William Christopher
William Christopher
William Christopheris an American actor known for playing Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy, better known as Father Mulcahy, on the television series M*A*S*H, and Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 October 1932
CityEvanston, IL
CountryUnited States of America
grade life people performed profession since third watched wondered
I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first grade. I watched a play being performed by the third grade class, and it was... magic.
hope
It would be fun to do a reunion show. I hope we do it some day, but it better be soon. We're all getting on.
life
Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.
add american-musician business harsh partner words
To add to my woes, my partner withdrew from the business. He disagreed with some of my business methods, but no harsh words were involved.
inspirational life positive
Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
eye names house
The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household.
ears talent bigs
My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.
home wind snakes
Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills, my home town, Florence.
sound revival sinner
The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day.
sadness guitar knives
A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out of his shoes. His face had on it some of the sadness of the ages. As he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable.
running water missing
You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.
dream song stories
If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream and build on our fond melodies in his tomorrow, I have not labored in vain.
jobs men long-ago
In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be asked if he could sing. If he could he got the job. The singing of these working men set the rhythm for the work.
art men appreciate
You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.