Larry Linville

Birth Name:

Larry Lavon Linville

Birth Place:

Ojai, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Attended the University of Colorado, where he majored in Engineering
Studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London on a scholarship
Performed with a local theater group while in college, where he starred in "The Glass Menagerie․"
Quote: "(On the doctors and the hospital that inspired "M*A*S*H"): "We were like a plastic representation of real people․""
After attending drama school, he returned to California and spent eight years in repertory theater
Best known for his role as Major Franklin Marion Burns in "M*A*S*H․"
His childhood hobby was designing and flying gliders
Starred opposite Ingrid Bergman in the play "More Stately Mansions" on Broadway and in Los Angeles

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