Frank Burns

Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Delano Marion "Frank" Burns (also known as "Ferret Face") is a fictional character in the M*A*S*H film and television series. Burns first appeared in the original M*A*S*H novel by Richard Hooker, where he had the rank of captain. The character was then portrayed in the film by Robert Duvall (as a major), and in the subsequent television series by Larry Linville as first a major who is then promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel after his departure from the series. The character is only slightly different in all versions; the original Burns was a borderline incompetent and egotistical doctor who blamed others for his own shortcomings (a trait also shared by both his film and television portrayals). In the...