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Larry Linville (1939–2000)

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His ex-wife, Kate Geer, was the daughter of Will Geer and Herta Ware. See more trivia »

Born:

Larry Lavon Linville
in Ojai, California, USA

Died:

(age 60) in New York City, New York, USA
Still of Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Larry Linville, Harry Morgan and Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H Larry Linville in his San Fernando valley workshop working on his Glider 1976 Larry Linville in San Fernando valley workshop working in his Glider 1976 Still of Gary Burghoff, Larry Linville, McLean Stevenson and Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H Larry Linville in his San Fernando valley workshop 1976
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2004 West from North Goes South
Rev. Lowell
 
1999 Great Performances (TV series)
Everett Baker
– Crazy for You (1999) … Everett Baker
 
1998 Fatal Pursuit
Shelby
 
1997 Pressure Point
Neil Kennedy
 
1997 Fast Track (TV series)
– Kennedy Gets a Ride (1997)
 
1985-1995 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Lt. Steven Ames / Paige Corbin / Prof. Kent Radford
– Unwilling Witness (1995) … Paige Corbin
– Curse of the Daanav (1988) … Lt. Steven Ames
– Murder Takes the Bus (1985) … Prof. Kent Radford
 
1995 Angel's Tide
 
1994 No Dessert, Dad, Till You Mow the Lawn
J.J.
 
1994 A Million to Juan
Richard Dickerson
 
1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Grover Cleveland
– Neverending Battle (1993) … Grover Cleveland
 
1992 Body Waves
Himmel
 
1992 A Different World (TV series)
Sen. Hutchinson
– Special Delivery (1992) … Sen. Hutchinson
 
1992 Nurses (TV series)
Mr. Garrett
– No Hiding Place (1992) … Mr. Garrett
 
1991 Dream On (TV series)
Uncle Danny
– Toby or Not Toby (1991) … Uncle Danny
 
1991 Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
Principal McGree
 
1991 Night Court (TV series)
Dr. Nagelson
– To Sleep, No More (1991) … Dr. Nagelson
 
1989 C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud
Dr. Jewell
 
1988 Starting from Scratch (TV series)
Brandon Shepherd
– James' Brother (1988) … Brandon Shepherd
 
1988 Earth Girls Are Easy
Dr. Bob
 
1988 Blue Movies
Dr. Gladding
 
1987 The Law and Harry McGraw (TV series)
Andrew Paxton
– Old Heroes Never Lie (1987) … Andrew Paxton
 
1985 School Spirit
President Grimshaw
 
1985 Riptide (TV series)
Edgar Harrison
– Does Not Compute (1985) … Edgar Harrison
 
1985 Airwolf (TV series)
Clinton Maxwell
– And a Child Shall Lead (1985) … Clinton Maxwell
 
1985 Misfits of Science (TV series)
Gen. Theil
– Deep Freeze (Pilot) (1985) … Gen. Theil
 
1984 Paper Dolls (TV series)
Grayson Carr
– Episode #1.13 (1984) … Grayson Carr
– Episode #1.12 (1984) … Grayson Carr
– Episode #1.11 (1984) … Grayson Carr
– Episode #1.10 (1984) … Grayson Carr
– Episode #1.8 (1984) … Grayson Carr
See all 6 episodes »
 
1983 Night Partners (TV movie)
Chief John Wilson
 
1982 Herbie, the Love Bug (TV series)
Randy Bigelow
 
1980-1982 Fantasy Island (TV series)
'Joe' Jonofoceles Armeniums Aristofeles / Fred Webster / Jerome Pepper
– Challenge, The/A Genie Named Joe (1982) … 'Joe' Jonofoceles Armeniums Aristofeles
– Also Rans/Portrait of Solange (1981) … Jerome Pepper
– My Fair Pharaoh/The Power (1980) … Fred Webster
 
1981 The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (TV movie)
Wesley Reins
 
1981 Checking In (TV series)
Lyle Block
– Florence and the Salesman (1981) … Lyle Block
– Whose Side Are You On? (1981) … Lyle Block
– Block's Party (1981) … Lyle Block
– Boo Who? (1981) … Lyle Block
 
1981 The Jeffersons (TV series)
Lyle Block
– Florence's New Job: Part 1 (1981) … Lyle Block
– Florence's New Job: Part 2 (1981) … Lyle Block
 
1981 Aloha Paradise (TV series)
– Turn Me On/Treasure Hunt/A Child Will Become Father (1981)
 
1979-1981 The Love Boat (TV series)
Lou Hayman / Ty Younger
– Return of the Ninny/Touchdown Twins/Split Personality (1981) … Ty Younger
– First Voyage, Last Voyage/April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger (1981) … Ty Younger
– The Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boy Friend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life: Part 1 (1979) … Lou Hayman
– The Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boy Friend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life: Part 2 (1979) … Lou Hayman
 
1980 Lou Grant (TV series)
Thatcher
– Sting (1980) … Thatcher
 
1979 A Christmas for Boomer (TV movie)
Jack
 
1979 CHiPs (TV series)
Carlin
– Roller Disco: Part 1 (1979) … Carlin
– Roller Disco: Part 2 (1979) … Carlin
 
1979 Supertrain (TV series)
Jack Nordoff
– And a Cup of Kindness Too (1979) … Jack Nordoff
 
1978-1979 Grandpa Goes to Washington (TV series)
Maj. Gen. Kevin Kelley
– The Union Boys (1979) … Maj. Gen. Kevin Kelley
– A Star Is Dead (1978) … Maj. Gen. Kevin Kelley
– The Leak (1978) … Maj. Gen. Kevin Kelley
– The Senator's Widow (1978) … Maj. Gen. Kevin Kelley
– Kelley's Best Friend (1978) … Maj. Gen. Kevin Kelley
See all 7 episodes »
 
1978 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Tom Watkins
– Deadly Sanctuary (1978) … Tom Watkins
 
1977 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Dr. Eric Albach
– A Deadly Maze (1977) … Dr. Eric Albach
 
1972-1977 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Major Franklin Marion Burns / Major Frank Burns
– Margaret's Marriage (1977) … Major Franklin Marion Burns
– Post Op (1977) … Major Franklin Marion Burns
– Souvenirs (1977) … Major Franklin Marion Burns
– Movie Tonight (1977) … Major Franklin Marion Burns
– The General's Practitioner (1977) … Major Franklin Marion Burns
See all 118 episodes »
 
1975 Rickles (TV movie)
Major Franklin Marion Burns
 
1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
Captain Jonas
– Chopper (1975) … Captain Jonas
 
1972 The Stepmother
Dick Hill
 
1972 Search (TV series)
Hugh Emery
– One of Our Probes Is Missing (1972) … Hugh Emery
 
1972 Cannon (TV series)
Ed Barrows
– Bad Cats and Sudden Death (1972) … Ed Barrows (as Lawrence Linville)
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Roger Carver
– The House That Cried Murder (1972) … Roger Carver
 
1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Det. Ed Pierce
– Operation: Deathwatch (1972) … Det. Ed Pierce
 
1972 Adam-12 (TV series)
Sgt. Hugh Brasher
– The Tip (1972) … Sgt. Hugh Brasher
 
1972 The Night Stalker (TV movie)
Makurji
 
1971 Bunny O'Hare
Max (Collector #1)
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Sloane (segment "The Academy")
– A Fear of Spiders/Junior/Marmalade Wine/The Academy (1971) … Sloane (segment "The Academy")
 
1971 Kotch
Peter Stiel
 
1971 Men at Law (TV series)
– Let the Dier Beware (1971)
 
1971 Vanished (TV movie)
Walters (as Lawrence Linville)
 
1969-1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
George Franciscus / George Tremont
– The Inheritors (1970) … George Franciscus (as Lawrence Linville)
– Flight (1969) … George Tremont
 
1970 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
Bud Morton
– Remember Chris Gately? (1970) … Bud Morton (as Lawrence Linville)
 
1968-1970 Mannix (TV series)
Lieutenant George Kramer / Detective Sergeant George Kramer
– Bang, Bang, You're Dead (1970) … Lieutenant George Kramer
– Who Is Sylvia? (1970) … Lieutenant George Kramer
– A Penny for the Peepshow (1969) … Lieutenant George Kramer
– Merry Go Round for Murder (1969) … Lieutenant George Kramer
– Last Rites for Miss Emma (1969) … Lieutenant George Kramer (uncredited)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1969-1970 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Alexi Silensky / Capt. Gulka / Colonel Leo Orlov
– The Innocent (1970) … Colonel Leo Orlov
– Robot (1969) … Alexi Silensky (as Lawrence Linville)
– The Glass Cage (1969) … Capt. Gulka
 
1970 The Young Rebels (TV series)
Reverend Wells
– The Ring of Freedom (1970) … Reverend Wells
 
1970 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Harry Miles
– Break the Bank of Tacoma (1970) … Harry Miles
 
1969 Room 222 (TV series)
Counselor
– Arizona State Loves You (1969) … Counselor
 
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Doctor / Dr. Beck
– The White Cane (1969) … Dr. Beck (as Lawrence Linville)
– A Matter of Humanities (1969) … Doctor (as Lawrence Linville)
 
1969 Bonanza (TV series)
Lieutenant Will Tyler
– The Fence (1969) … Lieutenant Will Tyler (as Lawrence Linville)
 
1969 The Outsider (TV series)
Floyd Hendricks
– The Secret of Mareno Bay (1969) … Floyd Hendricks
 
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1972-1978 M*A*S*H (TV series)
– Our Finest Hour (1978) (performer: "They Say That in the Army")
– Movie Tonight (1977) (performer: "Tennessee Waltz", "They Say That in the Army")
– Out of Sight, Out of Mind (1976) ("Three Blind Mice")
– Margaret's Engagement (1976) ("Back in the Saddle Again")
– Abyssinia, Henry (1975) (performer: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow")
See all 8 episodes »
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Las chicas de la Tierra son fáciles (2012) (in memory of)
 
2002 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion (TV documentary) (in memory of)
 
1978 M*A*S*H (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Our Finest Hour (1978) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2000 TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 3 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War (TV documentary)
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
 
1993 Nurses (TV series)
Himself
– No, But I Played One on TV (1993) … Himself
 
1992 The Howard Stern Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 May 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1991 Memories of M*A*S*H (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / Major Franklin Marion Burns (also archive footage)
 
1984 Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 May 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 May 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 May 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 May 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 April 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1981 Making 'M*A*S*H' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 25 September 1978 (1978) … Guest Appearance
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2002 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself / Major Franklin Marion Burns
 
1978 M*A*S*H (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Starred as Pop in "Crazy For You" For Papermill Playhouse, N.J. (1999). See more »

Alternate Names:

Lawrence Linville

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[about Frank Burns] Some people have said 'Why didn't the role progress? Why didn't he become more understanding, more humane, more compassionate, more sensitive?' I said 'What did you want him to be Alan Alda?' See more »

Trivia:

His ex-wife, Kate Geer, was the daughter of Will Geer and Herta Ware. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra