
Jamie Farr
Department: Acting
Biography
Jamie Farr (born Jameel Joseph Farah; July 1, 1934) is an American comedian and actor, best known for playing the cross-dressing Corporal Maxwell Klinger on M*A*S*H. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Lebanese immigrants, and served in the army in Korea.
Known For

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965

Heavy Traffic
1973

The Cannonball Run
1981

Cannonball Run II
1984

Blackboard Jungle
1955

Scrooged
1988

Diane
1956

Who's Minding the Mint?
1967

With Six You Get Eggroll
1968

You Snooze You Lose
1995

Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
1991

A Grandpa for Christmas
2007

Fearless Tiger
1991

The Gong Show Movie
1980

Arnold
1973

Curse II: The Bite
1989

The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge
2006

M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television
2024

For Love or Money
1984

M*A*S*H: When Television Changed Forever
2022

Run Till You Fall
1988

The Arab Americans
—

Combat Academy
1986

The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank
2006

Murder Can Hurt You!
1980

The Blue Knight
1973

Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966

The Real M*A*S*H
2010

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980

Three Violent People
1956

M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
2002

Joys
1976

Return of the Rebels
1981

Speed Zone
1989

A Masterpiece of Murder
1986

Angels on Tap
2018

A Month of Sundays
2001

Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979

Memories of M*A*S*H
1991

Happy Hour
1987

Kismet
1955

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970

That '70s Show
1998

The Andy Griffith Show
1960

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Mad About You
1992

Family Affair
1966

Garrison's Gorillas
1967

M*A*S*H
1972

Burke's Law
1963

Family Guy
1999

F Troop
1965

My Three Sons
1960

The Love Boat
1977

I Dream of Jeannie
1965

The War at Home
2005

The Flying Nun
1967

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961

The Lucy Show
1962

The Twilight Zone
1959

My Favorite Martian
1963

Diagnosis: Murder
1993

AfterMASH
1983

Emergency!
1972

Get Smart
1965

Just Shoot Me!
1997

The Fall Guy
1981

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974

Laredo
1965

Battle of the Network Stars
1976

The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971

Amy Prentiss
1974

The Big Show
1980

The Donna Reed Show
1958

Hondo
1967

The Rebel
1959

Ben Casey
1961

Toma
1973

Men Behaving Badly
1996

Hazel
1961

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The Red Skelton Show
1951

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Ensign O'Toole
1962

Dinah!
1974

Hey Arnold!
1996

The Bob Hope Show
1950

Reading Rainbow
1983

The Rebel
1959

The Alan Thicke Show
1980

The Cool Kids
2018

The Red Skelton Show
1951

Barnaby Jones
1973

Women of the House
1995

Bella and the Bulldogs
2015

The Red Skelton Show
1951

MADtv
1995

The Third Man
1959

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

The Danny Kaye Show
1963

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964

The Love Boat
1977

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964

Broadside
1964

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Red Skelton Show
1951

Hondo
1967

The Blue Knight
1973