Burt Metcalfe

Burt Metcalfe (March 19, 1935 – July 27, 2022) was a Canadian-American producer, director, actor, and writer. He was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was known for his screenwriting for M*A*S*H, the television series. Metcalfe was nominated 13 times for Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on the series M*A*S*H from 1975 through 1983.[1] An actor, he starred as Lord Byron in Gidget (1959). He also played in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

Metcalfe died on July 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 87.[2]

Partial filmography
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) – Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)
  • The Space Children (1958) – Guard (uncredited)
  • Gidget (1959) – Lord Byron
  • Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) – Lt. Bond (uncredited)
  • The Twilight Zone (1960) – Don Martin (season 1 episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street")
  • The Canadians (1961) – Constable Springer
  • Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – Agent Maxwell (uncredited)

References
  1. "("Burt Metcalfe" search results)". Emmys. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. Burt Metcalfe, Producer on Every Season of ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 87


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