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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningJamie FarrFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchJamie FarrFarr as Corporal Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger on the television show M*A*S*H.BornJuly 1, 1934 (age: 72)Toledo, OhioJamie Farr (born Jameel Joseph Farah on July 1, 1934) is an American television and film actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger in the 1970s and 1980s U.S. television sitcom, M*A*S*H.Contents1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3 Personal life2 References in pop culture3 Triva4 External links[edit]Biography[edit]Early lifeFarr was born in Toledo, Ohio to Lebanese-American parents Jamelia and Samuel N. Farah, a grocer. His familys religion was Antiochian Orthodox Christian. Farrs first acting success occurred at age eleven when he won $2 in a local acting contest. After a stellar high school career when he was one of the standouts among his class, Farr attended the Pasadena Playhouse where an MGM talent scout discovered him, offering him a screen-test for The Blackboard Jungle. He won the role of the mentally retarded student, Santini.[edit]CareerFarrs first film roles were in 1955. He appeared as a student in The Blackboard Jungle (billed as Jameel Farah) and as a fruit vendor in Kismet (uncredited).Although Farr was off to a promising start, roles were infrequent for the young actor, and he took jobs as a delivery person, a post office clerk, an army surplus store clerk, an airlines reservations agent and as an employee at a chinchilla ranch. Farr began to carve his niche in television when, in the late 1950s, he became a regular on The Red Skelton Show before graduating to second banana with Harvey Korman on The Danny Kaye Show. Farr also appeared on The Dick Van Dyke Show and was a regular on The Chicago Teddy Bears before being asked to play the role of Corporal Klinger on M*A*S*H.He was hired for one days work as Corporal Klinger on the M*A*S*H episode Chief Surgeon Who and he played it so well that this day job became an eleven year career. His character wore dresses to try and convince the army that he was crazy and he deserved a Section 8 discharge. He was asked back for a dozen episodes in the second season and he became a regular in the third.After the enormously successful comedy finished its eleven year run, Farr and co-stars Harry Morgan and William Christopher spent two years starring in AfterMASH, the sequel that explored how civilian life treated their characters. This lasted for only 2 seasons. While working on M*A*S*H, Farr found time to do some work on the silver screen. He appeared in Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II.He also appeared in several made-for-TV movies such as Murder Can Hurt You, Return of the Rebels, and For Love or Money as well as in guest-starring in Kolchak: The Night Stalker.Farr endorsed the U.S. Mars bar in commercials during the 1980s and received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.Farr is still active in re
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