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
falling-in-love musical mind
Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.
guitar sound would-be
With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.
mind use harlem
You can never tell what's in a woman's mind, And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin
thinking america sprung
I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.
rivers tennessee boat
I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.
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.
sound revival sinner
The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day.
ears talent bigs
My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.
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.
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.
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.
life
Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.