Larry Linville

Larry Linville ( born September 29, 1939 in Ojai, California, † April 10, 2000 in New York City ) was an American actor. He became known internationally through the role of Major Frank Burns in the American television series M * A * S * H.

As a child, already fascinated by airplanes, Larry Linville began after high school to study engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, at once to be later aircraft manufacturer. At the same time he began to act in a theater group called Nomad player. When the love of acting was greater than for aviation, he gave up his studies and was at the Nomad player full-time actor.

In 1959, he competed with 300 other colleagues for a scholarship at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art He got up and went to Europe. After graduating, he returned to the U.S. and appeared in television series.

In the series Room 222, he finally caught the attention of Gene Reynolds, who later for the role of Frank Burns in the series M * A * S * H hired him.

Larry Linville left the show in 1977 because he did not ever want to play the infamous character of Frank Burns. His fellow actor Harry Morgan admired the way as Larry played his role. Everyone on set was very fond of him, but as soon as the cameras whirred, not a piece of Larry Linville was more in him left - he was the pedantic ferret face Frank Burns. Through this role is Linvilles other engagements but often limited to this type of man.

After his TV career Larry Linville was a busy stage actor. In early 1998 he had to undergo surgery for cancer, whereby he has a part of the lung was removed. A little later he enlisted person in the English MASH newsgroup and joked about how grateful he was that not his alter ego Frank Burns had operated on him.

Larry Linville was not able to defeat his illness. On 10 April 2000, he died at the age of 60 years. Linville was married five times, most recently by Deborah Guydon, and had a daughter (Kelly Linville, born 1970 ) from his first marriage.

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