Jamie Farr (born Jameel Joseph Farah; July 1, 1934) is an American comedian and actor, best known for playing the cross-dressing Corporal Maxwell Klinger on M*A*S*H. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Lebanese immigrants, and served in the army in Korea.

Filmography

• 2018Angels on Tap — Alexander
• The Cool Kids — Dudley
• Bella and the Bulldogs — Ernie
• 2007A Grandpa for Christmas — Adam Johnson
• 2006The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank — Narrator
• The War at Home — Albert
• 2001A Month of Sundays — Par Sundquist
• Family Guy — Jamie Farr (voice)
• That '70s Show — Jamie Farr
• Just Shoot Me! — Jamie Farr
• Hey Arnold! — Mr. Wacko (voice)
• Men Behaving Badly — Jamie Farr
• Women of the House
• 1995You Snooze You Lose — Dr. Hanley
• Diagnosis: Murder — Doug Hanson
• Mad About You — Dry Cleaner
• 1991Fearless Tiger — Sam Camille
• 1989Curse II: The Bite — Harry Morton
• 1989Speed Zone — Cannonballer #2
• 1988Run Till You Fall — Michael Reuben
• 1988Scrooged — Jacob Marley
• 1987Happy Hour — Crummy Fred
• 1986A Masterpiece of Murder — Jamie Farr
• 1986Combat Academy — Col. Frierick
• 1984Cannonball Run II — Sheik
• 1984For Love or Money — Larry Melody
• Murder, She Wrote — Theo Wexler
• AfterMASH — Max Klinger, Director
• 1981Return of the Rebels — Mickey Fine
• 1981The Cannonball Run — Sheik
• The Fall Guy
• 1980Murder Can Hurt You! — Studsky
• The Alan Thicke Show
• 1979Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill — Snuffy McCann
• Supertrain — Wade Peters
• The Love Boat — Seymour, Inspector Akmed Sadu of Interpol
• Battle of the Network Stars
• Amy Prentiss
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker — Jack Burton
• 1973Arnold — Dybbi
• Barnaby Jones — Marty Paris, Man at Scrap Yard
• 1973Heavy Traffic — Arcade Owner
• 1973The Blue Knight — Yasser Hafiz
• The Blue Knight — Yasser Fahiz
• Toma
• Emergency! — Alan Austen
• M*A*S*H — Maxwell Klinger, Director
• The Streets of San Francisco — Ernie Walker
• The Chicago Teddy Bears
• 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! — Multiple Characters (voice) (uncredited)
• 1968With Six You Get Eggroll — Jo Jo
• Garrison's Gorillas
• Hondo — John-Chee
• The Flying Nun — Manuel
• 1967Who's Minding the Mint? — Mario
• Family Affair
• 1966Ride Beyond Vengeance — Pete the Blacksmith
• F Troop
• Get Smart — Musician
• I Dream of Jeannie — Achmed
• Laredo
• 1965The Greatest Story Ever Told — Thaddaeus
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Sergeant, Effects Man
• Burke's Law — Zava
• My Favorite Martian
• Ensign O'Toole — Penski
• The Lucy Show — Vince
• Ben Casey
• Hazel — Counterman
• The Dick Van Dyke Show — Delivery Boy
• My Three Sons
• The Andy Griffith Show — Grecos (Sylvio)
• The Rebel — Theodore, Pooch
• The Third Man — Tejurmain
• The Twilight Zone — Soldier (uncredited)
• 1958No Time for Sergeants — Lt. Gardelli
• The Donna Reed Show
• 1956Diane — Count Ridolfi's Mute Squire (uncredited)
• 1956Three Violent People — Pedro Ortega
• 1955Blackboard Jungle — Santini
• 1955Kismet — Orange Merchant (uncredited)
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Pablo
• The Red Skelton Show — Snorkel, Lazlo, Nose

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 2024M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television — Self
• 2022M*A*S*H: When Television Changed Forever — Self
• 2010The Real M*A*S*H — Himself
• 2006The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge — Self
• 2002M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion — Himself
• MADtv — Self
• 1991Memories of M*A*S*H — Self / Maxwell Klinger
• 1991Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show — Self
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1981Making 'M*A*S*H' — Self
• 1980Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary — Self
• The Big Show — Self
• 1980The Gong Show Movie — Himself
• 1976Joys — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Danny Kaye Show — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Guest
• The Bob Hope Show — Self
• The Arab Americans — Self