McHale's Navy (TV show) necrology


actors appearing in all 138 episodes

character

lifespan

age at death

cause of death

Ernest Borgnine

Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale

January 24, 1917 -

July 8, 2012

95

renal failure

Tim Conway

Ensign Charles Parker

December 15, 1933 -

May 14, 2019

85

hydrocephalus

Joe Flynn

Captain Wallace B. Binghamton

November 8, 1924 -

July 19, 1974

49

heart attack while swimming and drowned

Carl Ballantine

torpedoman Lester Gruber

September 27, 1917 – November 3, 2009

92

natural causes

Gary Vinson

quartermaster George “Christy” Christopher

October 22, 1936 –

October 15, 1984

47

suicide

Billy Sands

motor machinist mate Harrison "Tinker" Bell

January 6, 1911 –

August 27, 1984

73

lung cancer

Edson Stroll

gunner's mate Virgil Edwards

January 6, 1929 –

July 18, 2011

82

cancer

Bobby Wright*

radioman Willie Moss

March 30, 1942










Yoshio Yoda

prisoner of war Fuji Kobiaji

March 31, 1934 –

January 13, 2023

88

natural causes

appearing in 129 episodes













Bob Hastings

Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter

April 18, 1925 –

June 30, 2014

89

prostate cancer

appearing in 73 episodes













Gavin MacLeod

seaman Joseph "Happy" Hanes

February 28, 1931 –

May 29, 2021

90

natural causes
* as of late August 2025, Bobby Wright is the last surviving member of the regularly appearing cast.
 


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