RADAR O’REILLY portrayer Gary Burghoff is living in a trailer park! But don’t feel sorry for the Emmy-winning M*A*S*H star– he does it by choice.
Burghoff, now 69, is an avid angler who spends his winters at Nature Coast Landings, an RV park in Crystal River, Fla., near the Gulf of Mexico. There, he fishes, rides his motorized scooter and takes his dog for long walks through nature paths.
“I’ve been fishing since I was 3 years old, and I love it,” he says.
Burghoff, who also owns a home in Connecticut, happily hits the road in his RV to seek the big one all over the country. In fact, since his days on TV, Burghoff has fished in every state except Alaska and has even invented several angling products. The most successful is the “Chum Magic,” a basket device that holds bits of fish food and hangs in the water to attract sea creatures.