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American actor (born )

Gary Burghoff
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Born	Gary Rich Burghoff[1] () May 24, (age&#;81)[2] Bristol, Connecticut, U.S.
Education	Delavan High School, Delavan, Wisconsin
Occupation	Actor
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Spouses	Janet Gayle &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Elisabeth Bostrom &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;
Children	3[3]

Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, ) is an American actor who is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the Off-BroadwaymusicalYou're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character CorporalWalter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in the film M*A*S*H, as well as the TV series.

He was a regular on television game show Match Game from to for episodes, standing in for Charles Nelson Reilly, who was in New York doing a Broadway play, and continued to make recurring appearances afterwards.

Early life

Burghoff was born in Bristol, Connecticut, moved to Clinton, Connecticut, and then later moved to Delavan, Wisconsin.^[4]

He studied tap dance and became a drummer, despite being born with brachydactyly caused by Poland syndrome, which made three fingers on his left hand significantly smaller than those on his right hand.

He gained early experience acting with the Belfry Players of Williams Bay, Wisconsin.^[5] He received his acting training at HB Studio^[6] in New York City.

Career

In , Burghoff portrayed Charlie Brown in the original off-Broadway production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

He was the drummer for a band called The Relatives in Lynda Carter, later a well-known actress, was the band's singer.

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The group opened at the Sahara Hotel and Casino lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada, and played there for three months. He and Carter remained friends, and much later they appeared together in an episode of her hit series The New Adventures of Wonder Woman in the episode "The Man Who Wouldn't Tell".

M*A*S*H

Burghoff made his feature film debut in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H ().

Although several actors from the original film made guest appearances in the television series M*A*S*H, Burghoff was the only actor to continue as a regular, in the role of Radar O'Reilly. Although he played the same character in the series as in the film, Burghoff has cited differences in the portrayal:

In the original feature film M*A*S*H, I created Radar as a lone, darker and somewhat sardonic character; kind of a shadowy figure.

I continued these qualities for a short time until I realized that the TV M*A*S*H characters were developing in a different direction from the film characters. It became a group of sophisticated, highly educated doctors (and one head nurse) who would rather be anywhere else and who understood the nature of the "hellhole" they were stuck in.

With [Larry] Gelbart's help, I began to mold Radar into a more innocent, naïve character as contrast to the other characters, so that while the others might deplore the immorality and shame of war (from an intellectual and judgmental viewpoint), Radar could just REACT from a position of total innocence.^[7]

Burghoff was nominated for six Emmy Awards for M*A*S*H in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and, of those nominations, he won an Emmy in Burghoff's co-star Alan Alda accepted the award on his behalf.

Burghoff left M*A*S*H in after the seventh season because of burnout and a desire to spend more time with his family, though he returned the following season to film a special two-part farewell episode, "Goodbye Radar". He explained, "Family, to me, became the most important thing. I was not available as a father because of my work.

That doesn't stop when the work stops. Whenever you go out as a family, you're always torn from family to deal with public recognition."^[8] "Goodbye Radar" was supposed to be the final episode of season 7, but at the behest of CBS, it was extended into a double-episode for the November sweeps the next season.

Fellow cast member Mike Farrell tried to persuade Burghoff to stay on the show, citing the lackluster careers of former M*A*S*H regulars Larry Linville and McLean Stevenson after their departures.

Farrell later said, "Gary Burghoff may well have been the best actor in the company, it's always seemed to me. His focus, his ability to find those little gems of behavior that made everything absolutely true were a marvel to behold."^[9]

Later career

Burghoff appeared regularly on TV, making appearances on such game shows as Match Game, Tattletales, Liar's Club, Hollywood Squares, and Showoffs.

He also appeared in the film B.S.

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I Love You, as well as one episode each of The Love Boat and Ellery Queen. His M*A*S*H character, Radar O'Reilly, appeared on two episodes in the first season of AfterMASH. It was then spun off into W*A*L*T*E*R, which aired only once in the Eastern and Central time zones.

In the s, Burghoff was the TV spokesman for BP gasoline and IBM computers.

In , Burghoff was a spokesman for dot-com era auction aggregation site ^[10]

Burghoff is a self-taught amateur wildlife painter who also is qualified to handle injured wildlife in California.^[11]

He worked as a professional jazz drummer, heading the trio The We Three. In the M*A*S*H episode "Showtime", Radar is seen playing a solo on the drums; he was actually performing, and the music was not overdubbed.^[12] He can also be seen playing drums in the M*A*S*H episode "Bulletin Board" in the picnic scene and the episode "Dear DadAgain" in the no-talent show scene.^[13]

Burghoff is the inventor (U.S.

patent 5,,, U.S. patent 5,,) of "Chum Magic", a fishing tackle invention that attracts fish toward the user's boat.^[14][15] Other Burghoff inventions include a toilet seat lifting handle (U.S.

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patent D) and a new type of fishing pole.^[16]

Burghoff is a philatelist.^[17] He was asked in to help select a postal stamp for United States hunters.^[11]

Burghoff came out of retirement in to star in the film Daniel's Lot.^[18]

Personal life

Burghoff was married to Janet Gayle from to They have one daughter.

In , he married Elisabeth Bostrom. The couple have two sons; they divorced in

Works

• Burghoff, G (). To M*A*S*H and Back: My Life in Poems and Songs. Albany: BearManor Media. ISBN&#;.

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	NET Playhouse	Boy	Episode: "An Evening Journey to Conway Massachusetts"
	The Good Guys	Mike Butterworth	Episode: "Take a Computer to Lunch"
	The Name of the Game	Watson	Episode: "Man of the People"
–79	M*A*S*H	Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly	episodes (seasons )
	Love, American Style	Sydney Melvin Wimple / Wilbur Wright	Episodes: "Love and the Crisis Line", "Love and the Plane Fantasy"
–75	Insight	Milo / Mombo	Episodes: "Five Without Faces", "The Incredible Man"
–81	Match Game	Self	Episodes: , , , , , ( episodes, ). Recurring appearances afterwards from to
	Ellery Queen	Gerald Hacker	Episode: "The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger"
	The Love Boat	Donald M. Flanders	Episode: "The Captain's Captain/Romance Roulette/Hounded (A Dog's Life)"
	America 2-Night	Himself	Episode: "Help Every Little Person"
	Fantasy Island	Richard C. Delaney	Episode: "Superstar/Salem"
	The New Adventures of Wonder Woman	Alan	Episode: "The Man Who Wouldn't Tell"
	$weepstake$	Roscoe Fuller	Episode: "Roscoe, Elizabeth, and the M.C."
	Fantasy Island	Gordon Hughes	Episode: "The Love Doctor/Pleasure Palace/Possessed"
	The Love Boat	Eddie Martin	Episode: "Maid for Each Other/Lost and Found/Then There Were Two"
	Tales of the Unexpected	Harry Flock	Episode: "The Best Policy"
	AfterMASH	Walter "Radar" O'Reilly	Episodes: "Yours Truly, Max Klinger", "It Had to Be You"
	W*A*L*T*E*R		Unsold pilot
	Carnival of the Animals	himself/host	TV special featuring music of Camille Saint-Saëns
	Burke's Law	Patrick Noyes	Episode: "Who Killed the Hollywood Headshrinker?"

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