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Jamie Farr is not only a great thespian, he is also a great storyteller. He will make you laugh and make you cry. He is witty and wise, serious, unpretentious and an all-around wonderful entertainer. Hall of Fame Golfer Patty Sheehan. Jamie Farr always makes his going to work every day fun. It shows in everything he does. Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky. Jamie Farr has spent a half a century in Show business. He became a professional actor in 1954 appearing in the Los Angeles stage production Mr. Roberts. His first film was the MGM dramatic, controversial, blockbuster Blackboard Jungle which starred Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier. He co-starred with comedic legend Red Skelton on live television at CBS. Has worked with Lucille Ball, Andy Griffith, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Walter Cronkite, Burt Reynolds, Bob Hope, Charlton Heston, Roger Moore, Doris Day, Milton Berle, Danny Kaye and many, many more. Comedy, Drama, Westerns, Farces, Historical you name it and Jamie has done it. Besides appearing on every talk show on every network and syndicated television station he is one of the leading game show celebrity panelist. Match Game, The Gong Show, Super Password, $25,000 Dollar Pyramid $100,000 Pyramid Body Language and too many more to mention. He has helped create game shows written television scripts and directed television series. Has been the guest of Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George Herman Walker Bush at the White House. His Broadway debut in the revival of Guys and Dolls became the longest running revival of any kind, play or musical. In the same spirit of returning to roots, as Nathan Detroit, Jamie Farr suggested the original, Sam Levenes foxy, shifty charm in the role. Clive Barnes, NY Post. Other theatre roles, Oscar in the national touring company The Odd Couple, Ali Hakim in the national touring company of Oklahoma, Fagin in Oliver, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Other starring roles in Will Rogers Follies, Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo and many, many more. Mr. Farr has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Emmy nomination, A park named after him in Toledo, Ohio. Has two honorary doctorates. University of Toledo, Medical College of Ohio. Has been the national spokesman for Mars candy bars, IBM computers and After Six tuxedos. Hosted two nationally syndicated radio shows A Maalox Moment Kelloggs Traveliln Farr. Was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Has Hosted the Jamie Farr LPGA Golf Classic for twenty years donating over 4 million dollars to childrens charities in Northwest Ohio. Oh and by the way for eleven years portrayed Max Klinger on the successful television series M*A*S*H. He was an Every man, disguised as Every woman imbuing his role with a sense of humanity-transforming a character that might just as easily be seen as a clown into one that has become part of our language and our culture. Larry Gelbart, Producer, Writer and Creator of the television series M*A*S*H . TV Guide chose it as the best television show of all time. The final episode drew more than 125 million viewers, a record that may never be broken. Jamie,youve lived the American dream and made it come true on the glorious quilt of your life and legacy Humor and Humility. Success and Service, Faith and Family. God bless you and yours. Youve done us all proud. Andrew J. Fenady, Motion Picture and Television Producer and Writer. | ||
