Sidney Blackmer

He died of cancer on October 6, 1973 in New York City.
. Blackmer has one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In addition to acting, Burghoff also works as a professional jazz drummer and a wildlife painter. Blackmer was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. He also played Charlie Brown in the 1967 off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Born with a club foot and his left hand deformed, Burghoff uses props to deflect attention: in Charlie Brown he had a baseball glove on that hand most of the time, and in the M*A*S*H television series, he usually had a clipboard in it. He starred in the Academy award movie "Rosemary's Baby" (1968). Gary Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is the actor who played the character Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly in both the movie and television series M*A*S*H.He was called Radar because he constantly beeped.

Sidney Blackmer (July 13, 1895 - October 6, 1973) was an American actor.