List of M*A*S*H writers

This is a list of writers for the television series M*A*S*H sorted by the amount of episodes written. Collaborations are marked with dashes. (-) Contributions and episode numbers are noted in parenthesis.

39 episodes

 * Larry Gelbart
 * "Pilot" (S01E01)
 * "Chief Surgeon Who?" (S01E04)
 * "Germ Warfare" (S01E11)
 * "Dear Dad" (S01E12)
 * "Dear Dad...Again" (S01E18) - with Sheldon Keller
 * "Sticky Wicket" (S01E21) (Teleplay - with Laurence Marks)
 * "Cease-Fire" (S01E23) (Teleplay - with Laurence Marks)
 * "Showtime" (S01E24) (Teleplay - with Robert Klane) / (Story)
 * "Divided We Stand" (S02E01)
 * "5 O'Clock Charlie" (S02E02) (Teleplay - with Laurence Marks and Keith Walker)
 * "Kim" (S02E06) - with Marc Mandel and Laurence Marks
 * "L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)" (S02E07) - with Carl Kleinschmitt and Laurence Marks
 * "Dear Dad... Three" (S02E09) - with Laurence Marks
 * "Carry On, Hawkeye" (S02E11) (Teleplay - with Bernard Dilbert and Laurence Marks)
 * "The Incubator" (S02E12) - with Laurence Marks
 * "Deal Me Out" (S02E13) - with Laurence Marks
 * "Henry in Love" (S02E16) - with Laurence Marks
 * "The Chosen People" (S02E19) (Teleplay - with Laurence Marks and Sheldon Keller)
 * "As You Were" (S02E20) (Teleplay - with Laurence Marks)
 * "Crisis" (S02E21) - with Laurence Marks
 * "Mail Call" (S02E23) - with Laurence Marks
 * "A Smattering of Intelligence" (S02E24) - with Laurence Marks
 * "Rainbow Bridge" (S03E02) - with Laurence Marks
 * "Iron Guts Kelly" (S03E04) - with Sid Dorfman
 * "O.R." (S03E05) - with Laurence Marks
 * "There is Nothing Like a Nurse" (S03E10)
 * "Bulletin Board" (S03E16) - with Simon Muntner
 * "The Consultant" (S03E17) (Story)
 * "Aid Station" (S03E19) - with Simon Muntner
 * "White Gold" (S03E23) - with Simon Muntner
 * "Welcome to Korea" (S04E01) - with Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell
 * "It Happened One Night" (S04E03) (Teleplay - with Simon Muntner)
 * "The Gun" (S04E13) - with Gene Reynolds
 * "The Price of Tomato Juice" (S04E15) - with Gene Reynolds
 * "Hawkeye" (S04E18) - with Simon Muntner
 * "Smilin' Jack" (S04E21) - with Simon Muntner
 * "The More I See You" (S04E22) - with Gene Reynolds
 * "Deluge" (S04E23) - with Simon Muntner
 * "The Interview" (S04E24)

28 episodes

 * Laurence Marks
 * "The Moose" (S01E05)
 * "Yankee Doodle Doctor" (S01E06)
 * "Henry, Please Come Home" (S01E09)
 * "Love Story" (S01E14)
 * "Sticky Wicket" (S01E21) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart)
 * "Cease-Fire" (S01E23) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart)
 * "5 O'Clock Charlie" (S02E02) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart and Keith Walker)
 * "Radar's Report" (S02E03) (Teleplay)
 * "Kim" (S02E06) - with Marc Mandel and Larry Gelbart
 * "L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)" (S02E07) - with Carl Kleinschmitt and Larry Gelbart
 * "Dear Dad... Three" (S02E09) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Carry On, Hawkeye" (S02E11) (Teleplay - with Bernard Dilbert and Larry Gelbart)
 * "The Incubator" (S02E12) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Deal Me Out" (S02E13) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Henry in Love" (S02E16) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "The Chosen People" (S02E19) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller)
 * "As You Were" (S02E20) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart)
 * "Crisis" (S02E21) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Mail Call" (S02E23) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "A Smattering of Intelligence" (S02E24) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Rainbow Bridge" (S03E02) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Officer of the Day" (S03E03)
 * "O.R." (S03E05) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Check-Up" (S03E07)
 * "Adam's Ribs" (S03E11)
 * "Big Mac" (S03E21)
 * "Change Day" (S06E08)
 * "Potter's Retirement" (S06E23)

24 episodes

 * Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum
 * "The General Flipped at Dawn" (S03E01)
 * "Life With Father" (S03E08)
 * "Alcoholics Unanimous" (S03E09)
 * "Bombed" (S03E15)
 * "House Arrest" (S03E18)
 * "Abyssinia, Henry" (S03E24)
 * "Welcome to Korea" (S04E01) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Change of Command" (S04E02)
 * "Dear Mildred" (S04E07)
 * "The Kids" (S04E08)
 * "Dear Peggy" (S04E10)
 * "Mail Call...Again" (S04E14)
 * "Dear Ma" (S04E16)
 * "Der Tag" (S04E17)
 * "Bug Out" (S05E01)
 * "Lt. Radar O'Reilly" (S05E04)
 * "The Colonel's Horse" (S05E11)
 * "38 Across" (S05E15)
 * "Margaret's Marriage" (S05E24)
 * "Fade Out, Fade In" (S06E01)
 * "Last Laugh" (S06E03)
 * "The Winchester Tapes" (S06E05)
 * "The Smell of Music" (S06E15)
 * "Mail Call Three" (S06E20)

19 episodes

 * Alan Alda
 * "The Long-John Flap" (S01E19)
 * "Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde" (S02E05) - with Robert Klane
 * "Dear Sigmund" (S05E07)
 * "Hepatitis" (S05E19)
 * "Fallen Idol" (S06E02)
 * "War of Nerves" (S06E04)
 * "In Love and War" (S06E07)
 * "Comrades in Arms: Part 1" (S06E12)
 * "Comrades in Arms: Part 2" (S06E13)
 * "Dear Sis" (S07E14)
 * "Inga" (S07E16)
 * "The Party" (S07E25) - with Burt Metcalfe
 * "Life Time" (S08E11) - with Walter D. Dishell, M.D.
 * "Lend a Hand" (S08E20)
 * "Dreams" (S08E22) (Teleplay) / (Story - with James Jay Rubinfier)
 * "The Life You Save" (S09E20) - with John Rappaport
 * "Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead" (S10E10)
 * "Hey, Look Me Over" (S011E01) - with Karen Hall
 * "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" (S11E16) - with Burt Metcalfe, John Rappaport, Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford, Elias Davis & David Pollock and Karen Hall

18 episodes

 * David Pollock & Elias Davis
 * "Cementing Relationships" (S09E03)
 * "Taking the Fifth" (S09E09)
 * "No Laughing Matter" (S09E13)
 * "The Red/White Blues" (S09E16)
 * "Blood Brothers" (S09E18)
 * "That's Show Biz" (S10E01)
 * "Rumor at the Top" (S10E03)
 * "'Twas the Day After Christmas" (S10E09)
 * "A Holy Mess" (S10E13)
 * "The Tooth Shall Set You Free" (S10E14)
 * "Pressure Points" (S10E15)
 * "Where There's a Will, There's a War" (S10E16)
 * "Sons and Bowlers" (S10E19)
 * "Foreign Affairs" (S11E03)
 * "Who Knew?" (S011E05)
 * "Run for the Money" (S11E09) (Teleplay) / (Story - with Mike Farrell)
 * "U.N., the Night and the Music" (S11E10)
 * "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" (S11E16) - with Alan Alda, Burt Metcalfe, John Rappaport, Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford and Karen Hall

17 episodes

 * Ken Levine & David Isaacs
 * "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (S05E03)
 * "The Most Unforgettable Characters" (S05E14)
 * "Post Op" (S05E23) (Teleplay)
 * "The M*A*S*H Olympics" (S06E10)
 * "The Merchant of Korea" (S06E14)
 * "Patent 4077" (S06E16)
 * "Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde" (S06E23) - with Ronny Graham
 * "Peace on Us" (S07E02)
 * "Our Finest Hour" (S07E04) - with Larry Balmagia & Ronny Graham and David Lawrence
 * "The Billfold Syndrome" (S07E05)
 * "None Like it Hot" (S07E06) - with Johnny Bonaduce
 * "They Call the Wind Korea" (S07E07)
 * "Point of View" (S07E10)
 * "A Night at Rosie's" (S07E23)
 * "Ain't Love Grand?" (S07E24)
 * "Good-Bye Radar: Part 1" (S08E04)
 * "Good-Bye Radar: Part 2" (S08E05)


 * Dennis Koenig
 * "Too Many Cooks" (S08E01)
 * "Private Finance" (S08E08)
 * "Stars and Stripes" (S08E14)
 * "Heal Thyself" (S08E17) (Teleplay) / (Story - with Gene Reynolds)
 * "Old Soldiers" (S08E18)
 * "Back Pay" (S08E24) - with Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox
 * "April Fools" (S08E25)
 * "Letters" (S09E02)
 * "Death Takes a Holiday" (S09E05) (Teleplay - with Mike Farrell and John Rappaport)
 * "Operation Friendship" (S09E10)
 * "Bottoms Up" (S09E15)
 * "The Foresight Saga" (S09E19)
 * "Give 'Em Hell, Hawkeye" (S10E04)
 * "Promotion Commotion" (S10E17)
 * "Trick or Treatment" (S11E02)
 * "The Joker is Wild" (S11E04) - with John Rappaport
 * "Give and Take" (S11E14)


 * Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox
 * "Are You Now, Margaret?" (S08E02)
 * "Nurse Doctor" (S08E07) (Teleplay - with Sy Rosen)
 * "Captains Outrageous" (S08E13)
 * "Bottle Fatigue" (S08E16)
 * "Goodbye, Cruel World" (S08E21)
 * "Back Pay" (S08E24) - with Dennis Koenig
 * "Death Takes a Holiday" (S09E05) (Story - with Burt Metcalfe)
 * "A War for All Seasons" (S09E06)
 * "Depressing News" (S09E12)
 * "Bless You, Hawkeye" (S09E17)
 * "Identity Crisis" (S10E02)
 * "Wheelers and Dealers" (S10E05)
 * "Heroes" (S10E18)
 * "Bombshells" (S11E06)
 * "Settling Debts" (S11E07)
 * "As Time Goes By" (S11E15)
 * "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" (S11E16) - with Alan Alda, Burt Metcalfe, John Rappaport, Elias Davis & David Pollock and Karen Hall

12 episodes

 * Gene Reynolds
 * "As You Were" (S02E20) (Story)
 * "It Happened One Night" (S04E03) (Story)
 * "The Gun" (S04E13) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "The Price of Tomato Juice" (S04E15) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "The More I See You" (S04E22) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan" (S05E06) (Story)
 * "Hawkeye Get Your Gun" (S05E10) (Story - with Jay Folb)
 * "Exorcism" (S05E12) (Story - with Jay Folb)
 * "Hanky Panky" (S05E18)
 * "Movie Tonight" (S05E21) - with Don Reo & Allan Katz and Jay Folb
 * "Post Op" (S05E23) (Story - with Jay Folb)
 * "Heal Thyself" (S08E17) (Story - with Dennis Koenig)

10 episodes

 * John Rappaport
 * "Period of Adjustment" (S08E06) - with Jim Mulligan
 * "Dear Uncle Abdul" (S08E12) - with Jim Mulligan
 * "Morale Victory" (S08E19)
 * "Death Takes a Holiday" (S09E05) (Teleplay - with Mike Farrell and Dennis Koenig)
 * "No Sweat" (S09E11)
 * "Oh, How We Danced" (S09E14)
 * "The Life You Save" (S09E20) - with Alan Alda
 * "The Joker is Wild" (S11E04) - with Dennis Koenig
 * "Say No More" (S11E12)
 * "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" (S11E16) - with Alan Alda, Burt Metcalfe, Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford, Elias Davis & David Pollock and Karen Hall

9 episodes

 * Karen Hall
 * "Father's Day" (S09E04)
 * "Communication Breakdown" (S10E06)
 * "The Birthday Girls" (S10E11)
 * "Picture This" (S10E20)
 * "That Darn Kid" (S10E21)
 * "Hey, Look Me Over" (S11E01) - with Alan Alda
 * "Strange Bedfellows" (S11E11)
 * "Friends and Enemies" (S11E13)
 * "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" (S11E16) - with Alan Alda, Burt Metcalfe, John Rappaport, Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford, Elias Davis & David Pollock

8 episodes

 * Burt Prelutsky
 * "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?" (S04E09)
 * "The Novocaine Mutiny" (S04E20)
 * "Hawk's Nightmare" (S05E13)
 * "The General's Practitioner" (S05E20)
 * "Souvenirs" (S05E22) (Teleplay) / (Story - with Reinhold Weege)
 * "The Light That Failed" (S06E06)
 * "Images" (S06E09)
 * "The Grim Reaper" (S06E11)


 * Larry Balmagia
 * "What's Up, Doc?" (S06E19)
 * "Temporary Duty" (S06E21)
 * "Our Finest Hour" (S07E04) - with Ken Levine & David Isaacs, Ronny Graham and David Lawrence
 * "Major Ego" (S07E08)
 * "B.J. Papa San" (S07E15)
 * "Hot Lips is Back in Town" (S07E19) (Teleplay - with Bernard Dilbert)
 * "C*A*V*E" (S07E20) - with Ronny Graham
 * "The Moon is Not Blue" (S11E08)

7 episodes

 * Simon Muntner
 * "Bulletin Board" (S03E16) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Aid Station" (S03E19) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "White Gold" (S03E23) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "It Happened One Night" (S04E03) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart)
 * "Hawkeye" (S04E18) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Smilin' Jack" (S04E21) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Deluge" (S04E23) - with Larry Gelbart


 * Ronny Graham
 * "Your Hit Parade" (S06E18)
 * "Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde" (S06E23) - with Ken Levine & David Isaacs
 * "Commander Pierce" (S07E01) (Teleplay) / (Story - with Don Segall)
 * "Our Finest Hour" (S07E04) - with Ken Levine & David Isaacs, Larry Balmagia and David Lawrence
 * "An Eye for a Tooth" (S07E13)
 * "C*A*V*E" (S07E20) - with Larry Balmagia
 * "Mr. and Mrs. Who?" (S08E09)

6 episodes

 * Robert Klane
 * "Requiem for a Lightweight" (S01E03)
 * "Cowboy" (S01E08)
 * "Cease-Fire" (S01E23) (Story)
 * "Showtime" (S01E24) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart)
 * "Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde" (S02E05) - with Alan Alda
 * "The Consultant" (S03E17) (Teleplay)

5 episodes

 * Sid Dorfman
 * "The Army-Navy Game" (S01E20) (Teleplay)
 * "Major Fred C. Dobbs" (S01E22)
 * "Iron Guts Kelly" (S03E04) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Private Charles Lamb" (S03E014)
 * "Ping Pong" (S05E16)


 * Linda Bloodworth
 * "Hot Lips and Empty Arms" (S02E14) - with Mary Kay Place
 * "Springtime" (S03E06) - with Mary Kay Place
 * "Mad Dogs and Servicemen" - with Mary Kay Place
 * "Soldier of the Month" (S04E13)
 * "The Nurses" (S05E05)


 * Gary Markowitz
 * "George" (S02E22) - with John W. Regier
 * "Payday" (S03E22) - with John W. Regier
 * "Some 38th Parallels" (S04E19) - with John W. Regier
 * "Margaret's Engagement" (S05E02)
 * "Hot Lips is Back in Town" (S07E19) (Story - with Bernard Dilbert)


 * Jay Folb
 * "Of Moose and Men" (S04E11)
 * "Hawkeye Get Your Gun" (S05E10) (Story - with Gene Reynolds)
 * "Exorcism" (S05E12) (Story - with Gene Reynolds)
 * "Movie Tonight" (S05E21) - with Gene Reynolds and Don Reo & Allan Katz
 * "Post Op" (S05E23) (Story - with Gene Reynolds)

4 episodes

 * Sheldon Keller
 * "Dear Dad...Again" (S01E18) - with Larry Gelbart
 * "Radar's Report" (S02E03) (Story)
 * "For Want of a Boot" (S02E17)
 * "The Chosen People" (S02E19) (Teleplay - with Laurence Marks and Larry Gelbart)


 * Mike Farrell
 * "The Yalu Brick Road" (S08E10)
 * "War Co-Respondent" (S08E23)
 * "Death Takes a Holiday" (S09E05) (Teleplay - with John Rappaport and Dennis Koenig)
 * "Run for the Money" (S11E09) (Story - with Elias Davis & David Pollock)

3 episodes

 * Mary Kay Place
 * "Hot Lips and Empty Arms" (S02E14) - with Linda Bloodworth
 * "Springtime" (S03E06) - with Linda Bloodworth
 * "Mad Dogs and Servicemen" - with Linda Bloodworth


 * Erik Tarloff
 * "Operation Noselift" (S02E18) (Teleplay) / (Story - with Paul Richards)
 * "The Price" (S07E17)
 * "Your Retention, Please" (S09E07)


 * John W. Regier
 * "George" (S02E22) - with George Markowitz
 * "Payday" (S03E22) - with George Markowitz
 * "Some 38th Parallels" (S04E19) - with George Markowitz


 * John D. Hess
 * "A Full Rich Day" (S03E12)
 * "The Bus" (S04E06)
 * "End Run" (S05E17)


 * Tom Reeder
 * "Dear Comrade" (S07E11)
 * "Out of Gas" (S07E12)
 * "Preventative Medicine" (S07E22)


 * Burt Metcalfe
 * "The Party" (S07E25) - with Alan Alda
 * "Death Takes a Holiday" (S09E05) (Story - with Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox)
 * "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" (S11E16) - with Alan Alda, John Rappaport, Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford, Elias Davis & David Pollock and Karen Hall


 * Jim Mulligan
 * "Period of Adjustment" (S08E06) - with John Rappaport
 * "Dear Uncle Abdul" (S08E12) - with John Rappaport
 * "Yessir, That's Our Baby" (S08E15)

2 episodes

 * Burt Styler
 * "To Market, to Market" (S01E02)
 * "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts" (S01E07)


 * Hal Dresner
 * "I Hate A Mystery" (S01E10)
 * "Edwina" (S01E13)


 * Jerry Mayer
 * "The Ringbanger" (S01E16)
 * "For the Good of the Outfit" (S02E04)


 * Carl Kleinschmitt
 * "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" (S01E17)
 * "L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)" (S02E07) - with Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks / (Story)


 * McLean Stevenson
 * "The Army-Navy Game" (S01E20) (Story)
 * "The Trial of Henry Blake" (S02E08)


 * Bernard Dilbert
 * "Carry On, Hawkeye" (S02E11) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks / (Story)
 * "Hot Lips is Back in Town" (S07E19) (Teleplay - with Larry Balmagia) / (Story - with Gary Markowitz)


 * Allan Katz & Don Reo
 * "The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan" (S05E06) (Teleplay)
 * "Movie Tonight" (S05E21) - with Gene Reynolds and Jay Folb


 * Bill Idelson
 * "The Korean Surgeon" (S05E09)
 * "Tea and Empathy" (S06E17)


 * Sheldon Bull
 * "Lil" (S07E03)
 * "The Best of Enemies" (S09E01)


 * Mitch Markowitz
 * "The Young and the Restless" (S07E18)
 * "Rally Round the Flagg, Boys" (S07E21)


 * Paul Perlove
 * "Snap Judgment" (S10E07)
 * "Snappier Judgment" (S10E08)

1 episode

 * Bruce Shelly & David Ketchum - "Tuttle" (S01E15)
 * Richard Baer - "Sticky Wicket" (S01E21) (Story)
 * Keith Walker - "5 O'Clock Charlie" (S02E02) (Teleplay - with Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks) / (Story)
 * Marc Mandel - "Kim" (S02E06) - with Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks
 * Richard M. Powell - "The Sniper" (S02E10)
 * Ed Jurist - "Officers Only" (S02E15)
 * Paul Richards - "Operation Noselift" (S02E18) (Story - with Erik Tarloff)
 * Gerry Renert & Jeff Wilhelm - "The Chosen People" (S02E19) (Story)
 * Arthur Julian - "Love and Marriage" (S03E20)
 * Glen Charles & Les Charles - "The Late Captain Pierce" (S04E04)
 * Rick Mittleman - "Hey, Doc" (S04E05)
 * Richard Cogan - "Mulcahy's War" (S05E09)
 * Reinhold Weege - "Souvenirs" (S05E22) (Story - with Burt Prelutsky)
 * Allyn Freeman - "Major Topper" (S06E24)
 * Don Segall - "Commander Pierce" (S07E01) (Story - with Ronny Graham)
 * David Lawrence - "Our Finest Hour" (S07E04) - with Ken Levine & David Isaacs, Larry Balmagia and Ronny Graham
 * Johnny Bonaduce - "None Like it Hot" (S07E06) - with Ken Levine & David Isaacs
 * Gary David Goldberg - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (S07E09)
 * Bob Colleary - "Guerilla My Dreams" (S08E03)
 * Sy Rosen - "Nurse Doctor" (S08E07) (Teleplay - with Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox) / (Story)
 * Walter D. Dishell, M.D. - "Life Time" (S08E11) - with Alan Alda
 * James Jay Rubinfier - "Dreams" (S08E22) (Story - with Alan Alda)
 * Hank Bradford - "Tell It to the Marines" (S09E08)
 * Lee H. Grant - "Blood and Guts" (S10E12)