when i saw the show as a kid, but now i totally get it. I've been to war and I've experienced how hard it is to remain human during those times. My post war take on how he played his role made him my favorite character.

One of the most poignant episodes, for me, is the vignette where Major Winchester saves the life of a wounded soldier all while under sniper fire, and in the process takes a round through his service cap. Having been in combat, I found a verisimilitude in the “today I’m here, tomorrow isn’t guaranteed; and if I’m not here tomorrow… where will I be?” I often wonder if the actors, knew at the time, they had captured lightning in a bottle. Fifty years from its debut, and it’s still one of the best shows on television, to this day.

I felt Winchester was a great addition. He wasn't a one dimensional punching bag for the show. He had arcs, he grew and changed with experiences. The finale destroyed me when he was devastated by the death of the Chinese band he'd been tutoring. Watching him trying to listen to the music he taught them only for it to destroy his soul.

Winchester was a gifted surgeon, and a fine gentleman, which galled that snotty, sanctimonious pratt, hawkeye, to no end. Winchester could run rings around both BJ and Hawkeye when it came to medicine, and unlike Burns, Winchester had a real heart and a love of all things that went unappreciated by the Col., hawkeye and BJ. If I needed surgery, it would be Charles that I would want operating on me!

I became somewhat infamous in my work for using his line, I do one thing at a time, I do it VERY WELL and then I move on. thank you major Winchester!!!

Winchester was a much better foil to Hawkeye and BJ than Frank had been. He frequently came over as a stuffed shirt, but when it came time to do the right and best thing he was there! When he gave a strong comeuppance to the soldiers who were teasing and bullying the kid who stuttered! Real Justice! Many in the main cast were given great challenges in the final episode of MASH! Charles was very much broken by the deaths of the Korean musicians he was coaching in classical music. A great character, played just right! RIP, David Ogden Stiers.

My favourite Winchester episode is Death Takes a Holiday (probably my favourite episode of MASH, period) which brings out the charitable side of his character, and the scene when Klinger brings him food from the Christmas buffet never fails to make me tear up.

One of my fav episodes of mash was when Hawkeye and bj didn’t shower cause he wouldn’t stop playing the horn. And his short scene in Star Trek the next gen a fine actor.

I was 13 when he started I had no idea who the classical musicians were until I started checking out classical radio stations and from then until today still love classical music I couldn’t stand him at first but when he connected with the soldier that lost the use of his arm and was so happy to see a network series deal with stuttering and the effects of it as a 15-16 year old with stuttering and dyslexia he became my favorite MASH character Finally I read the tweet Alan Alda did the day he passed. I had no idea DAvid was a skater something I was and still am today. The world became a sadder place with his passing

He had a guest role on Stargate Atlantis. Later, there was an opportunity for the character to reappear on a screen. This could have been done in LA with a green screen and that was offered to him, but he instead decided to drive to Vancouver and do it live on set. Stargate often had telecommunications scenes with both actors in different rooms having the conversation live, which produced better interaction. He cared enough to go well out of his way to do it right. Major respect to the fans. Doc Hollywood was filmed near where I was working at the time and he was a guest conductor for the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra, coming back several times.

It was brilliant how they started making Charles chill out later and be grasped by his crew

I loved Winchester’s humanity. At times he could be snobby but underneath that exterior was a truly kind person

Hard to widdle it down to just one favorite moment for Charles. The Christmas episode where the candy he gave to the orphanage head was sold for actual food that the children needed. Such a touching moment between Charles and Klinger in The Swamp. I loved him in the newspaper episode, loved the moment when he became so irate with the clerk while he and Hawkeye were trying to get a baby of mixed parents adopted and Charles grabbed the phone and said "Mr. so and so is in conference, let them eat OUT!" and then slamming the phone down. I also loved it when he came to Margaret's rescue when Col. Baldwin wanted Charles to lie about Margaret and he went on a mini tirade which I also loved.

His speech to the injured pianist in "Morale Victory" brings tears to my eyes. "I have hands, David....."

Great actor that left a TREMENDOUS body of work........

I can't say this enough, I can feel your Passion in your words talking about Mash..What I loved about Mash is all the little side stories each episode had..The exorcism when Igor hasnt drawn better then a pair in the last two weeks.(paraphrasing)

I loved his voice and how he talked. Just listening to him speak was a pleasure.

My ABSOLUTE favorite Charles episode was the Christmas one where he gets a package of expensive treats, including decadent chocolates and candies. When pressed to donate to the bounty to be presented to local children in a Christmas dinner, he instead offers some smoked oysters. Later that night he delivers the chocolates and candies to a local orphanage in secret. He later finds out that the man running the orphanage sold the candy on the black market to get the more important staples the children would need over the long haul. Throughout the episode Charles is dumped on by everyone for giving oysters, and he maintains the usual stiff upper lip. Until Cpl. Klinger finds out, and brings an offering of the collected food to the Major, who is alone in the Swamp. The two warmly and humbly exchange Merry Christmas as equals who share an important secret.

David Ogden Stiers also appeared a regular guest role villain as the leader of the Replicators on Star Gate Atlantis for a couple of seasons. Major /Dr. Winchestor in Mash was probably the role most TV fans would love him the most for his portrayal as a warm hearted doctor who went out of way to help many of his patients on Mash. Thanks for your review.

I met him after MASH ended. He was a true gentleman, a consummate professional, a kind and thoughtful person. Rolled his eyes a little about MASH, but an interesting and intelligent man.

I am so glad you mentioned the scene where he gets the one-handed piano sheet music. Who doesn't love that moment?

My favorite episode with Major Winchester is "Rally 'Round the Flagg, Boys", in which he is "recruited" by Col. Flagg to spy on Hawkeye after he saves a North Korean by putting him ahead of an American G.I. Winchester decides to set Flagg up with a fake map of the camp, which outlines plans for a clandestine meeting in Pierce's tent with some Korean gentlemen. It is a classic episode, in which he really makes a monkey out of Flagg and gets a few laughs out of doing it.

David was my very favorite M.A.S.H. RIP Davis Ogden Stiers.

He was excellent in the episode The Party. He also was hilarious in another episode where he is given acupuncture.

I believe the most moving episode is Major Winchester dealing with amphetamine abuse

I inadvertently met DOS in 1980 while living in the Hollywood hills. I rented a lower level apt in a multi-story villa converted to apartments. One day I heard the Star Trek Movie theme blaring like a Hollywood Bowl concert. I followed the sound up to the top penthouse apt higher on the hill. I was curious what was capable of blasting concert level sound, so I knocked on the door. DOS answered the door. I acted like I didn't recognize him, and politely explained I was curious where the concert was coming from. He invited me in to his apartment to show me his system. He introduced himself as David, and I told him my name was also David. It looked like he had recently moved in, and everything was moved to accommodate his sound system. I don't remember what components he had but he had some big-ass tall speakers. He had a wall of shelved vinyl LP's. He was friendly and we chatted for a few minutes, then I left him alone.

MASH was so filled with a cornucopia of feelings and experiences i doubt any show and never an other sitcom can reach it's scope. Touching everyone looking for a laugh to those it brought back painful memories to.

I remember seeing the original MASH movie in 1971. I've been hooked ever since no matter who the actors were.

I co-opted his phrase “anticipation is a sensation to be savored “. I loved that perspective

There are many fine moments with Charles Emerson Winchester III that are gifts of David Ogden Stiers fine acting. One was when he taught Korean musicians to play an orchestra piece, which they played for him as they departed in a truck only to be found a little later dead, as a result of bombing (not sure); his grief stricken expression is a silent condemnation of war...or restoring faith in his talent in the musician you mentioned whom he convinced that he could still share his talent and passion for music through teaching. One of my favorite lines from MASH also belongs to David Ogden Stiers' character. This is from an episode when Hawkeye finds out that his Dad is in the hospital. This leads to Hawkeye and Charles reminiscing about their fathers At the,e nd it was Charles, who stated the most succinct analysis of the two men, "While I have a father, Hawkeye, you have a Dad.":).

You showcased my favorite. "I can play the notes. But YOU can make music"

70s was definitely a golden period for sitcoms, MASH was one of my favs

I am so sorry we have lost this wonderful actor. However we can be grateful for his recorded performances of all kinds that allow us to relive those moments on film. I like the episodes when he gets acupuncture and the one when he refuses to see a dentist and there are so many more.

One of Winchester's quips has always stayed with me: "I do one thing at a time, I do it very well, and then I move on." Pretty wise!

He was an excellent upgrade to Frank's character. DOS was also a very kind soul and person. Thanks for the laughs.

I loved the juxtaposition of his normally arrogant, egotistical persona with his rarely-shown (thus more memorable) tender & caring side. Examples include his answer to the letter from the young girl in Hawkeye's hometown who had sent him a red leaf from a maple tree ("autumn in New England" he muses nostalgically). Then there was his comment to Hawkeye, who's father was undergoing surgery back home: "My father & I have been 10,000 miles apart in the same room. Where I have a father, Hawkeye, you have a dad." But the best example of this character shift was the Christmas episode where he left some candy at an orphanage as his family had done when he was a child - only to be furious when the candy was sold on the black market to "raise enough money to feed them for a month". His response of "it is sadly inappropriate to give dessert to a child who has had no meal" is perhaps my favorite line from the entire series & shows Winchester's true nature - good human being!

David's portrayal of Charles was magnificent!!! Thanks Stephen for this informative video 🙂

My favorite episoe - and many other's favorite as well, is when he dealt with the bullying directed against one of his patients.

I liked when Col Potter was painting Winchester's portrait, while he was complaining.....then Potter said it was finished, turned it around.....a portrait of Winchester hollering!

Dr. Charles Winchester the Third. What a great addition to the MASH series. I think the show in which he refused to lie for a visiting General against Major Houlihan is when he became a bonafide member of the MASH family. Though He was always at odds with everyone before and after. I think this episode bonded him into the family. In which he himself acknowledged that he had become one of them.

Charles was always one of my favorites. Never took any crap from tentmates. My favorite episode was when Charles got chocolate from home to give orphans. He was a pompous ass with a heart of gold. Always will Love David's portrayal of him.

My favorite Winchester quote is from an episode where I can't remember the plot, but the line was, "Number one, I don't sweat, I perspire. Number two, I don't perspire".

I love the episode, "Run for the Money", where Winchester shows support for a soldier with a stutter. Later, we find out that his dear Sister, Honoria also has a stutter. I think it was the first time his character showed any real compassion for another person. And of course, the whole "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" was wonderful. To have him end up never wanting to hear his beloved music again was heartbreaking. Also, Loretta Swit said that when he handed her back the book of poetry & turned its cover, it had his personal phone number written in it, something he would never give to anyone during the run of the show. And, to have Winchester compliment Potter by saying he hoped to be as good a leader as Potter took a lot for Charles to say... to give praise to another.

Winchester could be a frightful snob but deep down he had a heart of gold

I know this is a simple answer but I just loved how he would address the Swampmen........”Gentlemennnnn”

David Ogden Stiers was a fantastic reader of novels for audio. One of the absolute best. He was brilliant. Find one & give it a listen. His pace, voice characterizations, accents, everything are amazing. Three characters, for instance, may be having a conversation and one may be British, one Vietnamese, and one American & Stiers just flips from one perfect accent to another. Check one out & you'll appreciate this man's talent more than you already do.

I loved his first episode when he sadly understood he was to be a permanent member of the 4077th surgical teem. He finally learned to adapt My favorite episode with Charles is the rivalry between him and the other two "ironic cell mates' about their piggish living verses his French horn playing. The most touching episode episode waa a part of the final movie about the end ofcthe war aa he discovers a small POW musicians who were killed while being transferred to a unit who would see thrm hone safety. That movie gmrecwived more viewers thsn the superbowl that year!

The one that always bring a tear to my eye is when Maj. Winchester donates the candy to the orphanage.

Dr. Winchester was an interesting character. I always wonder why a man like this would become a doctor in the first place. Some people do it for the money, but he was a wealthy heir and might have gotten by just fine even without pursuing any profession, or certainly one as demanding as medicine. With his Parents'' connections he could likely have gotten some prestigious job which involved mostly playing golf and showing up once or twice per week. -no standing up for hours straight in a mask up to his elbows in someone else's intestines! Some people have a passion for relieving the suffering of others. Charles was capable of great compassion, but compassion wasn't his first instinct: it usually happened when the suffering was so great it forced its way past his own self-centeredness and he connected person to person. I wonder if more than anything he was somebody that was driven by his own sense of accomplishment and desire for prestige so much that he chose something very difficult and worked very hard to become good at it. It's part of what makes him different from Frank Burns: if Charles was that incompetent he would have left medicine and done something else. My wife worked at a hospital and she knew a number of doctors like this: almost no bedside manner and not the nicest to work with but brilliant technical talents. They were basically all internal surgeons. They came in and worked on the tumor or replaced the hip or shoulder, but really weren't engaged with the patient as a human being. (I suppose that's a bargain I could accept: I'd rather the doctor be nasty and fix my ailment than kind and leave me suffering!)

Winchester represented that hidden aristocracy. He exuded confidence but had an underlying premise where he could jolt himself back to reality such as with his sister Honoria's situation or his trained POW band being killed. We watched a character grow in front of our eyes each episode every year. Larry Linville was not given such accord. I always felt the show Northern Exposure pinched Winchesters persona of shock to adjusting to primitive conditions for the premise of Joel Fleishmann.

Had the privilege of meeting David Ogden Stiers in my travels and I asked him about what was his favorite bit of mass and he told me 6 simply and directly daddy hated that blinking project any wish you had never done it

Mash was the only show that got better when new characters replaced old ones, and Charles headed that list.

What is missing was that Stiers was also an accomplished orchestra conductor well after his acting career.

I believe his brother (it may have been a cousin but I’m pretty sure it was a brother) was my Jr. High band director, Mike Stiers. One of the best teachers I’ve ever had!