Gary Burghoff

Gary Burghoff
Burghoff at a convention in 2003
Born
Gary Rich Burghoff[1]

(1943-05-24) May 24, 1943 (age 81)[2]
EducationDelavan High School, Delavan, Wisconsin
OccupationActor
Years active1967–1995, 2010
Spouses
Janet Gayle
(m. 1971; div. 1979)
Elisabeth Bostrom
(m. 1985; div. 2005)
Children3[3]

Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor who is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter 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 1974 to 1979 for 204 episodes, standing in for Charles Nelson Reilly, who was in New York doing a Broadway play, and continued to make recurring appearances afterwards.

  1. ^ "Gary Burghoff". TMZ. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson (2010). "Movies & TV: Gary Burghoff". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Gary Burghoff Biography (1943-)". Film Reference.