Gary Burghoff

Gary Burghoff is an American actor best known for playing Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly on M*A*S*H. He was born in 1943 in Connecticut and grew up in Wisconsin. Besides acting, he has worked as a musician, poet, songwriter and painter. BearManor Media has published his 2009 memoir, To M*A*S*H and Back, which covers his life beyond the series. The publisher also issued The Home, a comic strip collection he created with illustrator Mark O'Neill.