Happy Birthday wishes go out to actor, writer, and muscian, Gary Burghoff who turns 70 years old today. Gary was born in Bristol, Connecticut. He was married twice and has three children.

Gary is probably best known for his role as Walter "Radar" O'Rielly from the long running series "M*A*S*H.  Gary was the only actor who went from starring in the movie M*A*S*H to the series.  Gary was on M*A*S*H for seven years and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a comedy series in 1977.

Gary started his career as a drummer in a band with Lynda Carter from the series "Wonder Woman" called "Relatives."  The band played for three months at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.  Gary appeared in over 200 episodes of "Match Game."  Gary has also written a book entitled "To M*A*S*H and back: My life in Poems and Songs."