Jamie Farr
Jamie Farr
Jamie Farr is an American television, film, and theatre actor. He is of Lebanese descent. He is known for playing a cross-dressing Corporalfrom Toledo, Ohio, bucking for a Section 8 discharge, in the role of Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom M*A*S*H...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth1 July 1934
CityToledo, OH
CountryUnited States of America
summer silly winter
There were some times when we did the winter scenes in the summer, and I had to wear that silly fur coat. Oh, my Lord! I was perspiring!
captains ships courses
I am not the captain of my ship. My ship is out there, but I don't have my course. You never know in this business.
makeup play black
Even in the days when they did Othello, you didn't necessarily have to be black to play Othello. You wore the makeup.
growing-up golf way
I go back there and all my friends are there when I have my golf tournament. They treat me the same way they did when I was growing up.
years i-realized thirds
The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit.
years comedy sketch-comedy
I did sketch comedy for years. Ive always enjoyed it.
hockey player wonderful
Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.
broadway hollywood doe
I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.
thinking air trying
I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.
television want sids
If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television.
air
I certainly dont have any airs about myself.
over-you pay shows
When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do.
reading tired substance
I got tired of reading that everybody was either coming out of the closet or they were abused or had some kind of substance problem.
night thinking good-times
I have a good time watching Nick At Night with the old shows on there. I love to see I Love Lucy, although I've seen them many, many times. I think it's a security factor, it's like your blanket.