Edward Winter (actor)

Edward Dean Winter was an American actor, perhaps most well known for his role as military intelligence officer Colonel Flagg on the television series MASH.

Winter was born in Ventura, California, and began his acting career in Ashland, Oregon, as a member of the cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During the 1961 season, he played Claudius in Hamlet, and stayed for an extended repertory season, where he appeared in The Boyfriend and Rashoman. He went on to early successes on Broadway. Winter was twice nominated for Tony Awards as Best Supporting or Featured Actor . The first was in 1967, as Herr Ludwig in Cabaret, then in 1969, as J.D. Sheldrake in Promises, Promises.

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