Gary Burghoff | |
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![]() Burghoff at a convention in 2003 | |
Born | Gary Rich Burghoff[1] May 24, 1943[2] Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. |
Education | Delavan High School, Delavan, Wisconsin |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1967–1995, 2010 |
Spouses | Janet Gayle
(m. 1971; div. 1979)Elisabeth Bostrom
(m. 1985; div. 2005) |
Children | 3[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.