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William Christopher was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1965 to 1968 and Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1983 and its spinoff AfterMASH from 1983 to 1985.
Birth Name
William Wallace Christopher
Born
Thursday, 20 October 1932
Died
Saturday, 31 December 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The '80s: Top Ten | Self | 2022 |
| History of the Sitcom | Fr. Francis Mulcahy | 2021 |
| The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2017 |
| 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion | Father Francis Mulcahy / Self / Himself | 2002 |
| Team Knight Rider | Professor Roykirk | 1997 |
| Heaven Sent | Priest | 1994 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Art Amador / Martin Beckman | 1993 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Andrus | 1993 |
| Mad About You | Chaplain Olsen | 1992 |
| The New WKRP in Cincinnati | Buzz Barrymore / Len Nackman | 1991 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The '80s: Top Ten | Self | 2022 |
| History of the Sitcom | Fr. Francis Mulcahy | 2021 |
| The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2017 |
| 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion | Father Francis Mulcahy / Self / Himself | 2002 |
| Team Knight Rider | Professor Roykirk | 1997 |
| Heaven Sent | Priest | 1994 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Art Amador / Martin Beckman | 1993 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Andrus | 1993 |
| Mad About You | Chaplain Olsen | 1992 |
| The New WKRP in Cincinnati | Buzz Barrymore / Len Nackman | 1991 |
| Snoops | Harvey Allen | 1989 |
| The Little Troll Prince | Bjørn | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Bill Smith | 1987 |
| Our Time | Self | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Burton Hollis | 1984 |
| Super Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1984 |
| AfterMASH | Father Francis Mulcahy / Father Mulcahy | 1983 |
| Breakaway | Self | 1983 |
| The Smurfs | Angel Smurf / Additional Voices | 1981 |
| For the Love of It | Barton | 1980 |
| The Love Boat | Carl Mitchell / Elliot Weatherly / Hal Wiliston | 1977 |
| Shoot for the Stars | Self | 1977 |
| Hearts of the West | Bank Teller | 1975 |
| Karen | Andrew | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self / Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Jewelry Clerk | 1974 |
| Lucas Tanner | Jack | 1974 |
| Good Times | The Doctor | 1974 |
| M*A*S*H | Father Francis Mulcahy / Father Mulcahy | 1972 |
| Nichols | Niles | 1971 |
| Columbo | Male Scientist | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Telegrapher | 1971 |
| The Jim Nabors Hour | Self | 1968 |
| With Six You Get Eggroll | Zip - Cloud / Zip (Cloud) | 1968 |
| The Shakiest Gun in the West | Hotel Manager | 1968 |
| The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Pvt. Jake Schultz | 1968 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Self / Priest ('Bookstore' sketch) | 1967 |
| The Perils of Pauline | Doctor | 1967 |
| The Fortune Cookie | Interne / Interne (as Bill Christopher) | 1966 |
| That Girl | Chippy Dolan | 1966 |
| Hank | Elwood | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | Foster / German Private / Lieutenant Donner / Thomas | 1965 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | Lester Hummel / Hummel / Pvt. Lester Hummel / Private Hummel / Marine / Corporal Haynes | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Patient | 1964 |
| The Patty Duke Show | Man | 1963 |
| The Virginian | Hotel Clerk | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Actor | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Mr. Heathcote, IRS / Dr. Thomas Peterson | 1960 |
| Death Valley Days | Sonny - Bank Teller | 1952 |
