Which character made the most appearances in the TV series 'MAS*H'?

Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is widely known for his roles as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H (1972–1983).

In early 1972, Alda auditioned for and was selected to play the role of Hawkeye Pierce in the TV adaptation of the 1970 film MASH. He was nominated for 21 Emmy Awards, and won five. He took part in writing 19 episodes, including the 1983 2½-hour series finale Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, which was also the 32nd episode he directed. It remains the single most-watched episode of any American broadcast network television series. Alda is the only series regular to appear in all 251 episodes.

Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan appeared in 243 episodes.

Max Klinger appeared in 219 episodes.

Father Mulcahy appeared in 218 episodes.

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Mrs. Marci

No. Margaret Houlihan was absent in several episodes.

jaijam

Kevin Mills, Radar was in many but not even close to all. He left the series before it ended. However, he was the only one that appeared in both the movie and the TV show.

jaijam

Fred Zeb Fudpucker, but there is only one correct answer. Alda was the ONLY person to appear in EVERY episode no matter what anyone else says.

jaijam

fbq, no, the question was absolutely straight forward and clear. There is only ONE persone who was in EVERY episode of MASH and that person is Alan Alda.

Vernon R. Jones

Kimberly Miles, Hot Lips was out for the two weeks of her honeymoom

jaijam

Kevin Coleman, they are wrong. Hot Lips was in eight episodes less than Hawkeye.

maewall

No. Klinger wss in every espisode. This very question has been asked before here.

Bridget Minton

I also have a sweet spot for Klinger before he finally accepted that he was in the Army as the character was one of the first of that type on prime time even though it was as comedic relief.

cgrhm

it's amazing how a question like this can generate controversy.

Karen Copus

bsvice, yes it happened to me

Armadillo

Love this one. I grew up watching this with my mom. Alan Alda was so good looking. I liked both Radar and Klinger as well. Who wouldn't know that the answer to this is Hawkeye?

Dinah Lattin Garrison

Our Toledo boy Jamie Farr was fabulous in MASH ..he put plugs in for Tony Packos 🌭

VGer517

Kevin Mills, I named a Tortoise Radar after Radar for his love on critters.

VGer517

I bawled my eyes out every time I see the farewell episode. I could not go out in public at all for a while.

bsvice

Unbelievable! I chose Hawkeye Pierce, but it says I chose Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan. Did this malfunction happen to anyone else? Or did I just imagine I chose Hawkeye, but chose Margaret by mistake?