William Christopher

William Christopher

William Christopher was an American actor and comedian. He was 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 M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1983.

About William Christopher in brief

Summary William ChristopherWilliam Christopher was an American actor and comedian. He was 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 M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1983 and its spinoff AfterMASH from 1983 to 1985. Christopher died at his home in Pasadena, California on December 31, exactly 1 year after the death of former M* a*H star Wayne Rogers.

He had been diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma about 18 months earlier, according to his New York-based agent Robert Malcolm. He is survived by his wife Barbara and two sons, John and Ned, who have autism. He also had a daughter, Amy, and a son-in-law, Peter, who are both actors. Christopher was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.