As much as he is missed in the later seasons of 'M*A*S*H,' one can hardly blame him for putting his family before his work. Gary Rich Burghoff (born 3) is an American actor, known for playing Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter Eugene 'Radar' OReilly in the MASH movie and TV series. Cleary, the time commitment of being in a network series had been taking a toll on Burghoff's personal life. I was not available as a father because of my work' (via ASSIST News Service). According to Collider, Alda earns a not-too-shabby 1 million per year in residuals from the show that ran 11 seasons from 1972 to 1983.
I think that was a large part of it.'īurghoff himself never spoke much about his reasons for walking away from 'M*A*S*H,' but he reportedly did confirm that the desire to spend more time with his family played a role, stating in a 2006 radio interview with Oakville, Ontario's JOY 1250, 'Family, to me, became the most important thing. In the script, he was talking about a future with.
Dubin also claimed issues in Burghoff's personal life may have contributed to his departure, stating, 'He was having trouble with his wife at the time.' To this point, Dubin explained that the actor struggled to get through a particular scene in his farewell episode, claiming Burghoff, 'broke into tears and I had to stop everything for 15 minutes and walk him around the backlot of Fox.
