Burt Metcalfe

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