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- He is best known for playing Corporal Klinger, a soldier who tried getting discharged from the army by cross-dressing, on the CBS sitcom M*A*S*H. [ 1][ 2][ 3][ 4] After M*A*S*H, Farr reprised the role of Klinger for AfterMASH and appeared both in small roles on popular shows such as The Love Boat and as a host or panelist on game shows including Battle of the Network Stars. [ 5][ 6][ 7][ 8] He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985. [ 3][ 6]
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Jun 7, 2021 · And yet, that’s what happened to Jamie Farr, the actor who originated the role of cross-dressing, Section 8 discharge-seeking Cpl. Max Klinger on the hugely successful situation comedy...
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Jamie Farr (born Jameel Joseph Farah; July 1, 1934) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Corporal Klinger, a soldier who tried getting discharged from the army by cross-dressing, on the CBS sitcom M*A*S*H.
- Can you tell us about your family and your life growing up? My father came from Lebanon in the early 1900s with his brother. They initially settled in Cedar Rapids, IA.
- What is the most distinct memory of your mother and your father? I have so many of them with my parents there is not a distinct one exactly. They were very family oriented and taught us values to live by, which have lasted.
- What values were stressed at home? You respected your family and never disgraced them. You didn’t have to be Rockefeller or Vanderbilt, but you never wanted your last name disgraced.
- What influenced you to join the US Army, what was your experience and what lessons did you take away from your service? I was drafted into the Army and it was an inopportune time for me as my career was taking off.
Apr 5, 2022 · Actor Jamie Farr was only supposed to do one episode of "M*A*S*H" but was so funny that he was asked back. Here's why he thought of Klinger as a living cartoon.
Jun 26, 2024 · His M*A*S*H character, Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger, was also from Toledo. Not only that, but the writers created Klinger as a Lebanese-American, just like Farr. Farr said the idea came...
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Corporal (later Sergeant) Maxwell Q. Klinger is a character from the M*A*S*H television series played by Jamie Farr. A Lebanese-American from Toledo, Ohio, Klinger served as an orderly/corpsman, and later company clerk, assigned to the 4077th M*A*S*H unit during the Korean War.
Jamie Farr's 10 best M*A*S*H episodes. 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.
