M*A*S*H (TV series)

Columns: Character | Actor/actress | Rank | Role | Appearances
Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Pierce | Alan Alda | Captain | Chief surgeon | 251 | Margaret Hot Lips Houlihan Penobscott | Loretta Swit | Major | Head Nurse , temporary Adjutant | 243 | Maxwell Q. Klinger ( Recurring seasons 1-3 , regular 4-11 ) | Jamie Farr | Corporal , later Sergeant | Corpsman , later Company Clerk | 219 | Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy ( recurring seasons 1-4 , regular 5-11 ) | George Morgan ( pilot episode ) , replaced by William Christopher | First Lieutenant , later Captain | Chaplain | 218 | Trapper John McIntyre ( seasons 1-3 ) | Wayne Rogers | Captain | Surgeon | 72 | Henry Blake ( seasons 1-3 ) | McLean Stevenson | Lieutenant Colonel | Commanding officer , Surgeon | 70 | Frank Burns ( seasons 1-5 ) | Larry Linville | Major , later Lieutenant Colonel ( off-screen ) | Surgeon , executive officer , temporary Commanding Officer ( following the discharge of Henry Blake ) | 118 | Walter Eugene Radar O'Reilly ( seasons 1-8 ) | Gary Burghoff | Corporal ( one episode as Second Lieutenant due to falsified promotion ) | Company clerk , bugler | 156 | B. J. Hunnicutt ( replaced Trapper ; seasons 4-11 ) | Mike Farrell | Captain | Surgeon | 187 | Sherman T. Potter ( replaced Henry Blake ; seasons 4-11 ) | Harry Morgan | Colonel | Commanding Officer ( after Lt. Col. Blake ) , Surgeon | 188 | Charles Emerson Winchester III ( replaced Frank Burns ; seasons 6-11 ) | David Ogden Stiers | Major | Surgeon , Executive Officer ( after Major Burns ) | 137

Example questions:
How many appearances did the M*A*S*H actor born in 1936 have ? | How many appearances did the actor whose M*A*S*H character had the most senior field grade military officer rank have ? | What is the role of the M*A*S*H character played by the actor who also is an activist and public speaker for various political causes ? | What is the name of the M*A*S*H character who played one of the simplest brass instruments ?

Answers:
251 | 188 | Surgeon | Walter Eugene Radar O'Reilly ( seasons 1-8 )