Actor William Christopher, who played Father Francis Mulcahy on the television series “M.A.S.H.”, died Saturday at age 84.




http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mash-actor-evanston-native-william-christopher-dead-at-84/


I remember reading that a different actor played Father Mulcahy in the pilot, but the producers decided to switch to Christopher from the second show until the show went off the air.

The Internet Movie Database web site says that the show ran 251 episodes and Christopher appeared in 213 of them.