Gary Burghoff

Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor, known for playing Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in the film MASH, as well as the TV series.

Burghoff was born in Bristol, Connecticut.

He studied tap dance and became a drummer, despite having a congenital deformity of three fingers on his left hand. He gained early experience acting with the Belfry Players of Williams Bay, Wisconsin.

Burghoff was married to Janet Gayle, from 1971 to 1979. They had one child before their divorce. In 1985, he married Elisabeth Bostrom. The couple had two children and divorced in 2005.