Editing Jamie Farr

{{Short description|American actor and comedian (born 1934)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Jamie Farr
| image              = JamieFarrHWOFSept2012.jpg
| caption            = Farr at the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in September 2012
| birth_name         = Jameel Joseph Farah
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1934|7|1}}
| birth_place        = [[Toledo, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = Actor, comedian
| years_active       = 1955–present<!--semi-retired as of 2018-->
| spouse             = {{marriage|Joy Ann Richards|1963}}
| children           = 2
| website            = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20060203111745/http://jamiefarr.com/|jamiefarr.com}} (2006 archive)
| known_for          = Playing [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Maxwell Klinger|Klinger]] on ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''
| module             = {{Infobox military person
| embed              = yes
| allegiance         = [[United States Army|United States]]
| branch             = [[Special Services (entertainment)|Special Services]]
| serviceyears       = 1957–1959
}}
}}
'''Jamie Farr''' (born '''Jameel Joseph Farah'''; July 1, 1934) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for playing [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Maxwell Klinger|Corporal Klinger]], a soldier who tried getting discharged from the army by [[cross-dressing]], on the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''.<ref name=higdon>{{cite news |last=Higdon |first=Todd G. |url=http://www.neoshodailynews.com/news/x1670189066 |title='A wonderful life' |newspaper=[[The Neosho Daily News]]|location=Neosho, Missouri, USA|date=2008-03-29|access-date=2021-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714163718/http://www.neoshodailynews.com/news/x1670189066 |archive-date=2011-07-14}}</ref><ref name=hiel/><ref name=walkoffame/><ref name=wadlow/> After ''M*A*S*H'', Farr reprised the role of Klinger for ''[[AfterMASH]]'' and appeared both in small roles on popular shows such as ''[[The Love Boat]]'' and as a host or panelist on game shows including ''[[Battle of the Network Stars]]''.<ref name=broadwayworld/><ref name=tcmbio/><ref name=cotter/><ref name=tcm/> He was inducted into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1985.<ref name=walkoffame>{{cite web| title=Hollywood Walk of Fame: Jamie Farr| url=https://walkoffame.com/jamie-farr/| access-date=2021-02-10| publisher=Hollywood Walk of Fame| date=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref name=tcmbio/>

==Early life==
Farr was born Jameel Joseph Farah ({{langx|ar|جميل جوزيف فرح}}) on July 1, 1934 in [[Toledo, Ohio]], the son of Jamelia ({{langx|ar|جميله فرح}}) and Samuel Farah ({{langx|ar|صموئيل ينحت}}). His father, who owned a grocery store, was an immigrant from the [[Beqaa Valley]] area of what is now [[Lebanon]] and his mother, a seamstress, was a first-generation [[Lebanese Americans|Lebanese American]] who grew up in Iowa.<ref name=searls/><ref name=hiel/><ref name=webber>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/tv-radio/2022/10/08/jamie-farr-50-years-of-m-a-s-h/stories/20221009010|title=Toledoan Jamie Farr looks back on 50th anniversary of 'M*A*S*H'|last=Webber|first=Jason|date=2022-10-08|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032645/https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/tv-radio/2022/10/08/jamie-farr-50-years-of-m-a-s-h/stories/20221009010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=walkoffame/> Prior to immigrating through [[Ellis Island]], Samuel's surname was Abboud and his father's first name was Farah.<ref name=searls/> Farr grew up in Northern Toledo, which had a sizeable Lebanese population, in a diverse neighborhood. He was raised [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Orthodox]].<ref name=hiel>{{cite news| last=Hiel| first=Betsy| url=https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2000/03/28/A-soldier-in-a-dress-put-Toledo-into-America-s-living-rooms/stories/200003280001| title=A soldier in a dress put Toledo into America's living rooms| newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]| location=Toledo, Ohio, USA| date=March 28, 2000| access-date=October 21, 2023| archive-date=October 19, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019001121/https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2000/03/28/A-soldier-in-a-dress-put-Toledo-into-America-s-living-rooms/stories/200003280001| url-status=live}}</ref> He had at least one sibling, an older sister, Yvonne, who died in 2012.<ref name=searls/>

His first acting gig was at age 11, when he won two dollars in a local acting competition.<ref name=walkoffame/> While in high school, he worked at his father's shop and delivered ''The Toledo Times'' newspaper in the morning and ''[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]'' in the afternoon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2017/08/26/M-A-S-H-star-Jamie-Farr-honored-as-Toledo-s-most-famous-son/stories/20170826176|title=M*A*S*H star Jamie Farr honored as Toledo's most famous son|last=Reiter|first=Mark|date=2017-08-26|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2017/08/26/M-A-S-H-star-Jamie-Farr-honored-as-Toledo-s-most-famous-son/stories/20170826176|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=brickey/> He graduated from [[Woodward High School (Toledo, Ohio)|Woodward High School]] in 1952<ref name=utoledo/><ref name=walkoffame/> and left for California later that year, where he attended classes at [[Pasadena Playhouse]].<ref name=smith/><ref name=walkoffame/><ref name=ouzounian>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/the-big-interview-jamie-farr/article_d0cf88af-0963-5421-aa1d-36d8c8c56b79.html|title=The Big Interview: Jamie Farr|date=2011-04-29|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|newspaper=The Toronto Star|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=October 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019023201/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/the-big-interview-jamie-farr/article_d0cf88af-0963-5421-aa1d-36d8c8c56b79.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=hiel/> It was there that he was spotted by an [[MGM]] talent scout and offered a [[screen test]] for the film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]]'',<ref name=piqua/> where he played the role of Santini.<ref name=bgca/><ref name=walkoffame/><ref name=higdon/><ref name=smith/> He was credited as Jameel Farah, as he would not take on the name Jamie Farr until 1959 after his stint in the army.<ref name=tcmbio>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/59903%7C78856/Jamie-Farr/#biography|title=Jamie Farr: Biography|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/59903%7C78856/Jamie-Farr/#biography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=hiel/>
[[File:Jamie Farr Stumpers 1976.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|right|On the game show ''[[Stumpers (game show)|Stumpers!]]'', 1976]]

==Career==
While training at [[Pasadena Playhouse]], Farr acted in bit parts including a role in ''[[The Blackboard Jungle]]'' (1955) for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. He also worked at a [[chinchilla]] farm for extra money.<ref name=searls/><ref name=walkoffame/> [[Sherwood Schwartz]] noticed Farr on an unsold [[Pilot episode|TV pilot]] and cast him on ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'' in 1955, where he played Snorkel, whose large nose gave him an inhumanly strong sense of smell.<ref name=dangaardp142>{{cite news|title=The trouble with Klinger|last=Dangaard|first=Colin|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio, USA|date=1981-04-19|page=142|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/133735276/|via=newspapers.com|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/133735276/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=webber/><ref name=higdon/><ref name=utoledo/><ref name=brickey/><ref name=ouzounian/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/stories/this-m-a-s-h-episode-took-inspiration-from-jamie-farr-s-only-twilight-zone-appearance|title=This M*A*S*H episode took inspiration from Jamie Farr's only Twilight Zone appearance|date=2022-05-27|publisher=MeTV|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032642/https://www.metv.com/stories/this-m-a-s-h-episode-took-inspiration-from-jamie-farr-s-only-twilight-zone-appearance|url-status=live}}</ref> He became a regular on ''Skelton''<ref name=brickey/>.He was drafted in 1957, and underwent [[basic training]] at [[Fort Ord]] in California<ref name=searls/><ref name=webber/> He was made a Broadcast Specialist and worked on training videos in various roles at [[Fort Knox]], the [[United_States_Army_Signal_Corps#Korean_War_and_Vietnam_War|Army Pictorial Service]], and [[Fort Huachuca]] before shipping out to Korea. Abroad, he was part of the [[Special Services (entertainment)|Special Services]] and worked on the [[Far East Network]]. When [[Red Skelton]] traveled to Japan and Korea to do a [[USO tour]], he requested Farr's service as his assistant.<ref name=webber/><ref name=searls/><ref name=mcfarlane/> 

After two years of active duty,<ref name=higdon/> Farr returned to the United States, where he spent an additional two years on [[United States Army Reserve|reserve]]. Shortly after his return, his father died and he decided to give up acting to help provide steady financial support for his mother. When Farr went to say goodbye to Skelton, Skelton handed him a stack of one hundred dollar bills to send home and told Farr he was hiring him as a writer.<ref name=webber/><ref name=searls/> Farr completed his military career with an additional two years on inactive reserve.<ref name=searls/>

Over the next decade, Farr had small roles on ''[[The Danny Kaye Show]]'', ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', ''[[My Three Sons]]'',<ref name=webber/><ref name=brickey/><ref name=utoledo/> and ''[[Garrison's Gorillas]]''<ref name=broadwayworld/> and appeared in films including ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'', ''[[No Time for Sergeants]]'',<ref name=guggenheimer>{{cite news|url=https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/mash-star-jamie-farr-talks-about-playing-klinger-spiritual-connection-to-pittsburgh/|title='M*A*S*H' star Jamie Farr talks about playing Klinger, spiritual connection to Pittsburgh|last=Guggenheimer|first=Paul|date=2011-06-07|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|The Trib]]|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/mash-star-jamie-farr-talks-about-playing-klinger-spiritual-connection-to-pittsburgh/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=walkoffame/><ref name=utoledo/><ref name=searls/> ''[[Who's Minding the Mint?]]'', and ''[[With Six You Get Eggroll]]''.<ref name=walkoffame/> In October 1972, he was hired for one day's work on the [[Chief Surgeon Who?|fourth episode]] of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' as [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Maxwell Klinger|Corporal Maxwell Klinger]].<ref name=guggenheimer/><ref name=ouzounian/><ref name=smith/> Klinger provided comic relief in his desperate attempts to be given a [[Section 8 (military)|Section 8 discharge]]<ref name=wadlow>{{cite web|url=https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/history/2023/02/28/mash-finale-tv-cbs-alan-alda/69903178007/|title=Remember when ... Historic M*A*S*H finale aired 40 years ago|last=Wadlow|first=Brad|date=2023-02-28|publisher=mycentraljersey.com|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/history/2023/02/28/mash-finale-tv-cbs-alan-alda/69903178007/|url-status=live}}</ref> by wearing elaborate women's outfits with accessories such as [[Boa (clothing accessory)|boas]], a [[fruit hat]], and fashion [[headscarves]].<ref name=smith/><ref name=webber/> At the time, Farr was still a struggling actor and was most concerned about the $250 paycheck from the M*A*S*H job so he could buy groceries and pay rent; he never expected to be invited back for several more episodes. For several years, the producers and the studio dodged his requests for a contract, which Farr suspected was so they didn't have to increase his salary. He was finally hired as a [[series regular]] on M*A*S*H beginning with season 4 in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/stories/jamie-farr-simply-couldnt-wait-to-go-to-work-while-on-m-a-s-h|title=Jamie Farr simply couldn't wait to go to work while on M*A*S*H|date=2023-02-03|publisher=[[MeTV]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.metv.com/stories/jamie-farr-simply-couldnt-wait-to-go-to-work-while-on-m-a-s-h|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=utoledo/><ref name=piqua/>

[[File:MASH Cast 1977.JPG|thumb|left|275px|Cast of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1977)]]
Like Farr, the character of Klinger was a Lebanese-American from Toledo, which gave Farr the freedom to pepper references about the town into his dialogue. He frequently mentioned hot dogs from [[Tony Packo's Cafe]] and was a fan of the baseball team, the [[Toledo Mud Hens]].<ref name=love>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/jamie-farr-mash-tv-show-toledo-40th-anniversary/512-34bc8f8b-6f18-4463-9bc3-aae9ae3966e2|title=Jamie Farr, 'M*A*S*H' put Toledo on the map, mayor and local business owners say|last=Love|first=Josh|date=2023-03-03|newspaper=[[WTOL]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522202425/https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/jamie-farr-mash-tv-show-toledo-40th-anniversary/512-34bc8f8b-6f18-4463-9bc3-aae9ae3966e2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=guggenheimer/> Klinger was promoted to the company clerk's position later in the series and gradually stopped wearing women's clothes. This was done for two reasons: first, to show Klinger's respect for his new role and his increased maturity; and second, because Farr didn't want his two young children to be teased about their father wearing dresses on TV.<ref name=goodman>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/why-klinger-wears-dresses-in-mash/|title=Why Klinger Always Wears Dresses In MASH|last=Dumaraog|first=Ana|date=2023-04-10|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=2023-10-18}}</ref><ref name=webber/><ref name=guggenheimer/><ref>{{cite news|title=The S*M*A*S*H-ing success of Jamie (Klinger) Farr|last=Goodman|first=Mark|newspaper=[[Coshocton Tribune]]|location=Coshocton, Ohio, USA|date=1980-05-18|page=71|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune/133734964/|via=newspapers.com|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032642/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune/133734964/|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of the show, only [[Alan Alda]], who played [[List_of_M*A*S*H_characters#Hawkeye_Pierce|Hawkeye Pierce]], and [[Loretta Swit]], who played [[List_of_M*A*S*H_characters#Margaret_Houlihan|Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan]], had appeared in more ''M*A*S*H'' episodes than Farr.<ref name=ouzounian/> Farr was also the sole cast member who had actually served in Korea, and the [[dog tags]] he wore as Klinger were his own from his time in the service.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/mash-actors-served-army-korea-real-life/|title=Which MASH Actors Really Served The U.S. Military In Korea|last=McFarlane|first=Holly|date=2023-05-14|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=June 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622011407/https://screenrant.com/mash-actors-served-army-korea-real-life/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=webber/>

During the late 1970s, Farr appeared regularly as one of the celebrity judges on ''[[The Gong Show]]''. <ref name=tcmbio/> He also made frequent guest appearances on several other game shows, including ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $100,000 Pyramid]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Monday 7pm-7:55pm|magazine=TV Guide|date=1986-07-05|page=3|url=https://archive.org/details/tvguidejul05111988/TV_Guide_Jul-05-11-1988/page/n103/mode/1up?q=jamie+farr|access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref> ''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Super Password]]'',<ref name=military.com/> and ''[[Body Language (game show)|Body Language]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Betty White on TV: From Video Vanguard to Golden Girl|last=Hyatt|first=Wesley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94MSEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22jamie+farr%22+%22body+language%22&pg=PT191|publisher=BearManor Media|year=2020|access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref> Following the end of ''M*A*S*H'' in 1983, Farr, [[Harry Morgan]], and [[William Christopher]] reprised their roles for two seasons on the spinoff show ''[[AfterMASH]]'',<ref name=wadlow/><ref name=utoledo/> which followed their characters after the end of the war.<ref name=cotter>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/mash-show-every-spinoff-trapper-john-aftermash/|title=Every M*A*S*H TV Spinoff|last=Cotter|first=Padraig|date=2022-11-28|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306152847/https://screenrant.com/mash-show-every-spinoff-trapper-john-aftermash/|url-status=live}}</ref> Between the 1970s and early 1990s, he appeared in several made-for-TV movies such as ''[[Murder Can Hurt You]]'', ''[[Return of the Rebels]]'', and ''[[Combat Academy]]''<ref name=goodman/><ref name=tcm/> and guest starred on shows including ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]'',<ref name=kolchak>{{cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/lists/9-faces-that-appeared-on-both-m-a-s-h-and-kolchak-the-night-stalker|title=9 faces that appeared on both 'M*A*S*H' and 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker'|date=2023-10-18|publisher=[[MeTV]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=October 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018235128/https://metv.com/lists/9-faces-that-appeared-on-both-m-a-s-h-and-kolchak-the-night-stalker|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Emergency!]]'',<ref name=broadwayworld/> and ''[[Murder She Wrote]]''. He played the Sheik in ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'', ''[[Cannonball Run II]]'', and ''[[Speed Zone]]''<ref name=brickey>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/music-theater-dance/2017/09/29/Jamie-Farr-himself-Beloved-Toledo-actor-to-share-his-Hollywood-experiences-in-special-live-show/stories/20170929148|title=Jamie Farr stars as himself in upcoming Toledo show|date=2017-09-29|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/music-theater-dance/2017/09/29/Jamie-Farr-himself-Beloved-Toledo-actor-to-share-his-Hollywood-experiences-in-special-live-show/stories/20170929148|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=broadwayworld/> and was the only actor to have appeared in all three ''Cannonball Run'' films.<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/57038|title=Cannonball Run II|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref> He also appeared in TV commercials, including for [[Wonder Bread]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/10/03/a-cereal-fact-thats-hard-to-swallow/|title=A cereal fact that's hard to swallow|date=2007-10-03|newspaper=[[East Bay Times]]|location=Walnut Creek, California, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=September 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927072804/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/10/03/a-cereal-fact-thats-hard-to-swallow/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mars (chocolate bar)|Mars bars]], and [[IBM]] computers.<ref name=webber/>

Farr's debut on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] was as [[Nathan Detroit]] in ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' in the 1990s at age 60.<ref name=webber/><ref name=brickey/> He had wanted to play this role since seeing the show in high school. He replaced [[Nathan Lane]] in the role last minute, only having two weeks and one full-cast rehearsal before the show opened.<ref name=tcmbio/><ref name=searls/><ref name=webber/> In 1997, he played Oscar Madison opposite former ''M*A*S*H'' costar [[William Christopher]] as Felix Unger in ''[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]''.<ref name=brickey/><ref name=tcmbio/> The two had appeared in several movies before being cast together in ''M*A*S*H''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.13abc.com/content/news/MASH-star-Jamie-Farr-reacts-to-death-of-fellow-actor-William-Christopher-409226755.html|title=M*A*S*H star Jamie Farr reacts to death of fellow actor William Christopher|date=2017-01-01|newspaper=[[WTVG]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.13abc.com/content/news/MASH-star-Jamie-Farr-reacts-to-death-of-fellow-actor-William-Christopher-409226755.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also appeared in ''Flamingo Court'' opposite [[Anita Gillette]].<ref name=broadwayworld>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jamie-Farr/|title=Jamie Farr|publisher=[[BroadwayWorld]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jamie-Farr/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=smith/> His other shows have included ''[[Say Goodnight, Gracie]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rupertholmes.com/theatre/saygoodnightgracie.html|title=Say Goodnight, Gracie|last=Holmes|first=Rupert|author-link=Rupert Holmes|publisher=rupertholmes.com|access-date=2014-04-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209185246/http://www.rupertholmes.com/theatre/saygoodnightgracie.html|archive-date=2020-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/former-m-a-s-h-star-to-say-goodnight-gracie-com-121501|title=Former "M*A*S*H" Star to Say Goodnight Gracie|last1=Gans|first1=Andrew|last2=Simonson|first2=Robert|date=2004-08-20|publisher=Playbill|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112034146/https://playbill.com/article/former-m-a-s-h-star-to-say-goodnight-gracie-com-121501|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Last Romance'',<ref name=smith>{{cite news|url=https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/jamie-farr-had-it-all/article_988a4db6-f36b-5d2d-b6a6-08e44ef1d28f.html|title=Jamie Farr had it all|last=Smith|first=Gary|date=2023-02-25|newspaper=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|location=Hamilton, Ontario, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=October 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019004207/https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/jamie-farr-had-it-all/article_988a4db6-f36b-5d2d-b6a6-08e44ef1d28f.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dixiepac.net/performance-series/groucho|title=Join the Dixie for Frank Ferrante in an evening with Groucho on Sat, Jan 20, at 7:30P!|year=2023|publisher=The Dixie|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032645/https://www.dixiepac.net/performance-series/groucho|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Catch Me If You Can (play)|Catch Me If You Can]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/flamingo-court-with-farr-and-gillette-begins-off-broadway-run-july-17-com-151685|title=Flamingo Court, with Farr and Gillette, Begins Off-Broadway Run July 17|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=2008-07-17|publisher=Playbill|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112034145/https://playbill.com/article/flamingo-court-with-farr-and-gillette-begins-off-broadway-run-july-17-com-151685|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Don't Dress for Dinner]]'',<ref name=higdon/> ''[[Lend Me a Tenor]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/jacksonville/article/Jamie-Farr-Readies-to-Open-Lend-Me-a-Tenor-20110906|title=Jamie Farr Readies to Open Lend Me a Tenor|last=Sierra|first=Gabrielle|date=2011-09-06|publisher=Broadway World|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032645/https://www.broadwayworld.com/jacksonville/article/Jamie-Farr-Readies-to-Open-Lend-Me-a-Tenor-20110906|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Tuesdays with Morrie]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://judsontheatre.com/tuesdays-with-morrie/ | title=Tuesdays with Morrie | access-date=July 9, 2022 | archive-date=July 1, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701135518/https://judsontheatre.com/tuesdays-with-morrie/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=smith/> and ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.<ref name=guggenheimer/><ref name=goodman/><ref name=tcmbio/>

[[File:Farr, Jamie (2007) crop.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Farr in September 2007]]
Between 2007 and 2008,<ref>{{cite web| title=R.I.P. $250,000 Game Show Spectacular| url=http://thestrippodcast.blogspot.com/2008/04/rip-250000-game-show-spectacular.html| access-date=2009-01-01| publisher=Vegas Happens Here| date=April 30, 2008| archive-date=October 6, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006095218/http://thestrippodcast.blogspot.com/2008/04/rip-250000-game-show-spectacular.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Farr, [[Chuck Woolery]], and [[Bob Eubanks]] were rotating hosts of the ''$250,000 Game Show Spectacular''<ref name=fink>{{cite news|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2007/oct/08/the-new-game-show-with-the-most-name-that-host/|title=The new game show with the most: Name that host!|last=Fink|first=Jerry|date=2007-10-08|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|location=Las Vegas, Nevada|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2007/oct/08/the-new-game-show-with-the-most-name-that-host/|url-status=live}}</ref> at the [[Las Vegas Hilton]].<ref name=higdon/> He also hosted a daily radio travel feature called ''Travelin' Farr''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Travelin Farr| url=http://radiotime.com/program/p_68581/Travelin_Farr.aspx|publisher=Radio Time| access-date=2009-07-17| archive-date=2010-06-11| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611071309/http://radiotime.com/program/p_68581/Travelin_Farr.aspx| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=military.com>{{cite web|url=https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-jamie-farr.html|title=Famous Veteran: Jamie Farr|date=2023-06-06|publisher=Military.com|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-jamie-farr.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On Memorial Day 2007, Farr hosted a multiple-episode run of ''M*A*S*H'' on the [[Hallmark Channel]] where he provided commentary during commercial breaks. Between 2016 and 2018, he promoted ''M*A*S*H'' and other classic television series on [[MeTV]]{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} and in 2022 was attending large-scale events like [[Comic Con]] to meet fans of the show.<ref name=webber/> The same year, he hosted ''M*A*S*H: The Best By Farr'', where he provided commentary on his favorite episodes of the show to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/jamie-farr-hosts-mash-the-best-by-farr-on-metv|title=Jamie Farr Hosts 'M*A*S*H: The Best By Farr' on MeTV|last=Malone|first=Michael|date=2022-07-28|publisher=[[Broadcasting+Cable]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.nexttv.com/news/jamie-farr-hosts-mash-the-best-by-farr-on-metv|url-status=live}}</ref> Farr published his autobiography ''Just Farr Fun'' ({{ISBN|978-0964077508}}) in 1994 and cowrote ''Hababy's Christmas Eve'' ({{ISBN|978-1934341100}}) a book based on a story told by Klinger about a family of camels who brought the [[Biblical Magi|Wise Men]] to baby Jesus in his manger, with his wife in 2003.<ref name=tcmbio/>

Farr collapsed during a [[Dinner theater|dinner show]] in [[Edmonton]] in 2014 and was transported to the hospital. He finished out the week of shows until an understudy was found, then flew home to California, where he had a [[stent]] put into his heart to treat [[atherosclerosis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/tv-radio/2015/10/28/jamie-farr-collapses-on-set.html|title=Jamie Farr collapses on set|date=2015-10-28|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032648/https://www.toledoblade.com/tv-radio/2015/10/28/jamie-farr-collapses-on-set.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=smith/> In 2018, after collapsing during rehearsals for ''Jack of Diamonds'', he decided to retire from stage acting.<ref name=smith/><ref name=thespec>{{cite news|url=https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/review-theatre-aquarius-production-of-jack-of-diamonds-sparkles-with-silliness/article_2912ceae-b37f-565d-be81-c48b7b189901.html|title=Review: Theatre Aquarius production of Jack of Diamonds sparkles with silliness|last=Smith|first=Gary|date=2015-11-02|newspaper=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|location=Hamilton, Ontario, Canada|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/review-theatre-aquarius-production-of-jack-of-diamonds-sparkles-with-silliness/article_2912ceae-b37f-565d-be81-c48b7b189901.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Farr met his wife Joy Ann Richards, a model, shortly after returning from military service.<ref name=dangaardp142/><ref name=goodman/><ref name=smith/> They married in 1963 and have two children,<ref name=brickey/><ref name=higdon/><ref name=smith/> Jonas (c. 1969) and Yvonne (c. 1972).<ref name=goodman/><ref name=guggenheimer/> In 2021, Farr told ''We Are the Mighty'' that [[James Jabara]] was his cousin.<ref name=searls>{{cite web|url=https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-movies/mash-star-act-jamie-farr/|title=10 Questions with M*A*S*H star and famed actor Jamie Farr|date=2021-11-03|publisher=We Are the Mighty|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-movies/mash-star-act-jamie-farr/|url-status=live}}</ref> Farr has battled severe [[rheumatoid arthritis]] since the early 1990s.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Farr was very close to [[Red Skelton]], describing him as his "hero" and "mentor",<ref name=ouzounian/> and like "a second father" to him.<ref name=searls/> He shared that Skelton was one of his favorite comedians growing up.<ref name=ouzounian/> Before Farr left for his military service, Skelton gave him a [[Saint Christopher]] medal, which he has worn since.<ref name=searls/><ref name=webber/> When Skelton died in 1997, his widow asked Farr to be a [[pallbearer]] at his funeral.<ref name=webber/>

Public records show that Farr has contributed financially to the [[Republican National Committee]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] candidates multiple times since 1988, including to the campaigns of [[Darrell Issa]] (2022), who grew up in Ohio and is of Lebanese ancestry, and [[Joe Leibham]] (2009).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Jamie_Farr.php |title=Jamie Farr's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |publisher=Newsmeat |date=April 18, 2011 |access-date=2021-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514001413/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Jamie_Farr.php |archive-date=2011-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the961.com/lebanese-american-influential-politician-darrel-issa/|title=Meet the Lebanese-American businessman turned influential politician|last=Diab|first=Jasmin Lilian|date=2019-09-28|publisher=The 961|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032645/https://www.the961.com/lebanese-american-influential-politician-darrel-issa/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=jamie+farr&order=desc&sort=D|title=Donor Lookup: Jaime Farr|publisher=[[OpenSecrets]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=October 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020070950/https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=jamie+farr&order=desc&sort=D|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Legacy and honors==
Farr has remained deeply loyal to his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, and the city has returned the sentiment. In 1977, he was awarded Toledo's version of the [[Freedom of the City|Keys to the City]], a ceremonial glass. [[Scott High School (Ohio)|Scott High School]] named their new performing arts wing after him the same year.<ref name=piqua>{{cite news|title=Klinger comes "home"|newspaper=The Piqua Daily Call|location=Piqua, Ohio, USA|date=1977-06-30|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-piqua-daily-call/133734742/|via=newspapers.com|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-piqua-daily-call/133734742/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[University of Toledo]] awarded him an [[honorary doctorate]] in 1983<ref name=utoledo>{{cite web|url=https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/MSS-024.htm|date=2022-06-27|title=Jamie Farr Scripts, 1954-1984|publisher=University of Toledo|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/MSS-024.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and, in 1998, a park where Farr spent a lot of his childhood was renamed the Jamie Farr Park, something he has referred to as "a highlight of my life and career."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.apnews.com/e96364ff17d4f9dee5117bf77fa376e7| title=Toledo Honors Jamie Farr| publisher=[[Associated Press]]| date=July 6, 1998| access-date=2018-09-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001070239/https://www.apnews.com/e96364ff17d4f9dee5117bf77fa376e7|archive-date=2018-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Jamie-Farr-honored-with-plaque-in-Jamie-Farr-Park--441822603.html|title=Jamie Farr honored with plaque in Jamie Farr Park|last=Hormann|first=Bill|date=2017-08-26|publisher=WTVG|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Jamie-Farr-honored-with-plaque-in-Jamie-Farr-Park--441822603.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tony Packo's Cafe]], a restaurant referenced several times by Klinger on ''M*A*S*H'', displays a [[hot dog bun]] signed by Farr at their establishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetakeout.com/tony-packos-toledo-ohio-celebrity-hot-dog-buns-1835998781|title=Tony Packo's is the world capital of autographed hot dog buns|last=Brooke|first=Zach|date=2019-07-09|publisher=[[G/O Media|The Takeout]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://thetakeout.com/tony-packos-toledo-ohio-celebrity-hot-dog-buns-1835998781|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Farr and Klinger were the first two inductees to the [[Toledo Mud Hens]]' Celebrity Hall of Fame.<ref name=trauring/><ref name=brickey/> In 2023, an artist erected Jumpin' Jamie, a fiberglass frog statue part of a larger public art piece. The frog is named after Farr and is dressed in a [[Headscarf#Babushka|babushka]] and red lipstick in homage to Klinger. Originally at the Highland Meadows Golf Club, where the [[Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic|Jamie Farr Toledo Classic]] was held, it is now kept at Bittersweet Farms.<ref name=king>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/art/2023/09/06/frog-around-town-jumpin-jamie-farr-frog-bats-eyes-at-bittersweet-farms/stories/20230906011|title=Frog Around Town: Jumpin' Jamie Farr frog bats eyes at Bittersweet Farms|last=King|first=Lillian|date=2023-09-06|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=September 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927072806/https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/art/2023/09/06/frog-around-town-jumpin-jamie-farr-frog-bats-eyes-at-bittersweet-farms/stories/20230906011|url-status=live}}</ref> There is also an academic scholarship bearing his name through the Greater Toledo Community Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toledocf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Program-Information-Jamie-Farr-Scholarship.pdf|title=Jamie Farr Scholarship Program Information|publisher=Greater Toledo Community Foundation|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=October 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020073916/https://www.toledocf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Program-Information-Jamie-Farr-Scholarship.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=hiel/>

In 1983, [[Dana Open#History|Judd Silverman]] approached Farr about "lending his name" to a golf tournament. The following year, the [[Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic|Jamie Farr Toledo Classic]], an annual [[LPGA]] tour stop, held its inaugural event in [[Sylvania, Ohio]]. Sponsored by [[Kroger]], [[Owens Corning]], and [[O-I Glass]],<ref name=trauring/><ref name=hiel/><ref name=king/><ref name=dimeglio/><ref name=tcmbio/> the tournament raises money for children's charities, including the [[Boys and Girls Clubs of America]].<ref name=bgca/><ref name=tcmbio/> Farr hosted the event for 28 years<ref name=trauring>{{cite web|url=https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Jamie-Farr-to-return-to-Toledo-432987403.html|title=Jamie Farr returns to Toledo for August celebration|last=Trauring|first=Brian|date=2017-07-06|publisher=[[WTVG]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Jamie-Farr-to-return-to-Toledo-432987403.html|url-status=live}}</ref> until it was rebranded the Marathon Classic in 2012.<ref name=dimeglio>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2013/01/09/corporal-klinger-jamie-farr-lpga-toledo-marathon-sponosr/1820307/|title=LPGA no longer clings to Jamie Farr; Marathon is in|last=DiMeglio|first=Steve|date=2013-01-09|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2013/01/09/corporal-klinger-jamie-farr-lpga-toledo-marathon-sponosr/1820307/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2023, it is called the [[Dana Open]].<ref name=love/><ref name=king/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/dana-open/2023/07/09/briggs-dana-open-jamie-farr-remains-proud-what-he-started/stories/20230708004|title=Briggs: Ten years after LPGA tourney was rebranded, 'elated' Jamie Farr has no hard feelings|date=2023-07-08|last=Briggs|first=David|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/dana-open/2023/07/09/briggs-dana-open-jamie-farr-remains-proud-what-he-started/stories/20230708004|url-status=live}}</ref>

Outside of Ohio, Farr has been nominated for an [[Emmy]] for his time on ''M*A*S*H'', given the Comedy Achievement Honoree award at the [[New York Arab-American Comedy Festival]],<ref name=tcmbio/> and inducted into the [[Boys and Girls Clubs of America]] Alumni Hall of Fame.<ref name=bgca>{{cite web|url=https://www.bgca.org/about-us/alumni-hall-of-fame/jamie-farr|title=Jamie Farr|publisher=[[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002180258/https://bgca.org/about-us/alumni-hall-of-fame/jamie-farr|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1985, he received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name=walkoffame/> Two of the dresses he wore as Klinger had previously been worn by [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Betty Grable]] and are now owned by the [[Smithsonian National Museum of American History]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/object/dress-worn-jamie-farr-maxwell-klinger-television-series-mash%3Anmah_680157|title=Dress worn by Jamie Farr as Maxwell Klinger on television series, M*A*S*H|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/mash-jamie-farr|title=In "M*A*S*H," actor Jamie Farr wore famous hand-me-downs|last=Harvey|first=Lucy|date=2017-12-13|publisher=National Museum of American History|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/mash-jamie-farr|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, he received the [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]] from the [[Ellis Island Honors Society|National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/Culture/2001/03/09/Group-honors-Jamie-Farr.html|title=Group honors Jamie Farr|date=2009-03-09|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=October 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021024704/https://www.toledoblade.com/Culture/2001/03/09/Group-honors-Jamie-Farr.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2016 was given the [[Arab American Institute Foundation]]'s Special Recognition Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/aaif-s-gibran-gala-to-honor-m-a-s-h/article_3ebbe554-027d-11e6-9418-bb134a28383d.html|title=AAIF's Gibran Gala to honor M*A*S*H star Jamie Farr|last=Loria|first=Keith|date=2016-04-14|newspaper=[[Fairfax Times|Fairfax County Times]]|location=Reston, Virginia, USA|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/aaif-s-gibran-gala-to-honor-m-a-s-h/article_3ebbe554-027d-11e6-9418-bb134a28383d.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Select filmography==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes !! class="unsortable" | Ref
|-
| 1955-1961 || ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'' || Snorkel || || <ref name=utoledo/><ref name=ouzounian/><ref name=tcmbio/>
|-
| 1959-1961 || ''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]'' || Theodore (1959), Pooch (1961) || Appeared in "Panic" (1959) and "Two Weeks" (1961) ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' || Restaurant delivery boy || Season 1, episodes 4, 5, 8, 11, and 12 || <ref name=tcmbio/>
|-
| 1963 || ''[[The Danny Kaye Show]]'' || Hans, Court Reporter, Player || || <ref name=webber/><ref name=utoledo/>
|-
| 1962-1964 || ''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'' || Counterman (1962), Antonio (1964) || Episodes "Barney Hatfield, Where Are You?" and "Let's Get Away from It All" || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/hazel/episodes-season-3/1030027436/|title=Hazel Season 3 Episodes|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/hazel/episodes-season-3/1030027436/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'' || Zava, Lineman, Clinic Informant || Season 3, episode 15: "A Very Important Russian Is Missing" || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/amos-burke-secret-agent/episodes-season-3/1000204015/|title=Amos Burke, Secret Agent Season 3 Episodes|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/amos-burke-secret-agent/episodes-season-3/1000204015/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1965-1966 || ''[[My Favorite Martian]]'' || Hospital orderly (1965), jewel thief (1966) || Episodes "Virus M for Martian" and "The Avenue C Mob" || <ref name=broadwayworld/><ref name=tcmbio/>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1966 || ''[[The Lucy Show]]'' || || Episode "Lucy, the Rain Goddess" || <ref name=brickey/>
|-
| ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' || Achmed || Episode "Get Me to Mecca on Time" || <ref name=tcmbio/>
|-
| ''[[F Troop]]'' || Lackey (uncredited), Standup Bull || Season 1, episodes "Our Hero. What's His Name?" and "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop" || <ref name=guggenheimer/><ref name=utoledo/>
|-
| ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' || Gracos || Season 6, episode 23 || <ref name=brickey/>
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Death Valley Days]]'' || Dick Gird || Season 15, episode 15: "Silver Tombstone" || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/death-valley-days/episodes-season-15/1030161842/|title=Death Valley Days Season 15 Episodes|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/death-valley-days/episodes-season-15/1030161842/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1965-1968 || ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' || USMC Sergeant (1966), Special effects man (1968) || Episodes "Gomer Pyle POW" and "A Star is Not Born" || <ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| 1967-1968 || ''[[Garrison's Gorillas]]'' || Pablo (1967), Tony Marcello (1968) || 
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Get Smart]]'' || Musician || Season 4, episode 1: "The Impossible Mission || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/get-smart/episodes-season-4/1000082719/|title=Get Smart Season 4 Episodes|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/get-smart/episodes-season-4/1000082719/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=tcmbio/>
|-
| 1969 || ''[[The Flying Nun]]'' || Police officer || Episode "Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters" || <ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Family Affair]]'' || Hippie || Season 3, Episode 27: "Flower Power" ||
|-
| 1971 || ''[[The Chicago Teddy Bears]]'' || Duke, Lefty || 11 episodes || <ref name=piqua/>
<ref name=tcm>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/59903%7C78856/Jamie-Farr/#filmography|title=Jamie Farr: Filmography|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/59903%7C78856/Jamie-Farr/#filmography|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1972-1973 || ''[[Emergency!]]'' || Alan Austen || Season 2, episodes "Helpful" and "Boot" || <ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Inch High, Private Eye]]'' || Voices || 13 episodes ||
|-
| 1974-1978, 1982-1984 || ''[[Tattletales]]'' || Himself with wife Joy || 30 episodes 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1975 || ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' || Marty Paris || Season 3, episode 20: "Doomed Alibi" ||
|-
| ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]'' || Jack Burton || Season 1, episode 13 || <ref name=kolchak/>
|-
| 1977-1979 || ''[[Battle of the Network Stars]]'' || Himself || || <ref name=tcm/>
|-
| 1981 || ''[[The Fall Guy]]'' || Himself || Season 1, episode 7: "Japanese Connection" ||
|-
| 1972-1983 || ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' || [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Maxwell Klinger|Maxwell Klinger]] || 216 episodes || <ref name=utoledo/><ref name=ouzounian/>
|-
| 1978-1983 || ''[[The Love Boat]]'' || Seymour (1978), Inspector Akhmed Sadu (1982), Art Fuller (1983) || Episode in seasons 1, 6, and 7 || <ref name=broadwayworld/><ref name=tcmbio/>
|-
| 1977-1984 || ''[[Circus of the Stars]]'' || Himself || || <ref name=tcm/>
|-
| 1983-1985 || ''[[AfterMASH]]'' || [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Maxwell Klinger|Maxwell Klinger]] || ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' spinoff; 30 episodes  || <ref name=wadlow/><ref name=utoledo/><ref name=cotter/>
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Wordplay]]'' || Himself || Guest host ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Murder She Wrote]]'' || Theo Wexler || Season 5, Episode 2: "A Little Night Work" ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' || || Season 5, episode 15: "Drill for Death" || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/diagnosis-murder/episodes-season-5/1000084747/|title=Diagnosis Murder Season 5 Episode|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032645/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/diagnosis-murder/episodes-season-5/1000084747/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2002-2003 || ''[[That '70s Show]]'' || || Two episodes || <ref name=tcmbio/>
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Family Guy]]'' || Himself || Episode "[[Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air]]" ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Bella and the Bulldogs]]'' || Ernie || Episode "Bad Grandma" ||
|-
| 2018-2019 || ''[[The Cool Kids (TV series)|The Cool Kids]]'' || Dudley || 6 episodes || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://greertoday.com/greer-sc/ed-asner-jamie-farr-perform-at-flat-rock-playhouse/2021/07/28/|title=Ed Asner, Jamie Farr perform at Flat Rock Playhouse|date=2021-07-28|publisher=GreerToday|location=Greer, South Carolina, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032651/https://greertoday.com/greer-sc/ed-asner-jamie-farr-perform-at-flat-rock-playhouse/2021/07/28/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=searls/>
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Ref
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Blackboard Jungle]]'' || Santini || <ref name=utoledo/><ref name=brickey/>
|-
| 1958 || ''[[No Time for Sergeants]]'' || Lt. Gardelli || <ref name=guggenheimer/><ref name=walkoffame/><ref name=utoledo/><ref name=searls/>
|-
| 1965 || ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' || [[Thaddeus]] || <ref name=guggenheimer/><ref name=brickey/><ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Who's Minding the Mint?]]'' || Mario || <ref name=tcm/>
|-
| 1968 || ''[[With Six You Get Eggroll]]'' || Jo Jo || <ref name=tcm/>
|-
| 1973 || ''[[The Blue Knight (film)|The Blue Knight]]'' || Yasser Hafiz || <ref name=searls/><ref name=tcm/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981 || ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'' || The Sheik || <ref name=higdon/><ref name=brickey/><ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| ''[[Return of the Rebels]]'' || Mickey Fine || <ref name=tcm/>
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Cannonball Run II]]'' || The Sheik || <ref name=brickey/><ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Happy Hour (film)|Happy Hour]]'' || Crummy Fred || <ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Scrooged]]'' || Himself || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/20_facts_you_might_not_know_about_scrooged/s1__36656165#slide_3|title=20 facts you might not know about 'Scrooged'|last=Morgan|first=Chris|date=2022-12-25|publisher=[[Yardbarker]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/20_facts_you_might_not_know_about_scrooged/s1__36656165#slide_3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Speed Zone]]'' || The Sheik || <ref name=broadwayworld/>
|-
| 2007 || ''[[A Grandpa for Christmas]]'' || Adam Johnson || <ref name=tcm/>
|}

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