William Christopher (October 20, 1932 – December 31, 2016) was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1965 to 1968 and Father Mulcahy on the television series MASH from 1972 to 1983 and its spinoff After MASH from 1983 to 1985. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Christopher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Team Knight Rider — Professor Roykirk
• 1994Heaven Sent — Priest
• Diagnosis: Murder — Art Amador / Martin Beckman
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Andrus
• Mad About You — Chaplain Olson
• The New WKRP in Cincinnati
• Snoops — Harvey Allen
• 1987The Little Troll Prince — Bjørn (voice)
• Murder, She Wrote — Burton Hollis
• AfterMASH — Father Mulcahy
• 1980For the Love of It — Barton
• The Love Boat — Carl Mitchell, Elliot Weatherly, Hal Wiliston
• 1975Hearts of the West — Bank Teller
• Good Times — The Doctor
• M*A*S*H — Father Mulcahy
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Columbo — Male Scientist
• Nichols — Niles
• 1968The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell — Pvt. Jake Schultz
• 1968The Shakiest Gun in the West — Hotel Manager (uncredited)
• 1968With Six You Get Eggroll — Zip (Cloud)
• 1967The Perils of Pauline — Doctor
• That Girl
• 1966The Fortune Cookie — Interne (as Bill Christopher)
• Hogan's Heroes — Lieutenant Donner, German Private, Foster, Thomas
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Lester Hummel, Lester Hummel (uncredited), Pvt. Lester Hummel
• The Patty Duke Show
• The Andy Griffith Show — Mr. Heathcote, Dr. Thomas Peterson

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2024M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television — Self
• 2002M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion — Himself
• 1991Memories of M*A*S*H — Self / Father Mulcahy
• 1981Making 'M*A*S*H' — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self