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He was finally hired as a series regular on M*A*S*H beginning with season 4 in 1975. [22] [13] [16] Cast of M*A*S*H (1977) Like Farr, the character of Klinger was a Lebanese-American from Toledo, which gave Farr the freedom to pepper references about the town into his dialogue.
Jun 7, 2021 · By the second season, Klinger was featured in roughly half the episodes and, by year three, Farr was signed to an official contract. “How lucky can you be?” said Farr.
- Paul Guggenheimer
- Rick Stevenson
- Alan Alda. The star of the show, both as Captain Hawkeye Pierce and later one of its chief creative forces, Alan Alda is still a big name in Hollywood at age 87.
- Loretta Swit. Another of the four stars to make it through all eleven seasons of "M*A*S*H," Loretta Swit played head nurse Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the show.
- Jamie Farr. One of the most distinct, memorable performances on "M*A*S*H" is that of Jamie Farr, who played the crossdressing Lebanese American corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger.
- Mike Farrell. When Wayne Rogers left "M*A*S*H" between its third and fourth seasons and took his "Trapper" John McIntyre character with him, it would have been fair for fans to have some trepidation about his replacement.
Actor Jamie Farr being inducted into the Toledo Mud Hens Celebrity Hall of Fame, where his Klinger Jersey, worn during the filming of "M*A*S*H," was retired on August 25, 2017. The M*A*S*H series lasted 11 seasons, nearly four times the length of the actual Korean War.
Apr 5, 2022 · Farr ended up playing Corporal Max Klinger until the end of the series and later said that he thought of Klinger as a living cartoon. Here's why. Jamie Farr felt like he could do anything...
Jamie Farr (b. 1934) is famous for playing Cpl. (later Sgt.) Maxwell Q. Klinger on all 11 seasons of MASH. Klinger was introduced in the fourth episode ("Chief Surgeon Who?"), and made a series regular by Season 4.
Apr 2, 2024 · Actor Jamie Farr, who played Klinger in the T.V. show MASH, poses with some of the products spun off from the popular movie and T.V. show. Five hundred products, including everything from hats to teddy bears, carry the MASH logo. Getty Images. Jamie Farr hails from Toledo, Ohio, and remains grounded in his hometown roots.
