Quick answer: There is no official Jamie Farr net worth. Celebrity Net Worth estimates about $6 million. Other round-number sites print higher — including about $15 million (and, on the same Cine Net Worth page, a FAQ that says about $12 million). Those are not audited. The documented pay fact that does repeat in named sources is smaller: in October 1972 he was hired for one day’s work on M*A*S*H for $250 (Celebrity Net Worth; Wikipedia). The job became Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger through 1983, then AfterMASH (1983–85). Blog arithmetic that turns 216 episodes into a $3–5 million series paycheck is not in those sources. We will not invent it.
For other long-running television fortunes on this site, see Ted Danson’s net worth and Jay Leno’s net worth.
Quick facts
| Item | Public record / named estimates |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jameel Joseph Farah |
| Born | 1 July 1934, Toledo, Ohio |
| Age (2026) | 92 |
| Known for | Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger, M*A*S*H (1972–83) |
| Celebrity Net Worth | About $6 million |
| Other web prints | About $12–15 million on some 2025–26 round-up pages — not CNW, not Wikipedia |
| First M*A*S*H day | $250 for one day’s work, October 1972 |
| Spouse | Joy Ann Richards (m. 1963) |
| Children | Jonas and Yvonne |
| Walk of Fame | 1985 |
Sources: Celebrity Net Worth profile; Wikipedia biography (birth, army 1957–59, M*A*S*H hire, family, Toledo honors, LPGA tournament); Hollywood Walk of Fame listing as cited on Wikipedia.
What “$6 million” is — and what it isn’t
Celebrity Net Worth is a compiler, not Farr’s accountant. A $6 million print can sit next to a $15 million print on another site in the same year because neither is looking at a tax return. Averaging them would be the Beshear/Miller error in sitcom clothing. This page leads with CNW because it is the named source most of those blogs are copying, then flags the spread.
| Source | What it prints | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Net Worth | About $6 million | Named compiler; not an audit |
| Cine Net Worth (2025 post) | About $15 million in the body; about $12 million in its own FAQ | Internal conflict on one page; we do not pick either as “the” number |
| Documented pay | $250 for the first M*A*S*H day (Oct 1972) | CNW and Wikipedia |
Income that actually has a paper trail in the biographies: the $250 day player check; later years as a series regular from season 4 (1975) onward (Wikipedia, citing Farr’s own later interviews that producers delayed a contract); residuals from a heavily rerun show, in amounts we cannot verify; stage, game shows, commercials, and a 1994 memoir, Just Farr Fun.
Toledo to Klinger
Farr was born Jameel Joseph Farah on 1 July 1934 in Toledo, to a Lebanese-American family (father Samuel, a grocer from what is now Lebanon; mother Jameila, a seamstress). He graduated from Woodward High School in 1952, trained at the Pasadena Playhouse, and was credited as Jameel Farah on Blackboard Jungle (1955) before taking the name Jamie Farr after army service. Wikipedia’s military section is consistent here: drafted 1957, Broadcast Specialist, Korea with Special Services, then reserve time. That is why this page keeps the army chapter — unlike Robert Warren Miller, where Army vs. Korean War vs. silent Forbes do not match.
Red Skelton hired him on The Red Skelton Show, later put cash in his hand when Farr tried to quit acting after his father’s death, and asked him to be a pallbearer in 1997 (Wikipedia, from Farr’s interviews). Small roles followed on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and others before October 1972.
Klinger was written as a Lebanese-American from Toledo, which let Farr drop Tony Packo’s hot dogs and the Toledo Mud Hens into the scripts. Wikipedia notes he was the only M*A*S*H regular who had actually served in Korea, and that the dog tags on camera were his own. He became a series regular in season 4; by the finale only Alan Alda and Loretta Swit had more episode credits. He reprised Klinger on AfterMASH. He also appeared in all three Cannonball Run films as the Sheik.
After the 4077th
Game shows (The Gong Show judging, Pyramid, Battle of the Network Stars), Broadway as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls in his 60s, and The Odd Couple opposite William Christopher are the named post-M*A*S*H credits. Wikipedia lists commercials for Wonder Bread, Mars, and IBM without dollar figures — so this page lists the brands, not invented fees.
He lent his name to the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic, an LPGA stop that began in 1984, later rebranded the Marathon Classic (2012) and, as of 2023, the Dana Open. Toledo named a park for him; the Mud Hens put him and Klinger in a celebrity hall of fame in 2017.
Wikipedia: he collapsed during a 2014 Edmonton dinner show, later received a heart stent; collapsed again rehearsing in Hamilton, Ontario, in October 2015; then retired from stage acting. We are not turning those episodes into a net-worth footnote.
Family
He married model Joy Ann Richards in 1963. They have two children, Jonas and Yvonne (Wikipedia). That is the sourced family line. No house-by-house California listings.
Acting-career comparison on this site, not a sitcom clone: Sigourney Weaver’s net worth.
How we research this page
CNW for the widely copied estimate; Wikipedia for biography and the $250 hire; no syndication calculator. Process: About Us.
Frequently asked questions
What is Jamie Farr’s net worth in 2026?
Celebrity Net Worth estimates about $6 million. Some 2025–26 round-up sites print about $12 million or $15 million. There is no official total; this page does not average those figures.
How much did M*A*S*H pay him?
Named sources say he was hired for one day’s work in October 1972 for $250. Wikipedia says he did not get a regular-cast contract until season 4. There is no verified series-long salary total.
What is he known for?
Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger on CBS’s M*A*S*H (1972–83), then AfterMASH (1983–85).
What is his real name and age?
Jameel Joseph Farah, born 1 July 1934 in Toledo, Ohio. He is 92 as of 2026.
Did he serve in the military?
Yes. Wikipedia describes a 1957 draft, work as a Broadcast Specialist, and Korea service with Special Services, then reserve time. That account is consistent across the biography sources used here.
Bottom line
Jamie Farr’s 2026 money story is a working actor’s estimate — about $6 million on Celebrity Net Worth, higher on unnamed round-up blogs — built from a $250 day that became eleven seasons of Klinger, not from a public company or a disclosed AGI. Quote CNW, note the spread, and leave the invented episode math off the page.
