Howard T. Platt(born June 5, 1938) made a guest appearance on M*A*S*H as Major Ted Spector, an Army HQ representative who gives Hawkeye and B.J. nothing but red tape and the runaround when they try to find a way to find an adoptive home for an Amerasian baby who was left at the 4077th in the Season 8 episode titled "Yessir, That's Our Baby". He is best know to TV sitcom viewers for his role as Officer "Hoppy" Hopkins in the hit NBC-TV comedy series Sanford and Son from 1973-1977. Howard, a multitalented stage and television actor, singer and director, a veteran of nearly four decades in show business, has appeared in at least 100 plays assuming the roles of everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Santa Claus to Frank McCourt and brother, Malachy.