Gary Rich Burghoff is an American actor who is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He was a regular on television game show Match Game from 1974 to 1975 for 140 episodes. He left M*A*S*H in 1979 after the seventh season because of burnout and a desire to spend more time with his family.
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Gary Rich Burghoff is an American actor who is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He was a regular on television game show Match Game from 1974 to 1975 for 140 episodes, standing in for Charles Nelson Reilly who was in New York doing a Broadway play. He made his feature film debut in Robert Altman’s MASH. He left M*A*S*H in 1979 after the seventh season because of burnout and a desire to spend more time with his family, though he returned the following year to film a special two-part farewell episode.
In the 1980s, he was the TV spokesman for BP and IBM computers and appeared on two episodes of the first season of W*L*T*E*R*E. He also appeared in the film I Love You, as well as one each of The Love Boat and Ellery Queen. He has appeared on TV shows such as Match Game, Liar’s Club, Hollywood Squares, and The Liar’s Club and Show and Show. He is married to actress Lynda Carter and has three children. He appeared in an episode of her hit series The New Adventures of Wonder Woman in 1978.
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