Spearchucker Jones

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M*A*S*H character
Timothy Brown as "Spearchucker" Jones.
Spearchucker Jones
Rank	Captain
Gender	Male
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Home city	Unknown
MASH (film)>Film portrayer	Fred Williamson
M*A*S*H (TV series)>Television portrayer	Timothy Brown
First appearance	M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

Captain Oliver Harmon "Spearchucker" Jones was a surgeon in the movie and television series M*A*S*H. He was portrayed by Fred Williamson in the movie and by Timothy Brown (who had played the corpsman CPL Judson in the film) in the television series. Spearchucker was shown during several episodes during the first season of the series.

Dr. "Spearchucker" Jones was one of the original Swampmen, along with Trapper, Hawkeye, and Frank Burns. The TV show producers decided to drop the character after the first few episodes deciding they wouldn't be able to write enough meaningful episodes for Spearchucker if they were concentrating on Hawkeye and Trapper, and because they were made aware that in reality, the United States Army had no African-American surgeons in the Korean Conflict^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}; see Chuck Cunningham syndrome.

"Spearchucker" Jones was also a character from both the novel M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker and Robert Altman's movie. In each, the Spearchucker character, who was a stand-out collegiate athlete ("Spearchucker," ordinarily a racial slur, referred in this case to his javelin-throwing prowess) as well as a surgeon, is transferred to the 4077 to help them win a football game against a rival outfit.

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• [List and description of the M*A*S*H supporting character cast]

M*A*S*H

Film: MASH TV series: M*A*S*H | Trapper John, M.D. | AfterM*A*S*H | W*A*L*T*E*R Characters: Hawkeye Pierce | Trapper John McIntyre | Duke Forrest | B.J. Hunnicutt | Henry Blake | Sherman T. Potter | Frank Burns | Margaret Houlihan | Charles Winchester | Radar O'Reilly | Father Mulcahy | Maxwell Klinger | Igor Straminsky | Sidney Freedman | Col. Flagg | Spearchucker Jones | Ugly John | Walter Koskiusko Waldowski | Ho-Jon | Lieutenant Dish | Donald Penobscot Episodes: Season 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Books: | M*A*S*H Goes to Maine | M*A*S*H Goes to Paris | M*A*S*H Goes to New Orleans | M*A*S*H Goes to London | M*A*S*H Goes to Vienna | M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco | M*A*S*H Goes to Morocco | M*A*S*H Goes to Miami | M*A*S*H Goes to Las Vegas | M*A*S*H Goes to Hollywood | M*A*S*H Mania | M*A*S*H Goes to Texas | M*A*S*H Goes to Moscow | M*A*S*H Goes to Montreal Related material: Continuity errors and anachronisms | Guest stars

 

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