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Jamie Farr
Birthday: July 1, 1934

Birth Place: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Height: 0' 0"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Jamie Farr. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

American actor Jamie Farr was the only son of a Lebanese butcher living in Toledo, Ohio. An easy target for bullies due to his short stature and large nose, Farr became the neighborhood clown to save himself from physical abuse. Humor gave him confidence, and by the time Farr graduated from high school he was a top student, extremely popular and active in numerous extra-curricular activities. Always a big movie fan, Farr harbored dreams of being an actor, and to that end studied at the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1955, Farr was cast in his first film (still billed under his own name, Jameel Farrah), The Blackboard Jungle, playing a redeemable hoodlum named Santini; shortly thereafter, he was cast in the Broadway production of No Time for Sergeants, just before he was drafted. The two years in the Army upset the momentum of Farr's career, and he found himself from 1958 through 1971 rebuilding himself from the ground up in bits and supporting roles. (Farr was not in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians during this period, as has often been reported; the cast of that turkey included a Broadway actor named Al Nesor, who bore a startling resemblance to Farr and played many of the same type roles). One of Farr's one-day bits was for the sixth episode of the new TV series M*A*S*H in 1972; Farr had the almost wordless role of a GI who dressed in women's clothing in hopes of getting out of the Army. The character of "Corporal Klinger" was meant to be a onetime joke, but the producers of M*A*S*H sensed possibilities in the character. By Season Two of M*A*S*H, Farr became a full supporting character; by Season Three he was being given co-starring billing in the series' opening credits sequence. After misguidingly "camping" the character in the earliest rehearsals, Farr played Klinger "straight" in every sense of the word: Neither gay nor transvestite, Klinger was simply a guy who'd go to great extremes to get out of military service. Gradually the character began to become fashion conscious, and before the eighties were over Klinger was making several fashion lists as one of the best-dressed characters on TV! Farr's role was expanded when Gary Burghoff left M*A*S*H in 1979; promoted to company clerk, Klinger began to thrive in the military, and the outrageous costuming was allowed to lapse. By the time M*A*S*H left the air, Klinger had taken a Korean wife, and Jamie Farr had become a true-blue celebrity. Unfortunately neither Farr nor Klinger were able to extend their audience appeal into the sequel series After M*A*S*H, not even when the scripts contrived to have Klinger become a fugitive from justice in a move to repeat his "outsider" status on M*A*S*H. Nonetheless, Jamie Farr has kept busy in the years following the cancellation of After M*A*S*H in 1984 with TV guest spots and stage appearances in such roles as Ali Hakim in Oklahoma and Evil Eye Fleegle in Li'l Abner.

Movie Credits
A Month of Sundays (2001)
[ Rod Steiger ][ Al Sapienza ]
You Snooze You Lose (1995)
Fearless Tiger (1994)
[ Bolo Yeung ]
Speed Zone! (1989)
[ John Candy ][ Eugene Levy ][ Tim Matheson ][ John Schneider ][ Peter Boyle ]
Scrooged (1988)
[ Bill Murray ][ Danny Elfman ][ Robert Mitchum ][ Bob Goldthwait ][ Richard Donner ]
Run Till You Fall (1988)
[ Fred Savage ]
Curse II: The Bite (1988)
[ Deke Anderson ]
Happy Hour (1987)
[ Eddie Deezen ]
Combat High (1986)
[ George Clooney ][ John Ratzenberger ][ Danny Nucci ][ Keith Gordon ][ Robert Culp ]
For Love or Money (1984)
[ Ray Walston ][ Gil Gerard ]
Cannonball Run II (1984)
[ Jackie Chan ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Tony Danza ][ Dean Martin ][ Don Knotts ]
Give and Take (1983)
[ Alan Alda ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Harry Morgan ][ Mike Farrell ][ G.W. Bailey ]
Friends and Enemies (1983)
[ Alan Alda ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Harry Morgan ][ Mike Farrell ]
Strange Bedfellows (1983)
[ Alan Alda ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Harry Morgan ][ Mike Farrell ]
As Time Goes By (1983)
[ Alan Alda ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Harry Morgan ][ Mike Farrell ][ G.W. Bailey ]
Spoonmaker Diamond, The/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon: Part 1 (1982)
[ Harvey Korman ]
Spoonmaker Diamond, The/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon: Part 2 (1982)
[ Lorenzo Lamas ][ Harvey Korman ][ Mike Connors ]
Return of the Rebels (1981)
[ Patrick Swayze ][ Don Murray ][ David R. Ellis ]
The Cannonball Run (1981)
[ Jackie Chan ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Roger Moore ][ Dean Martin ][ Peter Fonda ]
Murder Can Hurt You (1980)
[ Tony Danza ][ Burt Young ][ Mel Blanc ][ Aaron Spelling ][ Don Adams ]
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979)
[ Dennis Quaid ][ Don Johnson ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Henry Gibson ][ Jeff Altman ]
Computerman/Parlez-Vous/Memories of You (1978)
Woman in the Shadows (1974)
Arnold (1973)
[ Roddy McDowall ][ Farley Granger ]
The Blue Knight (1973)
[ Sam Elliott ][ William Holden ][ Howard Hesseman ][ Joe Flaherty ]
Heavy Traffic (1973)
Helpful (1972)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
[ Jason Robards ][ Joseph Cotten ][ Martin Balsam ][ James Whitmore ][ Keith Andes ]
Sister Lucky (1968)
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
[ George Carlin ][ Brian Keith ]
Black Market (1967)
Hondo and the Hanging Town (1967)
Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
[ Bob Denver ][ Walter Brennan ][ Paul Winfield ]
Out of Sight (1966)
[ Richard Dawson ]
Our Hero--What's His Name (1966)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
[ Bill Bixby ][ Chuck Connors ][ James MacArthur ][ Claude Akins ]
Avenue C Mob (1965)
Operation Long Shadow (1965)
The Loved One (1965)
[ Roddy McDowall ][ Rod Steiger ][ John Gielgud ][ Dana Andrews ][ Jonathan Winters ]
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
[ John Wayne ][ Charlton Heston ][ Sidney Poitier ][ Max von Sydow ][ Martin Landau ]
Gomer Pyle, P.O.W. (1965)
To Tell or Not to Tell (1961)
Washington vs. the Bunny (1961)
Sally and the Lab Technician (1961)
Las Vegas Beat (1961)
[ Peter Graves ]
Panic (1959)
No Time for Sergeants (1958)
[ Don Knotts ][ Andy Griffith ]
Three Violent People (1957)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Robert Blake ]
Diane (1956)
[ Roger Moore ][ Christopher Isherwood ][ Robert Dix ]
Kismet (1955)
[ Jack Elam ][ Howard Keel ]
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
[ Sidney Poitier ][ Glenn Ford ][ Vic Morrow ]

Trivia

  • Was one of two cast members of the original "M*A*S*H" (1972) television cast to have actually served in the armed forces in Korea; Farr's tour of duty came in the years after the war. Alan Alda served a six month tour as a gunnery officer in Korea.
  • Has an LPGA tournament named in his honor, the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (formerly the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic)
  • Only son of Samuel, a Lebanese meat cutter and grocer, and Jamelia Farah, a seamstress
  • He has an older sister, Yvonne.
  • He graduated from Woodward High School with honors and was named most outstanding student. In addition to writing and acting in two variety shows, Jamie was a member of the Drama Society, class president for three years, feature editor of the school newspaper, president of the radio class, manager of the football and basketball teams and a member of the varsity tennis team.
  • Attended the Pasadena Playhouse
  • Worked as a delivery person for a lithograph company, a post office clerk, an Army-surplus store clerk, an airline reservations clerk, and an employee at a chinchilla ranch
  • Served a two-year stretch in the U. S. Army in Japan during the Korean War
  • Son, Jonas
  • Daughter, Yvonne
  • Farr thought at first the women's wardrobe in his dressing room meant he'd be sharing the room with a woman, but was surprised to learn otherwise. Not wanting to play a cross-dresser in the typical girlish way, he suggested to the producers that his character be manly, but crazy, thinking his clothes and other quirks were normal. The unusual spin worked.
  • Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 154. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
  • His "M*A*S*H" (1972) character was originally only supposed to be on one episode, but he proved so popular that he returned as a day player, and Farr was finally given a contract in year 3.
  • Is on the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Professional Advisory Board. [2005]

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