Jameel Joseph Farah, better known as Jamie Farr, is an actor and comedian from America. His most popular performance is as Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom ‘M*A*S*H’. An Ohio native, Farr has been acting since he was a child. He was spotted by a talent scout representing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer while he was affiliated with the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse. He subsequently made his screen debut in the 1955 crime-drama film ‘Blackboard Jungle’, in which he portrayed the mentally-challenged student Santini. His first TV appearance came about two years later, in an episode of ‘The 20th Century-Fox Hour’. Over the course of his six-decade-long career, Farr has accumulated numerous film, TV, and theatre credits. Between 1972 and 1983, he essayed the role of Maxwell Q. Klinger in ‘M*A*S*H’ and later reprised the role in the spin-off series ‘AfterMASH’. At present. he is playing the role of Dudley in Fox’s comedy series ‘The Cool Kids’. Farr received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.
