Ugly John
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Captain "Ugly" John Black was a character in the M*A*S*H novel, movie, and television series. He was portrayed by Carl Gottlieb in the movie, and John Orchard in the TV series.
The character on the television show was an anaesthesiologist from Australia. It was unclear whether he was a naturalized American citizen and US Army officer, or he was an Australian military officer serving with the 4077th. In the book, he was an American who had "trained in the States with McIntyre". In the film he is an American (as he can be seen wearing the insignia of a US Army Captain), but his background is not discussed.
In the TV series, Ugly John was only present in the first season. He began as a significant supporting member of the cast, often engaged in poker games with Hawkeye and Trapper, but by the end of the season he was rarely seen and little more than a minor character seen only in the background played by an extra.
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When, in the film, the electricity returns to the operating room after an outage, he remarks: "Syngman Ree paid the light bill."
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