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Duke Forrest
Captain Augustus Bedford Duke Forrest was a surgeon assigned to the 4077th M*A*S*H* who arrived with Hawkeye Pierce in both the original novel M*A*S*H* - A Novel About Three Army Doctors in 1968 which was written by Richard Hooker (actual name H. Richard Hornberger) and the 1970 Academy Award-winning film which was directed by Robert Altman.

Duke Forret

Character description
Duke, who hails from Georgia, was, in the book, given the physical description of a young surgeon of around age 29, under 6 feet tall, red hair, blue eyes, married with two daughters. In the film, Duke was played by actor Tom Skerritt, later of CBS-TV's Picket Fences TV show fame, who is dark haired and 37, at the time, and stands at 6'1". unlike the novel description of Duke. A surgeon from a small southern town, Forrest City, Georgia, Duke, who shared a jeep with Hawkeye Pierce (Donald Sutherland) upon his arrival at the 4077th, later shares a tent with Major Frank Burns, Capt. Pierce, and Trapper John McIntyre. Upon the arrival of Captain Oliver Harmon "Spearchucker" Jones (played by Fred Williamson in the film), there is initially some friction between he and the new black surgeon, until Hawkeye and Trapper rebukes him and then when Duke later discover his prowess as a surgeon and that he is also a pro football player who has recently been offered a contract by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, after having started his pro career with the San Francisco 49ers. After getting rebuked by both Trapper and Hawkeye, and a few drinks together, the friction is eased as the camp prepares for a intercamp football game with a Marine EVAC unit in the area. However, despite his prominent role in the movie, the Duke Forrest character did not survive into the television series. [1] Tom Skerritt had reportedly turned down the offer from 20th Century Fox to reprise his role as Duke on the M*A*S*H TV series because he did not think that a half-hour television adaptation of the film would be successful.
Job/Role in unit: Home Hair Color: Eye Color: Height: Rank Tom Skerritt as Duke Forrest in 1970 MASH film

M*A*S*H character
Vital information Captain (O-3), U.S. Army Reserve Camp Surgeon at the 4077th Forrest City, Georgia, U.S. Black Green 6'1" 180 lbs.

References
1. http://omeka.rlnunez.com/items/show/4 Capt. Augustus "Duke" Forrest at Omeka RLNunez website

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Family/Personal Information Born: Birthplace: Nationality/Race: Spouse: ???? Georgia, U.S. American/Caucasian Name not mentioned

Relatives/Children: Not Mentioned Appearances First appeared in: N/A Last appeared in: Series/Film appeared in: Played by: N/A MASH (film) Tom Skerritt

Personnel of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

Commissioned Officers Lt. Col. Henry Blake | Major Frank Burns | Augustus Bedford "Duke" Forrest | Major Sidney Freedman | B.J. Hunnicutt | Oliver "Spearchucker" Jones | Captain "Trapper John" McIntyre | Father Francis Mulcahy | Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce | Colonel Sherman T. Potter | Walter "Painless Pole" Waldowski | Charles Emerson Winchester III | Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan | Nurse Margie Cutler | Nurse Ginger Bayliss | Nurse Kellye Yamoto | Nurse Peggy Bigelow | Lieutenant Maria "Dish" Schneider Enlisted Sgt. Maxwell Q. Klinger | Corporal "Radar" OReilly | Sergeant Zelmo Zale | Pvt. Igor Straminsky | Sergeant Luther Rizzo | Sergeant Major Vollmer | Corporal Judson | Private Lorenzo Boone
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27/03/2014