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ACTOR

Jamie Farr

Known for
M*A*S*H (1972), Cannonball Run II (1984)

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Jamie Farr is an actor best known for M*A*S*H and Cannonball Run II.

19 Interesting Facts About Jamie Farr

  1. #003

    Jamie Farr initially thought the women's wardrobe in his dressing room meant he would be sharing the room with a woman, but was surprised to learn otherwise. Because he did not want to play a woman who dressed like a typical girl, he suggested to the producers that his character be masculine but crazy, believing his clothes and other quirks to be normal. The unusual twist worked.

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    Jamie Farr's M*A*S*H (1972) character was originally meant to appear in only one episode, but he proved so popular that he returned as a day player and was eventually given a contract in the third season.

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  3. #006

    As of 2005, Jamie Farr served on the Vocational Advisory Board of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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  4. #007

    Jamie Farr has struggled with severe rheumatoid arthritis in his hands since the early 1990s.

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  5. #008

    With the death of William Christopher on December 31, 2016, Jamie Farr became the oldest living regular cast member of M*A*S*H (1972).

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  6. #009

    Jamie Farr was a stand-in for Danny Thomas and Harry Morgan.

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  7. #011

    Jamie Farr worked as a delivery boy at a lithography company, a postal clerk, a clerk at an army surplus store, an airline reservation clerk, and a worker on a chinchilla farm.

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    Jamie Farr is best remembered by the public for his role as Corporal (later Sergeant) Maxwell Q. Klinger on the sitcom M*A*S*H (1972).

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  9. #013

    In the early 1980s, Jamie Farr endorsed the Mars candy bar.

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  10. #014

    With Danny Thomas's encouragement, Jamie Farr chose to become an actor.

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  11. #015

    An LPGA tournament is named in Jamie Farr's honor: the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (formerly the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic).

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  12. #016

    Two of the dresses Jamie Farr wore as Klinger had previously been worn by Ginger Rogers and Betty Grable, and they now belong to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

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  13. #018

    In the late 1970s, Jamie Farr made television commercials for Nabisco Triscuits, shouting "oooo hot, hot, hot!" after taking them out of the oven.

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  14. #019

    Jamie Farr made his film debut alongside the likes of Vic Morrow, Rafael Campos and James Drury in Blackboard Jungle (1955).

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  15. #020

    Jamie Farr attended the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California.

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  16. #023

    Sir Michael Caine, Clint Eastwood, Leonard Nimoy and Jamie Farr all served in the Korean War.

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  17. #024

    At his school, Woodward High School, Jamie Farr was class president, as well as the school newspaper's editorial editor, president of the radio club, manager of the football and basketball teams, and a member of the drama society.

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  18. #028

    Jamie Farr was considered for the role of Bert in Mary Poppins (1964).

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  19. #029

    Jamie Farr bears a striking resemblance to Al Nesor.

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