M*A*S*H guest stars
379 actors have guest-starred in M*A*S*H across 251 episodes and 11 seasons. The most-credited is Odessa Cleveland, Lt. Ginger Bayliss in 20 episodes. 178 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Odessa Cleveland | Lt. Ginger Bayliss | 20 |
| Jeff Maxwell | Igor Straminsky | 18 |
| Bobbie Mitchell | Lt. Janet Baker, Nurse Able, Nurse Lyons | 16 |
| Kellye Nakahara | Lieutenant Kellye Yamato, Nurse Kellye, Lt. Kellye Yamato | 16 |
| Johnny Haymer | Sgt. Zelmo Zale | 15 |
| G.W. Bailey | Sergeant Luther Rizzo, The G.I. | 13 |
| John Orchard | Capt. 'Ugly John' Black, Muldoon | 10 |
| Patricia Stevens | Nurse Stevens, Nurse Baker, Nurse Mitchell | 10 |
| Linda Meiklejohn | Lt. Leslie Scorch | 8 |
| Edward Winter | Colonel Samuel Flagg, Capt. Halloran | 7 |
| Enid Kent | Nurse Bigelow, The Nurse | 7 |
| Gwen Farrell | Nurse Wilson, Lt. Baker, Nurse Able | 7 |
| Herb Voland | Gen. Crandell Clayton | 7 |
| Patrick Adiarte | Ho-Jon | 7 |
| Sheila Lauritsen | Nurse Sheila, Nurse Hardy, Nurse Watson | 7 |
| Allan Arbus | Maj. Sidney Freedman, Maj. Milton Freedman | 6 |
| Lynette Mettey | Lt. Nancy Griffin, Nurse Able, Nurse Baker | 6 |
| Marcia Strassman | Nurse Margie Cutler | 6 |
| Richard Lee-Sung | 2nd Korean Kim Luc, Cho, Driver | 6 |
| Timothy Brown | Capt. Oliver Harmon 'Spearchucker' Jones | 6 |
| James Lough | Driver, Felix Kornhaus, M. P. | 5 |
| Jerry Fujikawa | 'Whiplash' Hwang, Dr. Pak, Father | 5 |
| Perren Page | Driver | 5 |
| Roy Goldman | Roy Goldman, Goldman, Orderly | 5 |
| Soon-Tek Oh | Joon-Sung, Korean Soldier, Mr. Kwang | 5 |
M*A*S*H guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 71 | Odessa Cleveland, John Orchard, Linda Meiklejohn, Patrick Adiarte, Marcia Strassman, Timothy Brown, Bonnie Jones, G. Wood, Herb Voland, Lynette Mettey, Robert Gooden, Barbara Brownell and 59 more |
| Season 2 | 67 | Odessa Cleveland, Bobbie Mitchell, Sheila Lauritsen, Gwen Farrell, Herb Voland, Patricia Stevens, Lesley Evans, Ralph Grosh, Robert F. Simon, Allan Arbus, Clyde Kusatsu, Edward Winter and 55 more |
| Season 3 | 61 | Jeff Maxwell, Bobbie Mitchell, Patricia Stevens, Dennis Troy, Johnny Haymer, Kellye Nakahara, Loudon Wainwright III, Edward Winter, Jeanne Schulherr, Jerry Fujikawa, Roy Goldman, Tad Horino and 49 more |
| Season 4 | 56 | Johnny Haymer, Kellye Nakahara, Lynne Marie Stewart, Alan Fudge, Albert Hall, Allan Arbus, Ann Doran, Anthony Palmer, Barbara Christopher, Blythe Danner, Bruce Kirby, Buck Young and 44 more |
| Season 5 | 49 | Enid Kent, Johnny Haymer, Lynne Marie Stewart, Allan Arbus, Bart Braverman, Bobbie Mitchell, Brian Dennehy, Charles Frank, Dick O'Neill, Don Eitner, Dudley Knight, Edward Binns and 37 more |
| Season 6 | 58 | Johnny Haymer, Enid Kent, Kimiko Hiroshige, Lois Foraker, Peter Riegert, Richard Lee-Sung, Allan Arbus, Andrew Bloch, Brenda Thompson, Carmine Scelza, Charles Frank, Donald Blackwell and 46 more |
| Season 7 | 43 | Enid Kent, Jeff Maxwell, Kellye Nakahara, Eileen Saki, James Lough, Jan Jorden, Jennifer Davis, Perren Page, Andrew Masset, Basil Hoffman, Bob Okazaki, Burt Metcalfe and 31 more |
| Season 8 | 46 | G.W. Bailey, Jeff Maxwell, Eileen Saki, Joshua Bryant, Alexander Petale, Alexandra Stoddart, Antony Alda, Arell Blanton, Claudette Nevins, Connie Izay, David Dozer, Denice Kumagai and 34 more |
| Season 9 | 16 | G.W. Bailey, Jeff Maxwell, Kellye Nakahara, Perren Page, Andrew Duggan, Charles Hallahan, Denny Miller, Gail Strickland, James Gallery, Keye Luke, Mako, Patrick Swayze and 4 more |
| Season 10 | 15 | G.W. Bailey, Val Bisoglio, David LeBell, Dick O'Neill, Jason Bernard, Joe Pantoliano, John Fujioka, Kellye Nakahara, Laurence Fishburne, Perren Page, Peter Jurasik, Stefan Gierasch and 3 more |
| Season 11 | 20 | G.W. Bailey, Allen Williams, Andrew Dice Clay, Arlee Reed, Arnold F. Turner, Barbara Tarbuck, George Wendt, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Herman Poppe, James Lough, Jeffrey Tambor, John McLiam and 8 more |
Guest stars you know from somewhere else
The hardest-working character actors in this show's guest cast, ranked by how many other shows in this catalogue they have also guest-starred in. Not the most famous names, the most prolific ones.
| Actor | In M*A*S*H | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| George Wyner | Benson | 41 |
| Clyde Kusatsu | Kwang Duk | 34 |
| Alan Fudge | Captain Arnold Chandler | 32 |
| Lawrence Pressman | R.T. Williamson | 32 |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Pvt. Paul Conway | 30 |
| Richard Herd | Capt. Bill Snyder | 30 |
| Barbara Tarbuck | Maj. Judy Parker | 28 |
| Mark L. Taylor | O'Malley | 27 |
| William Lucking | Sgt. Marty Urbancic | 22 |
| George Cheung | 1st Korean Soldier | 21 |
| James Cromwell | Leo Bardonaro | 21 |
| Bruce Kirby | Sergeant Kimble | 19 |
| James Saito | South Korean | 19 |
| John McLiam | Col. Woody Cooke | 19 |
| William Bogert | Capt. Maurice Allen, Rodger Prescott | 18 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Bobbie Mitchell | Lt. Janet Baker, Nurse Able, Nurse Lyons | 16 |
| Kellye Nakahara | Lieutenant Kellye Yamato, Nurse Kellye, Lt. Kellye Yamato | 16 |
| Richard Lee-Sung | 2nd Korean Kim Luc, Cho, Driver | 6 |
| Patricia Stevens | Nurse Stevens, Nurse Baker, Nurse Mitchell | 10 |
| Gwen Farrell | Nurse Wilson, Lt. Baker, Nurse Able | 7 |
| James Lough | Driver, Felix Kornhaus, M. P. | 5 |
| Jerry Fujikawa | 'Whiplash' Hwang, Dr. Pak, Father | 5 |
| Soon-Tek Oh | Joon-Sung, Korean Soldier, Mr. Kwang | 5 |
| Lynette Mettey | Lt. Nancy Griffin, Nurse Able, Nurse Baker | 6 |
| Roy Goldman | Roy Goldman, Goldman, Orderly | 5 |
Shares a cast with
- M*A*S*H and Murder, She Wrote — 62 shared actors
- M*A*S*H and Columbo — 50 shared actors
- M*A*S*H and Hawaii Five-O — 50 shared actors
- M*A*S*H and L.A. Law — 50 shared actors
- Hunter — 47 shared actors
- Dallas — 45 shared actors
- CHiPs — 44 shared actors
- Hart to Hart — 44 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.