Why did Radar O'Reilly leave MASH?

Radar didn't leave M*A*S*H. He was a character. The character was referred to in many episodes after the actor who played him, Gary Burghoff left the series. read more

Radar didn’t leave M*A*S*H. He was a character. The character was referred to in many episodes after the actor who played him, Gary Burghoff left the series. He also appeared in the short lived AfterM*A*S*H in a couple of episodes, and also filmed a pilot called W*A*L*T*E*R (Radar’s actual first name) that was not picked up for a series. read more

Gary Rich Burghoff is an American actor, known for playing Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in the film MASH, as well as the TV series. read more

"Good-Bye, Radar" is a two-part episode of the television series M*A*S*H that served as the fourth and fifth episodes of the show's eighth season and the 177th and 178th episodes of the series. read more