The heart of the series was Alan Alda, who played the acerbic and devoted surgeon Hawkeye Pierce throughout the show’s more than 250 episodes and also wrote and directed dozens of them.

MASH was a great gift to us."(Alan Alda via Twitter) Alda realized how important explaining their work would be as the host of the long-running PBS series "Scientific American Frontiers." ...

"MASH was a great gift to us," Alan Alda wrote on Twitter as he reunited with former costar Mike Farrell to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked ...

(Pictured: “MASH” stars Alan Alda, Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit flank writer-producer Burt Metcalfe, second from right, at the TV Land Awards in 2009) ...

"I'm not sure we ever knew what kind of impact it was having," Alan Alda, 86, who starred as Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. "It took a while to catch ...

File video above: Alan Alda says has no plans to retireThe combat boots and dog tags that Alan Alda wore to portray the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series "M*A*S*H ...

Alan Alda announced his Parkinson’s diagnosis to the world in 2018. He’s continued to update fans on his condition and health challenges since then. Alan was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2015.

MASH ran for 11 seasons, and despite originally being planned as an ensemble, Alan Alda quickly emerged as the star. By ...

Alan Alda/Twitter. Alan Alda Reunites with 'MASH' Costar Mike Farrell for Show's 50th Anniversary: 'Changed Our Lives'. https://twitter.com/alanalda/status ...

DALLAS — The combat boots and dog tags that Alan Alda wore to portray the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M*A*S*H” meant so much to him that when the show ...