"Trapper John, M.D." (1979) TV series 1979-1986

Writers:

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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

23 September 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

This series brought the character of "Trapper John" from M*A*S*H in as the Chief of Surgery at San Francisco Memorial Hospital...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Doctor | Medical | Based On Film | Comma In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Pernell Roberts	...	Dr. John Francis Xavier 'Trapper' McIntyre (151 episodes, 1979-1986)
Brian Stokes Mitchell	...	Dr. Justin 'Jackpot' Jackson / ... (151 episodes, 1979-1986)
Charles Siebert	...	Dr. Stanley Riverside II / ... (151 episodes, 1979-1986)
Gregory Harrison	...	Dr. George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates / ... (142 episodes, 1979-1986)
Christopher Norris	...	Gloria Brancusi R. N. / ... (132 episodes, 1979-1985)
Madge Sinclair	...	Ernestine Shoop, R. N. / ... (129 episodes, 1980-1986)
Chris Hutson	...	Nurse / ... (102 episodes, 1981-1986)
Simon Scott	...	Arnold Slocum (83 episodes, 1979-1985)

Series Directed by
Michael Caffey		(32 episodes, 1981-1986)
Earl Bellamy		(18 episodes, 1982-1985)
Bernard McEveety		(15 episodes, 1979-1983)
Barry Crane		(9 episodes, 1979-1982)
Seymour Robbie		(9 episodes, 1980-1982)
Leo Penn		(9 episodes, 1982-1985)
Joseph Pevney		(8 episodes, 1979-1985)
Charles Siebert		(7 episodes, 1982-1986)
Gregory Harrison		(5 episodes, 1983-1985)
Robert Douglas		(4 episodes, 1979-1981)
Bob Sweeney		(4 episodes, 1981-1985)
Alex March		(3 episodes, 1979-1981)
Murray Golden		(3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Vincent Sherman		(3 episodes, 1981-1983)
Jeff Bleckner		(2 episodes, 1981-1982)
Howard Morris		(2 episodes, 1985-1986)
Victor Lobl		(2 episodes, 1986)

Series Writing credits
Don Brinkley		(151 episodes, 1979-1986)
Frank Glicksman		(151 episodes, 1979-1986)
Deborah Zoe Dawson		(25 episodes, 1979-1986)
Victoria Johns		(25 episodes, 1979-1986)
John Whelpley		(20 episodes, 1981-1986)
Jeff Stuart		(15 episodes, 1980-1984)
Nancy Bond		(11 episodes, 1982-1986)
Kimmer Ringwald		(11 episodes, 1984-1986)
Barry Pollack		(7 episodes, 1983-1986)
Charles Larson		(5 episodes, 1979-1981)
Jack Guss		(5 episodes, 1980-1981)
Deborah Gilliland		(4 episodes, 1982-1985)
Robert Sonntag		(4 episodes, 1982-1985)
Betty Goldberg		(3 episodes, 1981-1982)
Milt Rosen		(3 episodes, 1981)
Phyllis Wapner		(3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Kay Bender		(3 episodes, 1982)
Jeffrey Ferro		(3 episodes, 1982)
Robert M. Young		(3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Gene O'Neill		(3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Noreen Tobin		(3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Jim Rogers		(2 episodes, 1979-1982)
Ray Brenner		(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Shimon Wincelberg		(2 episodes, 1979)
Kenneth Berg		(2 episodes, 1980-1981)
James Fritzhand		(2 episodes, 1981)
Phil Alden Robinson		(2 episodes, 1981)
Emilie R. Small		(2 episodes, 1982-1985)
Garn Stephens		(2 episodes, 1982-1985)
J. Miyoko Hensley		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Steven Hensley		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Robert Bielak		(2 episodes, 1983)
John Breckfield		(2 episodes, 1984-1986)
Holly Durham		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Greg Thorneycroft		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Carl Sautter		(2 episodes, 1985)
Richard Hooker		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Jack Sonntag	....	associate producer (150 episodes, 1979-1986)
Don Brinkley	....	producer / executive producer (149 episodes, 1979-1986)
Frank Glicksman	....	executive producer / producer (109 episodes, 1979-1984)
Deborah Zoe Dawson	....	producer (40 episodes, 1984-1986)
Victoria Johns	....	producer (40 episodes, 1984-1986)

Series Original Music by
John Carl Parker		(139 episodes, 1979-1986)
Dennis McCarthy		(4 episodes, 1986)
Brian Stokes Mitchell		(3 episodes, 1983-1985)
Nan Schwartz		(2 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Cinematography by
Frederick Gately		(112 episodes, 1979-1985)
Bradley B. Six		(18 episodes, 1985-1986)
Charles Young		(10 episodes, 1984-1985)
Brianne Murphy		(2 episodes, 1981)
Herb Pearl		(2 episodes, 1982)

Series Film Editing by
Jack Kampschroer		(45 episodes, 1979-1986)
Michael McCroskey		(40 episodes, 1979-1986)
John McSweeney Jr.		(40 episodes, 1980-1986)
Irving Rosenblum		(7 episodes, 1979-1980)
Harry V. Knapp		(2 episodes, 1980)
Virginia Olah		(2 episodes, 1984)

Series Casting by
Gary Shaffer		(146 episodes, 1979-1986)
Barbara Baldavin		(38 episodes, 1984-1986)

Series Art Direction by
Marvin Summerfield		(149 episodes, 1979-1986)

Series Set Decoration by
Bruce Kay		(61 episodes, 1980-1983)
John Told		(43 episodes, 1983-1985)
James Hassinger		(18 episodes, 1985-1986)
Don Greenwood Jr.		(17 episodes, 1979-1980)
Carl Biddiscombe		(3 episodes, 1979)

Series Makeup Department
Marilyn Patricia Phillips	....	hair department head (1 episode, 1979)

Series Production Management
Mark Evans	....	executive production manager (149 episodes, 1979-1986)
Joseph Silver	....	post-production supervisor (132 episodes, 1979-1985)
Jack Sonntag	....	production manager (111 episodes, 1979-1985)
Carl 'Major' Roup	....	unit production manager (25 episodes, 1985-1986)
Skip Lusk	....	post-production supervisor (18 episodes, 1985-1986)
Jack Oliver	....	unit production manager (8 episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl 'Major' Roup	....	first assistant director (60 episodes, 1979-1985)
Robert Sonntag	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (60 episodes, 1982-1986)
Douglas E. Wise	....	first assistant director (34 episodes, 1982-1986)
Ron Kinwald	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (23 episodes, 1985-1986)
William Cosentino	....	second assistant director (21 episodes, 1979-1980)
Chip Chalmers	....	second assistant director (20 episodes, 1981-1982)
Buck Edwards	....	second assistant director (18 episodes, 1980-1981)
John Morrison	....	first assistant director (16 episodes, 1979-1981)
Richard Bremerkamp	....	first assistant director (9 episodes, 1981-1982)
Sol Gordon	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1981-1984)
Jack Doran	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1979)
Russ Harling	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1986)

Series Art Department
Peter Van Zyl	....	greensman (26 episodes, 1982)
Allan Gordon	....	property master (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
John Kline	....	sound editor (1 episode, 1979)
Charles J. Bond	....	boom operator (1 episode, 1985)
Herman Lewis	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
George E. Marshall Jr.	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Ron Meredith	....	assistant sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1981-1982)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Charles R. Young	....	camera operator (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator (unknown episodes, 1984-1985)
Curtis Foster	....	best boy (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Barbara Baldavin	....	casting associate / casting (62 episodes, 1981-1984)
C.J. Lyons	....	casting associate (13 episodes, 1980-1981)
Joni Newell	....	casting associate (4 episodes, 1980-1981)

Series Music Department
Lionel Newman	....	music supervision (145 episodes, 1979-1986)
John Carl Parker	....	composer: theme music (11 episodes, 1981-1986)
Ron S. Herbes	....	music apprentice (2 episodes, 1983)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (1 episode, 1979)

Series Other crew
Walter D. Dishell	....	medical advisor (150 episodes, 1979-1986)
Deborah Zoe Dawson	....	executive story consultant / story editor (107 episodes, 1979-1984)
Victoria Johns	....	executive story consultant / story editor (107 episodes, 1979-1984)
John Whelpley	....	story editor / executive story editor / ... (70 episodes, 1983-1986)
Jeff Stuart	....	story consultant / story editor (51 episodes, 1982-1984)
Chris Hutson	....	technical advisor / medical advisor (40 episodes, 1979-1981)
Kimmer Ringwald	....	story editor / executive story editor (40 episodes, 1984-1986)
Jack Guss	....	story supervisor / story editor (23 episodes, 1980-1982)
Nancy Bond	....	story editor (15 episodes, 1985-1986)
Kay Bender	....	story editor (8 episodes, 1982)
Barbara Avedon	....	story editor (4 episodes, 1981)
Christopher Haun	....	story editor (4 episodes, 1981)
Robert Gary	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Frank Glicksman	....	in loving memory (1 episode, 1984)

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1979-1986) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (150 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

A court ruled that the series was not a spin-off from the television show "M*A*S*H" (1972); rather, that it was a spin-off from the film MASH (1970).

Quotes:

Doctor "Trapper John" McIntyre:Well, it's the money that counts, not the thought.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Being from Another Planet (#5.5)" (1992)

Bring back Trapper John!

I adore this show, coming from a M*A*S*H fan of many years. It's a great medical drama and really should have gotten more recognition. I watched a few re-runs with my dad a few years ago because I was interested and he watched it (my mother was a fan of M*A*S*H too but she never watched Trapper John) and I adored it from the beginning! Of course the main leading men are not that bad looking either. ;) Gregory Harrison and Pernell Roberts are some team!

Either way, this show is great and really should be brought back to re-runs so everyone can remember it. There is so much horrible shows (mainly reality TV..*cough* Jersey Shore) that they really should consider putting a good show on the air. And on DVD... that would be so much better. This show ran for 7 years, why is it not on DVD? It deserves it.