The Love Boat
1977
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Jan 8, 2024 · Linville decided to leave MASH after five seasons, having grown bored with playing such a weasley character. He also felt the show's swing towards more dramatic material made the cartoonish antagonism of Burns a bad fit.
Jul 15, 2020 · Frank’s unnatural storyline is because Larry Linville’s five-year contract was up. Although he was offered a 2-year extension, he turned it down. Allegedly, he felt like he took Frank Burns as far as he could go, and there was not much more character to develop.
Feb 9, 2024 · Week after week, actor Larry Linville — who was described to The Hollywood Reporter by co-star Gary Burghoff as "the direct opposite of his character" — made Frank a perverse combination of...
Sep 15, 2022 · The ensemble cast – Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville and Gary Burghoff – was mostly unfamiliar to TV viewers. Among them, only Stevenson had a...
Feb 28, 2018 · They felt there must be some reason for it and why only Larry could have conceived of it. Wayne and Alan shot it with the wrong word. Larry saw the dailies and said, “It’s a typo.”
Mar 6, 2023 · Since he left rather prematurely, there were rumors and speculations about why. But the real reason behind his departure is a bit more complicated. After years of avoiding the subject, Gary Bergoff finally revealed his reasons why he left the show. He left because he was exhausted and burned out.
Oct 6, 2005 · (CNN) -- Alan Alda is doing this celebrity memoir thing all wrong. For example, on Page 74 of his new book, "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (And Other Things I've Learned)" (Random House), he...
This contrasted with the more competent yet rebellious doctors played by Alan Alda and Wayne Rogers (and later, Mike Farrell).
Apr 11, 2000 · Larry Linville, best known for his portrayal of the sniveling Maj. Frank Burns on the CBS TV show “M*A*S*H,” died Monday in New York at age 60. Linville suffered from cancer and had a lung...
Apr 11, 2000 · An actor who'd trained at the Royal Academy in London, Linville had been living in New York. Along with Farr, Linville co-starred with Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers and Loretta Switt in the show.
