Larry Linville

Birthday: 29 September 1939, Ojai, California, USA

Birth Name: Larry Lavon Linville

Height: 185 cm

Larry Linville was born on September 29, 1939 in Ojai, California, USA as Larry Lavon Linville. He was an actor, known for M*A*S*H (1972), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) and The Night Stalker (1972). He was married to Deborah Guydon, Susan Hagan, Melissa Gallant, Vana Tribbey and Kate Geer. He died on April 10, 2000 in New York City, New York, USA.

[about playing Frank Burns] On the one side he was just kind of silly and stupid and on the other si...Show more »

[about playing Frank Burns] On the one side he was just kind of silly and stupid and on the other side you have the danger of being very repulsive and ugly so you must balance that so that it is believable enough to serve the comedy. Show less «

[about Frank Burns] Some people have said 'Why didn't the role progress? Why didn't he become more u...Show more »

[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?' Show less «

(when asked whom he'd based his infamous Frank Burns character on) "Every idiot I've ever known."

[on contracting cancer]: "I was scared. It wasn't like drinking. You could give up the bottle. You c...Show more »

[on contracting cancer]: "I was scared. It wasn't like drinking. You could give up the bottle. You can't give up the big C." Show less «

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