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 ...Show More
(when asked whom he'd based his infamous Frank Burns character on) "Every idiot I've ever known."
(when asked whom he'd based his infamous Frank Burns character on) "Every idiot I've ever known."
[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. Hide
[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." Hide
[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?' Hide
Larry Linville's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (174)
Larry Linville'S roles
President Grover Cleveland
Lt. Steven Ames, Paige Corbin, Prof. Kent Radford
Maj. Frank Burns
Lt. Steven Ames, Paige Corbin, Prof. Kent Radford
