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Gary Burghoff Biography (1943-)

Born May 24, 1943, in Bristol, CT; married Janet Gale (marriage ended); married Elisabeth Bostrom, 1991; children: (first marriage) Gena Gayle; (second marriage) Miles, Jordan.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director

Birth Details

May 24, 1943

Bristol, Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Off-Broadway debut) Title role, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,Theatre 80 St. Mark's, 1967
• Willum Cubbert, The Nerd, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1987
• Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1999
• Film Appearances
• Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, M*A*S*H, Twentieth Century-Fox,1970
• Ted, B.S., I Love You, Motion Pictures International, 1971
• Fleck/Lady Esmerelda, Small Kill, VCI Home Video, 1992
• Mr. Connors, Behind the Waterfall, Features Films for Families, 1995
• Film Work
• Director, Small Kill, VCI Home Video, 1992
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Regular, The Don Knotts Show, NBC, 1970-71
• Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, M*A*S*H, CBS, 1972-79
• Temporary replacement, Match Game 74 (also known as Match Game75), CBS, 1974-77
• Guest panelist, Match Game PM, syndicated, 1975
• Guest panelist, Match Game 79 (also known as Match Game), CBS, 1979-81
• Host, Pets: Part of the Family, PBS, 1999-c. 2001
• Movies
• Bob Willis, The Man in the Santa Claus Suit, NBC, 1979
• Bill Taylor, Casino, ABC, 1980
• Pilots
• Officer Walter O'Reilly, W*A*L*T*E*R, CBS, 1984
• Specials
• Clergyman, Twigs, CBS, 1975
• Himself (CBS team), Battle of the Network Stars, ABC, 1976
• Us against the World II, ABC, 1978
• Making M*A*S*H (documentary), PBS, 1981
• Himself (as Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly), Memories of M*A*S*H, CBS, 1991
• M*A*S*H, Tootsie & God: A Tribute to Larry Gelbart, PBS, 1998
• TV Guide's Truth behind the Sitcoms 3 (documentary), 2000
• (In archive footage) Himself, M*A*S*H: TV Tales (documentary), E!Entertainment Television, 2002
• Himself, M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion, Fox, 2002
• Made television debut in CBS Television Workshop, CBS.
• Episodic
• Mike Butterworth, The Good Guys, CBS, 1969
• Watson, "Man of the People," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1970
• Sydney Melvin Wimple, "Love and the Crisis Line," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973
• "Love and the Plane Fantasy," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973
• Himself, "Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman and Tony Randall," The Dean Martin Show, NBC, 1973
• Himself, "Celebrity Roast: Jack Benny," The Dean Martin Show, NBC,1974
• Himself, The $10,000 Pyramid, 1975
• Himself, The $20,000 Pyramid, 1976
• Jerry Hacker, "The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger," Ellery Queen, NBC, 1976
• Donald M. Flanders, "The Captain's Captain/A Dog's Life/Romance Roulette," The Love Boat, ABC, 1977
• Alan, "The Man Who Wouldn't Tell," Wonder Woman, CBS, 1978
• Richard C. Delaney/Paul Hughes, "Superstar/Salem," Fantasy Island,ABC, 1978
• Himself, "Help Every Little Person," America 2-Night, syndicated,1978
• Gordon Hughes, "The Love Doctor/Pleasure Palace/Possessed," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1980
• (Uncredited) Himself, "The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party: Part 2," CHiPs, NBC, 1980
• Eddie Martin, "Maid for Each Other/Lost and Found/Then There Were Two," The Love Boat, ABC, 1981
• Harry Flock, "The Best Policy," Tales of the Unexpected, syndicated and ITV1, 1981
• Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, "Yours Truly, Max Klinger," After MASH, 1984
• Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, "It Had to Be You," After MASH, CBS, 1984
• Patrick Noyes, "Who Killed the Hollywood Headshrinker?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1995
• TV interviewer, "If These Walls Could Talk," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 1995
• Also appeared in Donny and Marie, ABC; Fernwood 2-Night, syndicated; Sweepstakes, NBC.