Edward Winter (actor) - Later Career

Later Career

He was cast on M*A*S*H as Lt. Col. (later Col.) Flagg, becoming one of the program's more memorable and popular recurring characters; he appeared in seven episodes as Flagg during the show's 11-year run. Before his introduction as Flagg, Winter had also appeared on the series as Captain Halloran. A number of fans have expressed the belief that Captain Halloran might have been one of Flagg's many aliases, especially as he said to Dr. Freedman, "We played poker once"—which Captain Halloran had.

Winter was also a recurring character on the primetime 1970s sitcom Soap, portraying Congressman Walter McCallum, who was in a relationship with Chester and Jessica Tate's daughter Eunice.

Winter guest-starred in season one The A-Team, in "Holiday in the Hills" and appeared in the season 5 episode "Road Games."

Winter guest-starred in The Golden Girls as a blind man who goes out with Blanche, whom she does not want to go out with because he is blind, in the episode "Blind Date". In 1985 he guest-starred as Capt. Hennessey in Episode 14, Season 4, of Cagney & Lacey .

Winter co-starred in the 1986 TV movie "A Christmas Gift" with John Denver as the character Thomas Renfield.

Winter appeared on a 1991 episode of the television series Night Court as Clarence Egan. He appeared in the 1995 Seinfeld episode "The Beard" playing Robert's boss. He also had a recurring role on Herman's Head as Mr. Crawford.

Winter was featured as the real-life character of Carl Lawson in a 1995 episode of UPN's Real Ghosts aka Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories.

He has also done voices in animation including six television programs The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Duckman, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Angry Beavers, Fantastic Max, Paddington Bear and the animated film Adventures in Odyssey: Shadow of a Doubt.

Winter died in Woodland Hills, California, of complications from Parkinson's disease.