Actress Lynda Carter was the band's singer. He was the drummer for a band called the Relatives in 1968. In 1967 he originated the role of Charlie Brown in the original Off-Broadway production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He studied tap dance and became a proficient drummer, despite having a congenital deformity of three fingers on his left hand. Actress Lynda Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor, known for playing Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter Eugene 'Radar' O'Reilly in the M*A*S*H movie and TV series.īurghoff was born in Bristol, Connecticut.
Description: Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor, known for playing Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter Eugene 'Radar' O'Reilly in the M*A*S*H movie and TV series.īurghoff was born in Bristol, Connecticut.