Timothy Brown, NFL star and 'M*A*S*H' actor, dead at 82

[Archae]

Source: WISN, ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, WI

Fans of professional football and "M*A*S*H" are sharing a loss.

Timothy Brown, a former NFL star and actor on the comedy/drama "M*A*S*H," died April 4 in Southern California. He was 82.

Read more: https://www.wisn.com/article/timothy-brown-nfl-star-and-mash-actor-dead-at-82/32115943

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"Spearchucker" has died.

[dweller]

1. 🙁

sad


✌🏼

[turbinetree]

2. Mash 1970, Football.............................still my favorite movie of all time..............

[cstanleytech]

3. I always felt that they made a slight mistake by dropping his and John Orchards characters

rather than letting them grow.

[hlthe2b]

4. He was great in the first few episodes, then poof he was gone from the series.

Never quite understood why. RIP, sir.

[jmowreader]

6. There were a couple of reasons

The second-biggest one was financial: in the first season, they didn't have as much money as they needed. Getting rid of the minor Swampman was a quick way to save some cash.

Probably the real reason they got rid of him was they'd run out of acceptable jokes involving an African-American actor, especially one whose nickname was Spearchucker. Regardless of how they got around that (the story line is that he threw the javelin in college), it's a well-known racial slur.

[jmowreader]

5. He was one of a few actors to appear in both the MASH movie and TV show

In the movie he played Corporal Judson, the base's communications man. During the Last Supper sequence, he sang "Suicide is Painless" to Captain Waldowski.

In the TV show, he played Spearchucker Jones for a few episodes, until the producers needed to cut the budget and decided they had run out of acceptable jokes involving him.

Strangely enough, the series never shows him playing football - which is the whole reason they brought the character into the movie in the first place.

[NurseJackie]

7. That nickname always made me uncomfortable...

... I guess they were writing to reflect what was acceptable at the time.

[oldsoftie]

8. Wow I had NO idea he was that old!! But it HAS been many years. nt

[Cirque du So-What]

9. I was 15 when that movie was made

Now I'm retirement age.

[keithbvadu2]

10. I watch the reruns and Alan Alda is still in his 20s/30s.

I watch the reruns and Alan Alda is still in his 20s/30s.

How did we age?

[Cirque du So-What]

11. Beats me

In my mind, I'm still a young whippersnapper.

[Igel]

14. Years ago I listened to my mother when she watched the news.

She'd be surprised that so-and-so had died. Seemed like everybody in films and that she had listened to as a teenager were wrapping up their lives.

Wondered what that was like, and how it was that all those old people mattered to her. She was in her 50s, and it continued for a decade or more.

I get it now.

[oldsoftie]

20. Yes!!!

[RDANGELO]

12. He was an excellent running back.

Mostly forgotten because he played before the Super Bowl era.

[aggiesal]

13. We was on the Baltimore Colts Super Bowl III winning team ...

So he has a Superbowl Title & Ring.

He held 3 Super Bowl records at the time
for his Punt Returns.

[Igel]

15. Didn't know he played for the Colts.

(To say "Baltimore" in front of that name is to remind older Baltimoreans of the great betrayal.)

[aggiesal]

16. I'm from Indiana and I cheer for the Bears ...

I will not root for the Colts.

Irsay moving in the middle of the night, was a huge betrayal to the Baltimore Colts fans.
And I liked the Baltimore Colts.

[RDANGELO]

18. I didn't know that.

I just remember him as a running back for eagles.

[RhodeIslandOne]

19. They definitely did not win that Super Bowl

It's pretty much the most famous Super Bowl.




That was his last game.

[aggiesal]

21. You're right ...

The article said he won the Super bowl in 68
I didn’t check who actually won.
My bad.