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It is estimated that an amount of $800,000 was paid to Janet Gayle as a divorce settlement. Considering the bulk of Gary’s earnings were earned exactly between those two dates, in fact his role in the M*A*S*H TV series began a year after their marriage in 1972. Gary Burghoff married Janet Gayle in 1971 they later divorced in 1979. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $2.75 million dollars, having paid $8.25 million dollars in taxes. The remainder, $11 million, will have been taxed at a rate of around 75% as Burghoff resided in the state of California and earned at a time when federal income tax alone was 70% for earnings over $200,000. Of that amount, $1 million is expected to have been paid in business related costs.
In total, it is estimated that Burghoff’s career earnings are $12 million dollars. His acting career ended in 1995 however he resurfaced in 2010 to play the role of Pastor Mahoney, in Daniel’s Lot. He is also estimated to have earned another $2 million dollars from his acting work and other appearances outside of M*A*S*H. It is estimated that Gary Burghoff earned around $10 million from his role on the show. The majority of his career earnings came from his role of Chapel Walter O’Reilly in the series M*A*S*H.
