Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr ( born July 1, 1934 in Toledo, Ohio, USA; actually Jameel Joseph Farah ) is an American actor. He became known worldwide through the role of Corporal Klinger in the television series M * A * S * H.

Childhood and youth

Jamie Farr, was born as the son of Lebanese- American parents Jamelia and Samuel N. Farah, a dealer. His first success in acting, he played with eleven years. He won two dollars in prize money at a local drama competition. In the Woodward high school, he was an exceptionally good student. He was active in the Pasadena Playhouse where an MGM talent scout noticed him and him to an audition for the film Blackboard Jungle ( Blackboard Jungle ) invited. He got the role and played the mentally retarded students Santini.

Career

The film Blackboard Jungle was filmed in 1955, there was still Farr listed as Jameel Farah. In the same year he played a role in Kismet. Thereafter, Farr took several jobs to as postal worker, an airline, in an army store and on a chinchilla ranch as an employee. But to his TV career, he feilte on. In the late 1950s he began at the Red Skelton Show and was second only to Harvey Korman at the Danny Kaye Show. Thereafter, a small supporting role in the TV series M * A * S * H was offered to him. Since the character Corporal Klinger turned out to be very popular with the spectators, he was permanently however involved in the series and "promoted" to one of the main characters. He played here a native of Toledo Corporal, who tried everything to be discharged from the Army. For this purpose, he uses a § 8, after which a soldier must be dismissed as crazy because of his deranged state of mind. To achieve this, it is nothing sacred, his scam is especially the wearing of women's clothing. He also tried to get a pneumonia set a record in " pole-sitting ", send the President of the United States and its commander in chief of pictures of himself in the most beautiful clothes, invents the death of family members and much more. Later Klinger company clerk and places the ladies' dresses. This happened back on Farr's request because he did not want to appear in this because of his children. Farr was one of three actors who in 1983 for a sequel to M * A * S * H spoke out. He has also appeared in the spin-off " After MASH ", which, however, was not a great success.

Farr took after that roles for the film On the highway the hell is going on ( The Cannonball Run) and the second part of. Also, in some TV productions, he was still with, as well as in commercials of chocolate bar "Mars". 1985, a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame was dedicated to him. In addition, he was a judge in the Gong Show. He played with his MASH colleague William Christopher (Father Mulcahy ) until the mid- 1990s theater.

Outside of Acting

Farr was the organizer of an annual professional golf tournament for women during the LPGA tour, the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Ohio. The tournament brought over 4.8 million dollars for local charities for children. He was also one of two cast members from MASH, who wrote an autobiography ( with Alan Alda ), whom he called "Just Farr Fun ." Farr made ​​in 1955 after the recording of the film Blackboard Jungle his military service in the United States Army from. During his two years of service, he was stationed in Japan and Korea.

The park where the family spent a lot of time Farr, was renamed on July 5, 1998 " Jamie Farr Park". Farr himself said about the park: "I wanted to be an actor, a famous actor, and I wanted my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, is proud of me. " The New York Post quoted another sentence: "The Jamie Farr Park is. certainly a highlight of my career and my life, " also in the TV series MASH expressed his love for his hometown of Corporal Klinger was born in the series in Toledo, which he mentioned frequently lovingly.

Jamie Farr in pop culture

• In the song "Everything You Know is Wrong " by Weird Al Yankovic says to German " And soon I was abducted by some aliens from space who kinda Looked like Jamie Farr. " "And soon I was a couple of aliens from outer space kidnapped, which looked so much like Jamie Farr. "

• • The American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway, a Comedy Series, according to an Irish drinking song game with the makeshift title "sleeping with at ugly woman", performed by Wayne Brady, in the last line: "she Looked like Jamie Farr ".
• In "Family Guy: Live in Vegas ," says Stewie to Brian that he has a bit of similarity with Jamie Farr in the right light.
• During the episode " A victim of love" of the series The wild seventies occur at a show gender to a quiz on. After signs of a defeat of the men who replaced Farr, who appears as himself, the women's team. He says he could so, as he had previously always worn women's clothes.

Filmography (selection)

In the end credits of the films he is sometimes performed as Jameel Farah or Farah Jamsel.