Eligious hospital, where the show took place, was staffed with a slew of now familiar faces, from actor Ed Begley Jr., to comedian Howie Mandel, 'NCIS' star Mark Harmon and David Morse of 'The Green Mile' and more. 'We couldn't even save ourselves, let alone patients.' The 'first hospital show, even the stars of our show had a tendency to die off and get killed,' said comedian Howie Mandel, who played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the critically acclaimed but ratings-challenged show.
'More people died there than at any hospital, I think, in the history of television,' joked Ed Begley Jr., who played Dr. Elsewhere.' Thirty years ago, the show was the first medical drama of its kind, and devoted fans followed the lives and loves inside the dingy South Boston teaching hospital for six seasons.
Long before shows like ' Grey's Anatomy' 'House' and 'ER,' there was 'St.
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