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You're showing the wrong Larry Linville grave marker. The actor Larry Linville was born on Sept.29, 1939 & died on April 10, 2000

I saw larry linville when he did his college tour in 1986 in buffalo ny. I didn't know what to expect beforehand. Wow he was very interesting and very intelligent. I was very pleased i went.

Thing is: we could eventually laugh with Winchester... we could only laugh AT Ferret-Face!

My father was in the Canadian navy during the Korean conflict and they had officers that were just as bad as Frank Burns. I think his character was real. Larry Linville did a really good job playing Frank Burns.

Larry Linville was a talented & heavily underrated actor. His comic expertise was not to be beaten. The show didn't really feel the same after his departure, but I still did like David Ogden Stiers.

I think the funniest episodes are with Frank Burns, Hotlips, Hawkeye, Trapper, Henry & Radar. They were the best.

Thank-you, Mr. Linville, for a lot of entertainment. Rest, peacefully, 'Ferret-face.'

All they needed to do was start giving Frank more depth. Over time the writers could have helped Frank grow. Not that difficult.

His character was hilarious. Couldn't have been played better.

He was the butt of the jokes and they were well placed. I believe he made the part enjoyable and entertaining as well. RIP

It was mentioned on MASH that they had a 92 percent (aproximately) survival rate of the soldiers who came to their hospital. People forget that Frank had to be a competent doctor and was a part of those statistics.

Stiers was a great addition to the show.

You featured the headstone of the wrong Larry Linville.

I've long thought that Mr. Linville probably got just plain bored with Frank Burns. Five seasons and that character never changed one bit, unlike all the other characters. Considering his background, small wonder. He sounds like he was as kind and gracious a man as Burns wasn't. Shame he wasn't allowed to live longer. One small thing, that headstone you showed has a date of death in 1974. Clearly the wrong one. His name was Lawrence Lavon Linville, 1939 to 2000.

Larry was the funniest actor on that show. RIP

In the early 80's I frequented a small local playhouse in N. San Diego County and saw 2 plays, one written by him and another writer and one also written in collaboration but in which he acted as one of the characters. Both were great. I was sad to hear about his illness and passing. As a former corpsman during the Vietnam War I could relate to the insanity and heartache that was frequently displayed on the show.

I've seen interviews with the other actors and they all said that Larry was a super nice down to earth guy

Larry Linville graduated from El Camino High School in Sacramento

Hey "Fact" Verse, why do you keep showing a clip from the movie?

I still watch 4 back to back episodes, Mon-Fri & 2 back to back episodes on Sunday evening. Been watching ever since it started with the original Movie & then the TV Series. I have loved every character from start to finish. I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE MAKING OF M.A.S.H. MOVIE, M.A.S.H. TV SERIES & M.A.S.H. SPECIALS, I’VE SEEN THEM ALL; FROM THE BEGINNING. I WATCH ALL THE RERUNS & RARELY MISS AN EPISODE. GUESS THIS MAKES ME A DIE HARD FAN WITHOUT BEING A MEMBER OF THE FAN CLUB. I HAVE MY REASONS. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

M*A*S*H my favorite character was / is John Patrick Francis Mulcahy aka Fr. Mulcahy. He inspired me so much, I became a Chaplain.

Just wondering why you start off showing scenes from MASH the movie? Frank Burns was portrayed by Robert Duvall in the movie.

He played a prominent doctor in the made for TV movie "The Night Stalker," which also starred Darren McGavin as a reporter named Karl Kolchak.

"Frank Burns eats worms."

Let’s go still watch mash to this day!

The tombstone in the video is incorrect. Larry was born September 29, 1939 and Died April 10, 2000 (aged 60), not 1942-1974.

I loved mash it was a good show I liked it when Hawkeye and trapper picked on frank burns it was funny good video Vickie napa california

In a lot of ways Charles Emerson Winchester truly was the embodiment if the second half of MASH. Not as funny, and took himself a little too seriously. He also tended to think he was the smartest one in the room, and sometimes overstayed his welcome. But he could still make us laugh on occasion - and in the end he was still a pretty good guy.

I wasn't a fan of the Frank Burns character but I did like Charles Emerson Winchester played by David Ogden Stiers, (pronounced Sty- ers)

I loved his character in MASH. While I liked and appreciated Winchester ...I felt that with two intellectual, witty types already cast, Frank Burns was a much needed character.

Once you fall off the boat, no one is coming back to pick you up!

That is not Larry Linville's headstone.

Gawd,Ferret Face was the best!

In the movie version of MASH, Burns was portrayed by Robert Duval, who was last seen wearing a straight jacket and being carted of to the loony bin in a Jeep….. Linville’s Frank Burns also went bonkers, but while on R&R in Tokyo. Charles was an attempt to create a new Frank Burns, but on steroids! Eventually things toned down and the writing changed and Charles became part of the team… But because I come from Boston just like Charles I kinda fell in love with him…. What he really did well was his Boston Brahman accent that he did consistently through all the years he was on MASH.

Love ya, Ferret-Face.

I loved the first 3 seasons of M.A.S.H n can stomach the following 2 but after that it was just alright Hawkeye n Trapper were my favorites ( I have 2 co workers who act just like them)

I loved Larry Linville and David Ogden Stiers. They were both so funny.

I hated Frank Burns on MASH. I felt he was a terrible human being. But I can respect Larry Linville's dedication to the character. From what I've read of the man he was pretty likeable.

Why do you make no attempt whatsoever to pronounce actors’ names correctly?

Though Steers would be germanically correct David Ogden Stiers last name is pronounced "styers".

Yeah, but he was being played as a Caricature and I am sure he has some Pride in not constantly being beaten up in MASH. I saw him as an uptight, computer brained psychologist in an episode of “Rockford Files” and he was very good. Never saw him in a show again. Too bad, he was a very good Actor.

A NOTE TO THE CREATOR OF THIS TRIBUTE: Why did you show a headstone with the wrong D.O.D. posted on it? It reads at approximately the 7:12 mark that he died on June 1, 1974. Is this the actual headstone?

I love Larry Linville. Frank Burns was is and will always be my favorite character!

Larry's character of Frank was one of those characters that you loved to hate. But my favorite character in the show was definitely Hawkeye (Alda).

My father and I love watching this show every night its 😊

He was a wonderful actor. I loved what he brought to the show. We enjoyed his antics for many years.

There is absolutely nobody who could have played Frank Burns better. He was a fantastic actor. Klinger was always my favorite character on MASH

I believe Mr Linville had a University degree and was a very smart gentleman in life . I cant remember the subject matter for his degree but listening to him speak in interviews ,it is plain to see and hear that he was a very intelligent person . Hawkeye and Trapper used to rip the ' jaundice juice ' out of Frank Burns ... not always at 6 o'clock either ! Utterly brilliant ,natural acting of the funniest kind ...glorious !

Who would leave Hot Lips Houlihan?

Would it be cool if they had a 2.0 m.a.s.h.

There's a Frank Burns in every workplace, classroom and neighborhood.

Larry regretted leaving MASH? This sentiment must have arisen very late in his life. In the mid-80's, I worked as a standin/photo-double on a new show, "Misfits of Science" and met Larry Linville while shooting the pilot. The show pilot hired a lot of actors but unlike most, Larry was approachable and sociable. I asked why he was replaced and he told me he wasn't. He decided to leave because production did not respect the Major Burns character and turned him into a rube. Larry said that during the series, production made a point of highlighting every other character, giving each a episode of glory. Except Frank Burns. He decided it was time to move on.

In my opinion, M*A*S*H has to be the most overrated tv series in history. The first three seasons are the best, then it really became the Alan Alda show and took itself way to seriously. I liked Trapper John, Henry Blake and Frank Burns and despite his character being a jerk I felt sympathy for him. And Hawkeye was always extremely obnoxious and bullying towards Frank, so much so I felt sorry for him. They didn't let Frank Burns grow as a human being.

Over the years I've seen a number of series that Larry appeared on before and after MASH. He could play serious drama such as a police lieutenant on Mannix or the buffoon Frank Burns. But whatever he did he was an excellent actor and learning more about his life he sounds like a man who had only scratched the surface of what more he could do. It's sad that he is among a number of that great cast that have since passed away.

My favorite line by Frank was "it's nice to be nice to the nice" in front of Margaret and some hot shot general visitind the Mash unit.😅

Always thought the Major Burns role in the film M*A*S*H (played by the brilliant Robert Duvall) was far more nuanced.

there was one episode where frank was sending less severely wounded soldiers to triage first if they were white while keeping minority soldiers with more serious wounds back. i had read that linville was tired of getting scripts that made him be the jerk all the time, but writers would not create any scenes where frank shows a redeeming side, and so he walked. if i had been given a script where i had to be an out and out racist, i would have insisted on a re-write or sued the company for damages to my career

It was a great show. He did add to the success of the show. An excellent show comes about with the actors being professional and working for the good of all. This is exactly what happened here. Do I have to mention Golden Girls as another example? No, I don’t think so. Every time you have that connection in a show, you will have a success. And it still holds true today. Casting is a key element here. Carol from California

Linville's leaving did match up with the ending of the movie. The fact that he did try to separate himself from the TV caricature was a good effort, but I seam to remember his other TV caricatures as being also a type of the same kind as Burns. To bad for a classicaly trained actor.

Hawkeye was my favorite character on MASH for being the main character and for being the most amusing and entertaining. I was sorry to see Larry Linville leave the show. MASH wasn't quite as exciting and entertaining without the character of Frank Burns. He was so outrageous and unpredictable. The only flaw that I could see in MASH, was that I found it rather unrealistic that anyone as dim witted as Frank Burns would be capable of performing major surgery.

Does Larry Linville's tombstone read he died in 1974 ???

At the time of his departure (many years ago), the story was that Johnny Carson was about to retire after twenty years on the show and Larry Linville (a common guest host) was pimped as being a shoe-in as a replacement. When Linville left MASH to be available to The Tonight Show, he was boned by Carson, who decided to stay another ten years. The network tried to throw him a bone by giving him a show entitled "Hello, Larry" which was painful to watch and didn't last long. I can only imagine that he wished he hadn't left MASH.

How would Major Burns have interacted with Major Winchester? Both had an arrogant streak but Charles was smarter than Frank and was a far superior surgeon. But as the series went on, Charles showed what a kind heart he had, whereas Frank was like, as Hawkeye put it, "a major pretending to be a doctor". Frank was a competent surgeon at best but was more military than medical and very by the book. I'd say Frank and Charles would be very incompatable, and would have arguments in the OR. Regardless, there were moments Frank showed he could have a kind heart also, if he could get around military regulations, like that abandoned toddler in the early years, when Trapper wanted to adopt him. Both Frank and Charles could give a bad first impression and both took getting used to

I refuse to watch any of the old MASH shows if Frank Burns isn't in the episode......yeah, Linville WAS that funny....

It’s nice to be nice to the nice.

He did a great playing Frank Burns

I can assume Larry was confused with Frank around LA in the mid 1970s. Hey look....its Frank Burns. It can be assumed Larry made one last attempt to have Gelbart and Reynolds change Franks evil arc in the series. I can suppose Loretta Swit who was a close friend also concurred with Larry's request. They probably thought Larry would resign and balked at his idea. As it was they probably hired David Ogden Stiers to a much cheaper entry contract saving the production money.

I believe that Larry’s comity genus was and is greatly underrated. He had some of the best lines on the show but because the character was so disliked the funny stuff went unnoticed. To bad really, I still quote some of his lines, I never quote Alda lol I’m particularly fawned of “any idiot knows that, even me” among others.

Some of your video, is from the movie, not the tv show.

It's got to be difficult having to play the jerk, the butt of the jokes, in an ensemble comedy like "M*A*S*H"; to have to be dumb when everyone else is so smart. (How would you like to make your living being called Ferret Face?) It probably also doesn't help you get future work, except more jerk work. It's equally dangerous career-wise for an actor to walk away from a steady paycheck. What's really sad in Larry Linville's case is that, according to Jackie Cooper, who directed many episodes during the first two seasons, he was the nicest, most cooperative actor on the set.

They should have had Frank visit the 4077 a few times after he left.

I preferred Larry Linville!

Wrong head stone. Lawrence Lavon Linville. Sept 29, 1939 - April 10, 2000.

According to your video (and confirmed via the Internet), Larry Linville died on April 10, 2000. However, the tombstone shown in the video shows a date of death of June 1, 1974.

The character of Frank Burns is taken away in a straight jacket after a mental breakdown in the movie version of M*A*S*H played by Robert Duvall.

I never watched MASH in the '70s-- I watched no TV back then, not interested. Mid to late '80s I watched the reruns, quickly became a fan! Major Burns was a buffoon, and I thought his affair with "hot lips" Hoolihan was rather pitiful. One commenter, below, mentioned that his character was never expanded for more depth. True. Larry Linville was possibly more talented than his character allowed in the series. Shame. When he was replaced by Harry Sherman, I was elated! Was a fan of his from the old Dragnet series, when he starred as officer Bill Gannon along with Jack Webb's character of Joe Friday. Loved that show! Although MASH never allowed Linville's character any depth, I still think he cut off his nose to spite his face-- unsurprised he regretted that decision. Still: Col. Sherman Potter was a far better fit in the whole scheme. IMHO.

Frank burns was the one guy that you loved to hate. I also heard that the the reason he left was because he his character as far as he could.

He appear on the campus where I went he was very rude to our staff of the theatre

Larry Linville just did not help MASH. His replacement Hunnicut was a fantastic replacement.

Allot of those scenes were from the movie and not the show.

Larry Linville major frank burns like Bill Daily major roger Healy I liked

It’s nice to be nice to the nice…

I don't like that Burns left. Even though he was an antagonist to what Hawkeye-Trapper-BJ expressed, he had charm and panache in his childish like idiocy especially his chemistry with Margaret. This Winchester character is kinda' of full of himself and doesn't fit the bunch.

The only funny episode with Frank in it was Adam's Ribs.......that's because there wasn't much of Frank in that episode.

DAVID ODEN USE TO VISIT THE GAY BAR I HUNG OUT IN .

Frank had Hot Lips... she was a piece.

Frank burns eats worms😅

Klinger Margaret Hawkeye

Preferred David Ogden stiers more interesting and complex character

My whole family hated Larry linville

I am myself and more every Winchester fan. Just didn’t really ever like Frank. As for the top character, I would have to say Hawkeye.

When Henry and Frank left, the show got infinitely better.

OH hooee balloee.

It’s not easy to remain a viable character year after year when you have to play the fool in authority. I wish Frank would have had a partial chain of heart and made more human. While still being a jerk.

Don't care for the Winchester episodes at all

They shouldn’t broke up hot lips and Frank.

I stopped watching mash after Frank went back to the states ... sorry but I didn't like Winchester or honeycutt or the liberal writers

So long fare t face

Linville was a good actor,however his interpretation of Burns fell flat,in comparison to the book and Robert Duvall s movie role. He turned Burns into a befuddled whinny wimp. I did not like or watch the show . Horrible show,very miscast.