Got replaced by director Mike Nichols who felt he was too young to play Colonel Cathcart.

Turned down the role of "General Cathcart" in director Mike Nichols' film version of Joseph Heller's great novel, saying he'd played pretty the same role in "Dr. Strangelove."

The singer songwriter was cast in a role that eventually got written out of the movie.

The great director failed to secure the film rights to Joseph Heller's landmark and scathing anti-war novel.