Jamie Farr was born on Jameel Joseph Farah; July 1,1934 and is an American comedian and actor.
21 Facts About Jamie Farr
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Jamie Farr was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.
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Jamie Farr won the role of the mentally challenged student, Santini.
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Jamie Farr told the story in an interview in 2011 with the Television Academy Foundation.
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Jamie Farr got a new acting role on television when, in the late 1950s, he became a regular on The Red Skelton Show before becoming a second banana with Harvey Korman on The Danny Kaye Show.
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Jamie Farr worked in TV commercials, including a spot for Wonder Bread.
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Jamie Farr was asked back for a dozen episodes in the second season, and he became a regular in the fourth.
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Jamie Farr ended the cross-dressing gag because, at the time, his young children were being teased about it.
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Jamie Farr gradually progressed from being a cross-dressing visual joke, and became a more sensitive and resourceful character.
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Jamie Farr was a regular judge on The Gong Show in the late 1970s.
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Jamie Farr appeared as a panelist on several other game shows, including The $25,000 Pyramid, Super Password, Body Language, Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, Wordplay, The $1.98 Beauty Show, The Magnificent Marble Machine, and Tattletales.
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Jamie Farr appeared in several made-for-TV movies such as Murder Can Hurt You, Return of the Rebels, and Combat Academy.
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Jamie Farr endorsed the US Mars bar in commercials during the 1980s and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.
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Jamie Farr is still active in regional theater and guest-stars occasionally on television.
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Since 1984, he has hosted an annual women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA tour, the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic, presented by Kroger, Owens Corning, and O-I in Sylvania, Ohio.
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In 2007, Jamie Farr played Adam Johnson in Hallmark original movie A Grandpa for Christmas.
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Jamie Farr was shown in many episodes as a Toledo Mud Hens fan.
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Since 2000, Jamie Farr has frequently donated to the Republican National Committee.
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Jamie Farr has been married to Joy Ann Richards since 1963 and has two children, Jonas and Yvonne.
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Since the early 1990s, Jamie Farr has battled severe rheumatoid arthritis.
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Jamie Farr is a fan of professional wrestling, as revealed by Rikishi after the two met at the 2021 Steel City Comic Con in Pittsburgh.