Charles Siebert, ‘Trapper John, M.D.’ actor, dead at 84
nypost.comtold The Hollywood Reporter that Siebert died on May 1 at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center from COVID-related pneumonia.The accomplished stage-trained actor appeared in all 151 episodes of the “M*A*S*H” spinoff, which aired from 1979 to 1986.
He also acted in the 1970s movies “The Other Side of Midnight,” “Blue Sunshine,” “Coma” and “And Justice for All.”In the 1980s, he appeared in “All Night Long,” “White Water Summer” and “Eight Men Out.”Siebert studied acting at Marquette University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
He then became a charter member of San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater in 1965. “Charlie was never one to over-compliment, or gush, or flatter,” Craig A.
Miller, former artistic director of the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, wrote in a tribute to the actor. “He was serious about his craft; he worked hard, and he expected everyone around him to do the same.
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