<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Joy Ann Richards (1963--present) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Jamie Farr (born Jameel Joseph Farah; July 1, 1934) is an American television, film, and theatre actor . He is of Lebanese descent . He is known for playing a cross-dressing corporal (later sergeant) from Toledo, Ohio, bucking for a Section 8 discharge, in the role of Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom M * A * S * H. As of December 31, 2016, following the death of William Christopher, Farr is currently the oldest surviving cast member of M * A * S * H . </P> <P> Farr was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Lebanese - American parents Jamelia M. (née Abodeely), a seamstress, and Samuel N. Farah, a grocer . He and his family attended Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Toledo . </P>

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