Season 7 • Episode 19
LatestTrapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.
Acting
Pernell Roberts' gravitas—dude carried Bonanza AND this.
Writing
Case-of-the-week with actual character arcs, revolutionary for 1979.
Pernell Roberts
"Trapper" John McIntyre
Gregory Harrison
George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates
Madge Sinclair
Ernestine Shoop, R. N.
Charles Siebert
Stanley Riverside III
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Justin "Jackpot" Jackson
Timothy Busfield
J.T. McIntyre Jr.
Lorna Luft
Libby Kegler
Kip Gilman
Jacob Christmas
Janis Paige
Catherine Hackett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pernell Roberts quit Bonanza after 202 episodes because he hated the lack of social commentary—then spent seven years doing medical melodrama. The irony is not lost.
This show exists in a weird limbo: same character as MASH, but legally distinct due to rights battles between 20th Century Fox and CBS. Trapper John, Schrödinger's spin-off.
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