Editing Mike Farrell (section)

===''Providence'' (1999–2002)===
In 1999, Farrell was cast as veterinarian Jim Hansen, the father of the lead character Dr. Sydney Hansen, portrayed by [[Melina Kanakaredes]], on the NBC-TV melodrama series ''Providence''. In his portrayal of Sydney's father, Farrell played opposite [[Concetta Tomei]], who portrayed his wife, Lynda Hansen. Tomei's character died during the first episode of the series, but continued to appear as a ghost/memory in vignettes of later episodes. Farrell appeared in 64 of the show's 96 episodes.

Farrell appeared as Milton Lang, the father of [[List of Desperate Housewives characters#Victor Lang|Victor Lang]] ([[John Slattery]]), husband of [[Gabrielle Solis]] ([[Eva Longoria]]), on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' during the 2007–08 season.

Farrell was seen in the season 10 episode "Persona" of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''. He appeared as the character Fred Jones in the season 8 episode "Hunteri Heroici" of ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]''.  In 2014 he was a supporting cast member on the Sundance TV Network criminal drama series ''[[The Red Road (TV series)|The Red Road]]''. He portrayed [[Lee Miglin]], a real estate baron who fell victim to serial killer [[Andrew Cunanan]], in FX's anthology series ''[[American Crime Story]]'': ''[[The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story|The Assassination of Gianni Versace]]''. Most recently, he appeared in ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', playing the role of Judge Miles Deakin in the episode "[[NCIS season 16#ep375|Judge, Jury...]]" and "[[NCIS season 16#ep376|...and Executioner]]."