Eugene Barton "Gene" Evans (July 11, 1922 – April 1, 1998) made a guest appearance on M*A*S*H as Clayton Kibbee, a war correspondent who uses fiction to enliven his war stories, in the Season 9 episode titled "Blood and Guts". Evans built a solid career on stage and in films before venturing into TV in the early 1950's, where he appeared largely in roles in westerns and war films, as both villans and heroes.