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Gary Burghoff: Radar Love
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Gary Burghoff's name has been moved to last, as he receives a special "... starring Gary Burghoff as Radar" billing. This was the only time a character's name was used in the credits.
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The cast includes Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall and Gary Burghoff. The characters they portray are essentially the same as those in the television series and include Hawkeye, Hotlips, Frank Burns, Radar, Colonel Blake, and Trapper John. Like the series, the movie is a combination of gags, pranks, and high jinks, mixed with tragedy, human endurance, dedication, and friendships, using war as a backdrop. If you are only familiar with the actors from the series, it may take a little time to get used to seeing different people in the key roles, but your patience will be rewarded.
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Burghoff got his start in both acting and drumming during his high school years in Delavan, Wisconsin. Episode 24 Season 1 of the M*A*S*H television series titled Showtime features Radar playing a solo on the drums. It is a misconception that the sound was dubbed in; it is actually Gary Burghoff's performance.[1]
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The actors -- including an aspiring pop singer named Gary Burghoff (who would go on to become Radar O'Reilly in television's "M*A*S*H") were given books of Schulz's cartoons and asked to pick material that best represented their characters. Though Gesner is now given credit for the whole product, the original production credited the book to the pseudonymous "John Gordon."
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Burghoff played the naive, innocent, teenage, but gifted company clerk, "Radar" O'Reilly. His role was small but memorable in the M*A*S*H movie, and he was the only actor from that movie to ... play his character on the television series. (Ironically, McLean Stevenson, who played Henry Blake in the television series, died the day before Roger Bowen, who played in the same role in the movie version--of the same cause, a heart attack.)
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Burghoff, best known for his role on M*A*S*H as Corporal "Radar" O'Reilly, has appeared on numerous television shows and plays. After he let M*A*S*H , his acting career took a turn for the worst, which eventually led to bankruptcy. However, he was able to come up with the idea to sell his wild-life paintings, which led him out of his financial troubles. Burghoff and his wife,...
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