William Wayne McMillan Rogers III (born April 7, 1933) is an American film and television actor, best known for playing the role of 'Trapper John' McIntyre in the U.S. television series, M*A*S*H. He succeeded Elliott Gould, who had played the character in the Robert Altman movie MASH, and was himself succeeded by Pernell Roberts on the M*A*S*H spin-off Trapper John, M.D.. He is a regular panel member on the FOX News stock investment television pr...
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William Wayne McMillan Rogers III (born April 7, 1933) is an American film and television actor, best known for playing the role of 'Trapper John' McIntyre in the U.S. television series, M*A*S*H. He succeeded Elliott Gould, who had played the character in the Robert Altman movie MASH, and was himself succeeded by Pernell Roberts on the M*A*S*H spin-off Trapper John, M.D.. He is a regular panel member on the FOX News stock investment television program Cashin' In.
Rogers was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Southside High School (now Ramsay High School) in Birmingham and is a graduate of The Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. He also graduated from Princeton University with a history degree in 1954, where he was a member of the Princeton Triangle Club, and served in the U.S. Navy before becoming an actor.
Prior to the role of 'Trapper John,' Rogers appeared on television in The F.B.I., Gunsmoke, and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,The Fugitive, and had a small role in the 1967 movie...
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