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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Larry Linville Biography (1939-2000)
Full name, Lawrence Lavon Linville; born September 29, 1939, in Ojai, CA; died of pneumonia, April 10, 2000, in New York, NY; son of Harry Lavon and Fay Pauline (maiden name, Kennedy) Linville; married Vana Tribbey (divorced, 1982); married Melissa Gallant, 1982 (divorced); married Kate Geer (divorced); married Deborah Guyden (a bank worker; marriage ended with his death); children:Kelly Leigh.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, writer
- Birth Details
- September 29, 1939
- Ojai, California, United States
- Death Details
- April 10, 2000
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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More Stately Mansions, Broadway production, 1967
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The Odd Couple, 1986
- Glenn Cooper, Rumors, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1989
- Henry Pulling/Augusta Bertram, Travels with My Aunt, Minetta LaneTheatre, New York City, 1995
- Pop, Crazy for You, Papermill Playhouse, New Jersey, 1999
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Film Appearances
- Peter, Kotch, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, 1972
- President Grimshaw, School Spirit, 1985
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Blue Movies, Academy Home Entertainment, 1987
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C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud, Vestron, 1989
- Dr. Bob, Earth Girls Are Easy, Vestron, 1989
- Principal McGree, Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever, LiveHome Video, 1991
- Himmel, the goofball fanatic, Body Waves, New Horizons Home Video,1992
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West from North Goes South, 1993
- J.J., No Dessert Dad, Til You Mow the Lawn, Libra Home Entertainment, 1994
- Richard Dickerson, A Million to Juan (also known as A Million to One), Trimark Pictures, 1994
- Shelby, Fatal Pursuit, Hemdale Home Video, 1995
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Angel's Tide, Golden Rock Entertainment, 1996
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Pressure Point, Artist View Entertainment, 1997
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Major Frank Burns, M*A*S*H, CBS, 1972-77
- Major General Kevin Kelley, Grandpa Goes to Washington, NBC, 1978-79
- Lyle Block, Checking In, CBS, 1981
- Randy Bigelow, Herbie, the Love Bug, CBS, 1982
- Grayson Carr, Paper Dolls, ABC, 1984
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Movies
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Vanished, 1971
- Medical examiner Robert Makurji, The Night Stalker (also known asThe Kolchak Papers and The Kolchak Tapes), ABC, 1972
- Reins, The Girl, the Gold Watch and Dynamite, Operation Prime Time, 1981
- Chief Wilson, Night Partners, CBS, 1983
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Episodic
- "A View of Nowhere," Mannix, CBS, 1968
- "A Pittance of Faith" and "Shadow of the Man," Mannix, CBS, 1969
- "The Secret of Mareno Bay," The Outsider, NBC, 1969
- Captain Gulka, "The Glass Cage," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1969
- (As Lawrence Linville) Will Tyler, "The Fence," Bonanza, NBC, 1969
- "A Penny for the Peep Show," Mannix, CBS, 1969
- "Robot," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1969
- "Arizona State Loves You," Room 222, ABC, 1969
- Dr. Beck, "The White Cane," Marcus Welby, M.D., 1969
- "The Bank of Tacoma," Here Comes the Brides, ABC, 1970
- "Who Is Sylvia?" and "Bang, Bang You're Dead," Mannix, CBS, 1970
- "Ring of Freedom," The Young Rebels, ABC, 1970
- Colonel Leo Orlov, "The Innocent," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1970
- "Remember Chris Gately," The Young Lawyers, ABC, 1970
- (As Lawrence Linville) "The Inheritors," The F.B.I., ABC, 1970
- "Let the Dier Beware," Men at Law, CBS, 1971
- Sloane, "The Academy," Night Gallery, NBC, 1971
- "Operation: Lady Luck," O'Hara, U.S. Treasury, CBS, 1972
- "The Tip," Adam-12, NBC, 1972
- "The House That Cried Murder," The Sixth Sense, ABC, 1972
- Ed Barrows, "Bad Cats and Sudden Death," Cannon, CBS, 1972
- Captain Jonas, "Chopper," Kolchak: The Night Stalker, ABC, 1975
- "The Deadly Maze," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1977
- "Deadly Sanctuary," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1978
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Supertrain, NBC, 1979
- Carlin, "CHiPs Goes Roller Disco: Parts 1 & 2," CHiPs, NBC, 1979
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Fantasy Island, ABC, 1980 , 1981
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Lou Grant, CBS, 1980
- "First Voyage, Last Voyage/April the Ninny, The Loat Arranger" and "Return of the Ninny," The Love Boat, ABC, 1981
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The Jeffersons, CBS, 1981
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Aloha Paradise, ABC, 1981
- "A Genie Named Joe," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1982
- Professor Kent Radford, "Murder Takes the Bus," Murder, She Wrote,CBS, 1985
- "Guilt by Association," Detective in the House, CBS, 1985
- "And a Child Shall Lead," Airwolf, CBS, 1985
- "Does Not Computer," Riptide, NBC, 1985
- "Love and the Family Feud," The New Love, American Style, ABC, 1986
- "Old Heroes Never Die," The Law and Harry McGraw, CBS, 1987
- "The Trial of Martin Vanderhoff," You Can't Take It with You,syndicated, 1987
- Lieutenant Steven Ames, "The Curse of Daanu," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988
- Uncle Danny, "Toby or Not Toby," Dream On, HBO, 1990
- Dr. Nagelson, "To Sleep, No More," Night Court, NBC, 1991
- Senator Hutchison, "Special Delivery," A Different World, NBC, 1992
- Grover Cleveland, "Neverending Battle," Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois and Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1993
- Himself, "No, But I Played One on TV," Nurses, NBC, 1993
- Paige Corbin, "Unwilling Witness," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1995
- Also appeared in Judd for the Defense, ABC.
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Specials
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Memories of M*A*S*H (also known as Memories of MASH), CBS,1991
- Voice of Theodore Roosevelt, Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-AmericanWar, History Channel, 1999
- Everett Baker, Gershwins' "Crazy for You," PBS, 1999
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TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcoms 3, Fox, 2000
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Pilots
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Marcus Welby, MD (also known as A Matter of Humanities), ABC, 1969
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Calling Dr. Storm, MD, NBC, 1977
- "A Christmas for Boomer," Here's Boomer, NBC, 1979
- Colonel Steele (some sources say General Theil), "The Misfits of Science," Misfits of Science, NBC, 1985
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The Misery Brothers, 1995
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Ragwing, 1975
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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People Weekly, November 25, 1991, p. 94; April 24, 2000, p. 106.
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Variety, April 17, 2000 .
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