Editing Mike Farrell

{{Short description|American actor (born 1939)}}
{{Other people|Michael Farrell}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Mike Farrell
| image              = Mike Farrell 2016.jpg
| caption            = Farrell in 2016
| birth_name         = Michael Joseph Farrell Jr.
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1939|2|6}}
| birth_place        = [[South St. Paul, Minnesota]], U.S.
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Judy Farrell|Judy Hayden]]|1963|1983|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Shelley Fabares]]|1984}}
}}
| children           = 2
| module             = {{Infobox military person
 | embed         = yes
 | allegiance    = United States
 | branch        = [[United States Marine Corps]]
 | serviceyears  = 1957–1959
 | rank          = [[Private First Class]]
 | unit          = [[3rd Marine Division]]}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|director|producer|screenwriter|activist|public speaker}}
| years_active       = 1963–present
}}

'''Michael Joseph Farrell Jr.''' (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role as [[List of M*A*S*H characters#B.J. Hunnicutt|Captain B.J. Hunnicutt]] on the television series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1975–83). In addition, Farrell was a producer of ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'' (1998) starring [[Robin Williams]], and he starred in the television series ''[[Providence (American TV series)|Providence]]'' (1999–2002).

Farrell is also an activist and public speaker for various political causes. He has been the President of [[Death Penalty Focus]] since 1994.<ref name="latimes.com">{{Cite web |date=2016-10-11 |title=How 'MASH' actor Mike Farrell became a leading voice against the death penalty in California |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-mike-farrell-death-penalty-20161011-snap-htmlstory.html |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a long-time opponent of the death penalty.<ref name=":4"/> In 2001, Farrell said of the work: “I’ve wept many times. But I keep finding people who inspire me—some of them on death row, and more of them in the trenches, in the courts, in religious circles, fighting against the death penalty.”<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=O’neill |first=Ann |date=2001-04-01 |title=The Actor Standing in Front of Death's Door |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-01-cl-45223-story.html |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Farrell has helped raise defense funds for inmates he believes are innocent.<ref name="latimes.com"/>

==Early life==
Farrell, one of four children, was born in [[South St. Paul, Minnesota]], the son of Agnes Sarah Cosgrove and Michael Joseph Farrell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://todaysunderratedstars.20m.com/MF/MF.html|title=Today's Underrated Stars! – Meet Mike Farrell|publisher=Todaysunderratedstars.20m.com|date=November 18, 1999|access-date=May 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508113341/http://todaysunderratedstars.20m.com/MF/MF.html|archive-date=May 8, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

When he was two years old, his family moved from South St. Paul to Hollywood, California, where his father worked as a carpenter on film sets. Farrell attended West Hollywood Grammar School in the same class as fellow actor [[Natalie Wood]], and graduated from [[Hollywood High School]]. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] from 1957 to 1959. After being discharged, he worked at various jobs before becoming an actor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://marines.togetherweserved.com/usmc/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=358077 |title=Together We Served - PFC Michael Farrell|publisher=TogetherWeServed.com |access-date=May 4, 2020 }}</ref>

==Acting career==
===Early career===
[[File:MikeJudyFarrellKBF1966.jpg|thumb|right|Farrell and [[Judy Farrell]] at [[Knott's Berry Farm]] in 1966]]
During the 1960s, Farrell guest-starred in a few series. Notable roles included playing a young US Forest Service ranger in the [[Lassie (1954 TV series)|''Lassie'']] episode "Never Look Back" (February 1967); Federal Agent Modell in the episode "[[Monkee Chow Mein]]" on ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' in 1967; as a bellhop (uncredited) in ''[[The Graduate]]'' in 1967; astronaut Arland in the episode "[[List of I Dream of Jeannie episodes|Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?]]" on ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''; an Army doctor in the episode "The Bankroll" of ''[[Combat!]]''; and an ex-high school friend turned famous actor of Chet Kincaid in ''[[The Bill Cosby Show]]''. Farrell also played a service station dealer in a series of television commercials for the then-American Oil Company, later [[Amoco]].

In 1968, he originated the continuing role of Scott Banning in the [[NBC]] soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. In 1970, he starred as one of the young doctors in the [[CBS]] prime-time series [[The Interns (television series)|''The Interns'']], in a cast led by [[Broderick Crawford]]. In 1971, he played the assistant to [[Anthony Quinn]] in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[The Man and the City]]''. In 1973, while under contract to [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], Farrell starred with [[Robert Foxworth]] in ''[[The Questor Tapes]]''. During the years under contract, he guest-starred in a number of shows, including ''[[Banacek]]''; ''[[Mannix]]''; ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''; ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''; and ''[[The New Land (TV series)|The New Land]]''; and starred in a television pilot with [[Jane Wyman]], which did not sell.

In the early 1970s, Farrell guest-starred in the television [[Western (genre)|Western]] drama ''[[Bonanza]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/lists/21-tv-stars-who-appeared-as-guests-on-bonanza|title=21 TV stars who appeared as guests on 'Bonanza'|website=Me-TV Network|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913223606/https://www.metv.com/lists/21-tv-stars-who-appeared-as-guests-on-bonanza|archive-date=September 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title="Bonanza" The Hidden Enemy (TV Episode 1972)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0529736/fullcredits|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110041636/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0529736/fullcredits|archive-date=November 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and did a number of commercials as a spokesman for [[Maytag]] dryers and [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth automobiles]], among other products.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
[[File:Mike Farrell Stumpers 1976.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Farrell on ''[[Stumpers (game show)|Stumpers!]]'' in 1976]]

===''M*A*S*H'' (1975–83) and later roles===
Farrell's big break came in 1975 when [[Wayne Rogers]] departed ''M*A*S*H'' between the third and fourth season. Farrell was recruited for the newly created role of B.J. Hunnicutt, along with series lead [[Harry Morgan]], who was already signed to replace [[McLean Stevenson]] for the fourth season. Farrell won the part of B.J. over two other finalists for the role, [[Alan Fudge]] and [[James Cromwell]] (both of whom guest-starred in the series subsequently). Farrell stayed with ''M*A*S*H'' for its remaining eight years on the air. During that time, he wrote five episodes and directed four. Farrell's then-wife, actress [[Judy Farrell]], appeared eight times in the series as Nurse Able.

Since ''M*A*S*H'', Farrell has guest-starred in ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''; ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]''; ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''; and many others. Farrell voiced [[Jonathan and Martha Kent|Jonathan Kent]] in ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' (1996) with wife [[Shelley Fabares]] voicing Martha Kent.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMFTDwAAQBAJ&q=Farrell+voiced+Jonathan+Kent+in+the+Superman+%281996%29+animated+series%2C+with+wife+Shelley+Fabares+voicing+Martha+Kent&pg=PA613|title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows|last=Perlmutter|first=David|date=May 4, 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538103746|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartman |first=Matthew |date=August 11, 2021 |title=''Superman: The Complete Animated Series'' Saves Blu-ray October 12th |url=https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/superman-the-complete-animated-series-saves-bluray-october-12th/46046 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=High-Def Digest}}</ref>

Farrell hosted several ''[[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] Presents'' specials and starred in a number of television films, including 1983's ''[[Memorial Day (1983 film)|Memorial Day]]'', which he co-produced.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/27/arts/tv-view-some-made-for-tv-films-are-more-than-fluff.html|title=TV VIEW; SOME MADE-FOR-TV FILMS ARE MORE THAN FLUFF|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|work=The New York Times |date=November 7, 1983|access-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524143218/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/27/arts/tv-view-some-made-for-tv-films-are-more-than-fluff.html|archive-date=May 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He did two one-man shows: ''JFK, a One Man Show'' for [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] and, on stage, a national tour of David W. Rintels' play ''Clarence Darrow''.

In 1985, Farrell partnered with film and television producer [[Marvin Minoff]] to create Farrell/Minoff Productions, a production company.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|title=Producer Marvin Minoff dies at 78 – Worked on Frost-Nixon TV interview specials|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/news/producer-marvin-minoff-dies-at-78-1118011298/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 13, 2009|access-date=December 2, 2009}}</ref> Together, Farrell and Minoff produced numerous television films.<ref name=thr>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes|title='Nixon Interviews' producer Marvin Minoff dies |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i8f2c0287dc37ec6b8e1fe1642ba3b00f|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 13, 2009|access-date=December 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024051904/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i8f2c0287dc37ec6b8e1fe1642ba3b00f|archive-date=October 24, 2012}}</ref> In 1986, the company had signed a deal with [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|The Walt Disney Studios]] wherein the Farrell/Minoff company would develop motion pictures and television properties.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 9, 1986|title=Farrell & Minkoff Ink A Disney Pact|page=22|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

Farrell and Minoff executive-produced ''[[Dominick and Eugene]]'', a 1988 [[Orion Pictures]] film that earned actor [[Tom Hulce]] a [[Golden Globe]] nomination for best actor.<ref name=variety/> The pair also produced 1998's ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'', starring [[Robin Williams]].<ref name=thr/> Farrell and Minoff's partnership lasted more than 25 years until Minoff's death in November 2009.<ref name=variety/><ref name=thr/>

===''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]]."

==Activism==
[[File:Stabenow 060402farrell.jpg|thumb|left|Farrell and Senator [[Debbie Stabenow]] in 2002.]]
[[File:Farrell, Mike (2007 protest).jpg|upright|thumb|Farrell has worked on many activist campaigns.]]
Even before he was well-known, Farrell was an activist for many political and social causes. He was co-chair of the California [[Human Rights Watch]] for ten years, was on the Board of Advisors of the original [[Cult Awareness Network]], and has been president of [[Death Penalty Focus]] for more than 10 years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mikefarrell.org/activist/humanrights.html|title=Mike Farrell Online|publisher=Mikefarrell.org|date=March 1, 2004|access-date=May 17, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514142243/http://www.mikefarrell.org/activist/humanrights.html|archive-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref> being the first person to be awarded its Human Rights Award, subsequently named after him in 2006.  He received [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]'s Humanitarian Award in 2001 and narrated a public service campaign for them about [[Cruelty to animals|animal abuse]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mike Farrell – Great Human Rights Activists|url=http://greathumanrightsactivists.com/mike-farrell/|access-date=November 24, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1985, Farrell was in Central America, helping refugees from the civil war in [[El Salvador]]. A guerrilla commander, [[:es:Nidia Díaz|Nidia Diaz]], had been taken prisoner. She needed surgery, but no Salvadoran doctor would help her, so Medical Aid for El Salvador recruited a foreign doctor. Farrell was present as an observer for [[Amnesty International]] but was, in his words, "shanghaied into assisting with the surgery" when the doctor said his help was needed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=MILLER|first=MARJORIE|date=August 11, 1985|title=TV Doctor From 'MASH' Scrubs Up For Salvador Surgery|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-11-mn-2820-story.html|access-date=November 30, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> The in-prison surgery was successful, and Diaz went on to be one of the signatories of the [[Chapultepec Peace Accords]], the peace treaty ending the war.

Farrell has been active in the [[Screen Actors Guild]]. In 2002 he was elected first vice president of the Guild in Los Angeles and served in the post for three years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.mikefarrell.org/bio.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811105753/http://www.mikefarrell.org/bio.html|archive-date=August 11, 2007|access-date=August 30, 2007|publisher=Mike Farrell Online}}</ref>

In 2006, Farrell appeared with [[Jello Biafra]] and [[Keith Gordon]] in the documentary ''Whose War?'', examining the U.S. role in the [[Iraq War]]. He also served on the advisory board of the [[Military Religious Freedom Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/about/foundation-voices/ | title=Foundation voices | publisher=Military Religious Freedom Foundation | access-date=December 18, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215102505/http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/about/foundation-voices/ | archive-date=December 15, 2014 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In 2014, Farrell workshopped a play by George Shea that brought [[Charles David Keeling]] and his scientific work on atmospheric {{CO2}} emissions to life.<ref name="Biggs 2019">{{cite web | last=Biggs | first=Julia | title='Dr. Keeling's Curve' starring TV star Farrell takes the stage at SIUE | website=Alton Telegraph | date=February 5, 2019 | url=https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/8216-Dr-Keeling-8217-s-Curve-8217-starring-13591091.php | access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref>

In 2016, after the US presidential election of [[Donald Trump]], Farrell appeared in a commercial to urge Republican electors to block Trump from becoming president by having 37 electors vote for [[John Kasich]] instead.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ZUmlQcw9UKo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161217023844/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmlQcw9UKo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|last=Andrews|first=Jason|date=December 16, 2016|title=Tucker Carlson vs. actor Mike Farrell on 'unqualified' Trump|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmlQcw9UKo|website=Youtube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Publications==

Farrell wrote an autobiography, ''Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist'' ([[Akashic Books]], {{ISBN|1-9333-5408-9}}), published in 2007. The book covers his working-class childhood in West Hollywood, his break into show business, his personal life, and his increasing involvement in politics and the human rights movement in the United States, Cambodia, and Latin America. His second book, ''Of Mule and Man'' (2009, Akashic Books, {{ISBN|1-9333-5475-5}}), is a journal of his five-week, 9,000-mile drive around the U.S. to promote the paperback edition of his first book.

==Personal life==
In 1963, Farrell married actress [[Judy Farrell|Judy Hayden]], who was working as a high school English and drama teacher in [[Laguna Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Farrell|first=Mike|title=Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist|year=2007|publisher=Akashic Books/RDV Books|isbn=9781933354484|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781933354484/page/61 61–68]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781933354484/page/61}}</ref> They separated in 1980 and divorced in 1983. They have two children, Michael and Erin. On ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', Hunnicutt's daughter was also named Erin. Also on ''M*A*S*H'', in the episode "The Colonel's Horse" (season 5, episode 12), a phone call is placed to Hunnicutt's father-in-law, Floyd Hayden, Hayden being the maiden name of Judy, Farrell's wife. He lives in Quapaw, Oklahoma, Judy's birthplace. Judy Farrell also acted on ''M*A*S*H'' from 1976 to 1983 as Nurse Able.

Since 1984, he has been married to actress [[Shelley Fabares]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Metz|first=Vicki|date=November 8, 1987|title='Lights, Camera, Action! — on L.I.|work=The New York Times|page=Long Island 11|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/08/nyregion/lightscamera-action-on-li.html |access-date=2023-08-18}}</ref>

At the start of ''M*A*S*H'''s seventh season, Farrell grew a [[Walrus moustache]] for the B.J. Hunnicutt character, even though such a [[moustache]] below the upper lip was then, as now, a clear violation of [[Uniforms of the United States Army|Army uniform guidelines]], especially when left untrimmed. The normally clean-shaven Farrell grew it out for the character, as fashion trends at the time made the moustache in general popular for the first time since the beginning of the 20th century, due in part to fellow actors such as [[Burt Reynolds]] and [[Tom Selleck]], as well as [[The Mustache Gang]] of the [[Oakland Athletics]] of [[Major League Baseball]]. While Farrell retained the moustache for the B.J. character for the rest of the series and saw a rise in acting jobs because of it, Farrell himself quickly grew tired of it and did not want to be [[typecast]] with "B.J.-like roles" for the rest of his career.

==Selected filmography==
{{incomplete list|date=January 2023}}

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1963
|''[[Captain Newman, M.D.]]''
|Patient
|Uncredited
|-
|1966
|''The Year of 53 Weeks'' <br/>(USAF Training Film)
|Captain Ralph Kendall, [[Northrop T-38 Talon|T-38]] Instructor Pilot
|Uncredited
|-
|1967
|''[[Countdown (1967 film)|Countdown]]''
|Houston Engineer
|Uncredited
|-
|1967
|''[[The Graduate]]''
|Bellhop in Hotel Lobby
|Uncredited
|-
|1968
|''[[Panic in the City]]''
|Dick Blaine
|Credited as Michael Farrell
|-
|1968
|''[[Targets]]''
|Man in Phonebooth
|
|-
|1968
|''[[Dayton's Devils]]''
|Voucher Captain
|
|-
|1969
|''Worthy to Stand''
|Fred Washburn
|Short film
|-
|1976
|''[[Doomsday Machine (film)|Doomsday Machine]]''
|1st Reporter
|
|-
|1981
|''[[El Salvador: Another Vietnam]]''
|Narrator
|
|-
|1983
|''Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein''
|{{N/A}}
|Executive producer
|-
|1988
|''[[Dominick and Eugene]]''
|{{N/A}}
|Producer
|-
|1990
|''[[Lockdown (1990 film)|Lockdown]]''
|Prentis
|
|-
|1995
|''The Killers Within''
|Congressman Clayton
|
|-
|1996
|''Hanged on a Twisted Cross''
|Dietrich Bonhoeffer
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]''
|{{N/A}}
|Producer
|-
|2006
|''[[Superman: Brainiac Attacks]]''
|Jonathan Kent (voice)
|Direct-to-video<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Mike Farrell (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Mike-Farrell/ |access-date=October 10, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
|2007
|''Out at the Wedding''
|Father of the Bride
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1963
|''[[The Dick Powell Show|The Dick Powell Theatre]]''
|Young Couple Boy
|Credited as Michael Farrell
|-
|1963
|''[[McHale's Navy]]''
|The Gunner
|Episode: "Washing Machine Charlie"
|-
|1963
|''[[Ensign O'Toole]]''
|Ferguson
|Episode: "Operation: Physical"
|-
|1966
|''[[Combat!]]''
|Doctor
|Episode: "The Bankroll"
|-
|1967
|''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]''
|Agent Modell
|Episode: "Monkee Chow Mein"
|-
|1967
|''[[Iron Horse (TV series)|Iron Horse]]''
|Debuy
|Episode: "The Return of Hode Avery"; uncredited
|-
|1967
|''[[Custer (TV series)|Custer]]''
|First Trooper
|Episode: "Desperate Mission"
|-
|1967
|''[[Garrison's Gorillas]]''
|The Captain
|Episode: "Black Market"
|-
|1967–1969
|''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]''
|Ranger / Joe
|3 episodes
|-
|1967–1974
|''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]''
|Len Parsons / Bellhop
|2 episodes
|-
|1968
|''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''
|Astronaut Arland
|Episode: "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie: Part 3"
|-
|1968
|''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]''
|Johnson
|Episode: "The Spanish Fort"
|-
|1968
|''[[Judd, for the Defense|Judd for the Defense]]''
|Police Lieutenant / Employment Clerk
|2 episodes
|-
|1968
|''[[This Is the Life (TV series)|This Is the Life]]''
|unknown role
|Episode: "Happiness is Dirty Hands"
|-
|1968–1970
|''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|[[List of Days of Our Lives characters (1960s)|Scott Banning]]
|Series regular (157 episodes)
|-
|1969
|''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]''
|Reporter
|Episode: "The Inquiry"; uncredited
|-
|1969
|''[[The Bill Cosby Show]]''
|Al Socconis
|Episode: "A Word from Our Sponsor"
|-
|1970
|''[[Mannix]]''
|Clay Riegles
|Episode: "Blind Mirror"
|-
|1970–1971
|''[[The Interns (TV series)|The Interns]]''
|Dr. Sam Marsh
|Series regular (24 episodes)
|-
|1971
|''[[Sarge (TV series)|Sarge]]''
|Steve Wainwright
|Episode: "A Terminal Case of Vengeance"
|-
|1971–1972
|''[[The Man and the City]]''
|Andy Hays
|Series regular (15 episodes)
|-
|1971–1973
|''[[Love, American Style]]''
|The Young Man / Jack
|2 episodes
|-
|1972
|''[[The Bold Ones: The New Doctors]]''
|Dr. Vic Wheelwright
|Episode: "Discovery at Fourteen"
|-
|1972
|''[[The Sixth Sense (American TV series)|The Sixth Sense]]''
|Dr. Gil Clarke
|Episode: "Witch, Witch, Burning Bright"
|-
|1972
|''[[The Longest Night (1972 film)|The Longest Night]]''
|Willis
|Television film
|-
|1972
|''Jigsaw''
|unknown role
|Episode: "The Men"
|-
|1972
|''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]''
|Ron Cota
|Episode: "Stakeout"
|-
|1972
|''[[Bonanza]]''
|Dr. James Willis
|Episode: "The Hidden Enemy"
|-
|1972
|''[[Ghost Story (TV series)|Circle of Fear]]''
|Frank Simmons
|Episode: "Elegy for a Vampire"
|-
|1972
|''[[Banacek]]''
|Jason Trotter
|Episode: "The Greatest Collection of Them All"
|-
|1972
|''[[The Rookies]]''
|Frank Essex
|Episode: "The Wheel of Death"
|-
|1972
|''[[ABC's Wide World of Entertainment|The Wide World of Mystery]]''
|Steven
|Episode: "Nightmare Step"
|-
|1972–1973
|''[[Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law]]''
|Brad Newman / Blair Cameron
|2 episodes
|-
|1972–1974
|''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''
|Frank Ferra / Clifford Lorimer
|2 episodes
|-
|1973
|''[[She Cried Murder]]''
|Walter Stepanic
|Television film
|-
|1974
|''[[The Questor Tapes]]''
|Jerry Robinson
|Television film
|-
|1974
|''[[Live Again, Die Again]]''
|James Carmichael
|Television film
|-
|1974
|''[[The New Land (TV series)|The New Land]]''
|unknown role
|Episode: "The World Is: Persistence"
|-
|1974
|''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''
|David Tate
|Episode: "The Pioneers"
|-
|1974
|''[[Harry O]]''
|Cole Harris
|Episode: "Material Witness"
|-
|1975
|''Ladies of the Corridor''
|Paul Osgood
|Television film
|-
|1975–1980
|''[[Dinah!]]''
|Himself (Guest)
|5 episodes
|-
|1976–1977
|''[[Hollywood Squares|The Hollywood Squares]]''
|Himself (Panelist)
|3 episodes
|-
|1976–1979
|''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $25,000 Pyramid]]''
|Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
|5 episodes
|-
|1977–1977
|''[[Tattletales]]''
|Himself (Panelist)
|6 episodes
|-
|1975–1983
|''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''
|Captain B.J. Hunnicutt
|Series regular (179 episodes)<br />Writer (8 episodes)
|-
|1976
|''McNaughton's Daughter''
|Colin Pierce
|Miniseries
|-
|1976–1984
|''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $10,000 Pyramid]]''
|Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
|49 episodes
|-
|1978
|''Battered''
|Michael Hawks
|Television film
|-
|1979
|''Sex and the Single Parent''
|George
|Television film
|-
|1979
|''Letters from Frank''
|Richard Miller
|Television film
|-
|1979
|''[[Ebony, Ivory & Jade|Ebony, Ivory and Jade]]''
|{{N/A}}
|Television film; writer
|-
|1979–1980
|''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
|Himself (Guest)
|2 episodes
|-
|1980
|''Father Damien: The Leper Priest''
|Robertson
|Television film
|-
|1982
|''[[Prime Suspect (film)|Prime Suspect]]''
|Frank Staplin
|Television film
|-
|1982
|''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]''
|Himself (Guest)
|Episode: "01.22.1982"
|-
|1982
|''The Regis Philbin Show''
|Himself (Guest)
|Episode: "#1.81"
|-
|1983
|''[[Memorial Day (1983 film)|Memorial Day]]''
|Matt Walker
|Television film; also executive producer
|-
|1983
|''[[Choices of the Heart]]''
|Ambassador Robert E. White
|Television film
|-
|1984
|''J.F.K.: A One-Man Show''
|John Fitzgerald Kennedy
|Television film
|-
|1984
|''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $25,000 Pyramid]]''
|Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
|5 episodes
|-
|1985
|''[[Private Sessions (film)|Private Sessions]]''
|Dr. Joe Braden
|Television film
|-
|1986
|''Vanishing Act''
|Harry Kenyon
|Television film
|-
|1989
|''A Deadly Silence''
|Attorney Gianelli
|Television film
|-
|1989
|''Incident at Dark River''
|Tim McFall
|Television film<br />Also executive producer and writer
|-
|1990
|''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]''
|Jeffrey
|Episode: "A Jerk at the Opera"
|-
|1990
|''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
|Drew Borden
|Episode: "The Family Jewels"
|-
|1990
|''[[Frederick Forsyth Presents]]''
|Joe Roth
|Episode: "The Price of the Bride"
|-
|1991
|''[[The Whereabouts of Jenny]]''
|Van Zandy
|Television film
|-
|1991
|''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]''
|Judge David Bennett
|2 episodes
|-
|1991
|''Silent Motive''
|Detective Paul Trella
|Television film; also producer
|-
|1991
|''Memories of M*A*S*H''
|Himself
|Television special
|-
|1994
|''[[List of Hart to Hart episodes|Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die]]''
|Frank Crane
|Television film
|-
|1994
|''[[The Improv|An Evening at the Improv]]''
|Himself (Host)
|Episode: "Mike Farrell/[[John Pinette]]/Bruce Gold, and more!"
|-
|1995
|''[[The Monroes (1995 TV series)|The Monroes]]''
|Tustin
|3 episodes
|-
|1996
|''Vows of Deception''
|Clay Spencer
|Television film
|-
|1996–1999
|''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''
|Jonathan Kent (voice)
|9 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|1997
|''[[Sins of the Mind]]''
|William (voice)
|Television film; also executive producer
|-
|1997–2003
|''[[Biography (TV program)|Biography]]''
|Himself (Interviewee)
|2 episodes
|-
|1999
|''[[Jeopardy!]]''
|Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
|"S15 EP #184"
|-
|1999
|''The Vatican Revealed''
|Narrator
|Television film
|-
|1999–2002
|''[[Providence (American TV series)|Providence]]''
|Dr. James Hansen
|Series regular (96 episodes)
|-
|2000
|''The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television''
|Himself (Host)
|Television film
|-
|2002
|''M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion''
|Himself
|Television special; also executive producer
|-
|2003
|''[[The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron]]''
|Kenneth Lay
|Television film
|-
|2003
|''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]''
|Jonathan Kent (voice)
|Episode: "Comfort and Joy"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2004
|''The Clinic''
|Dr. Cyrus Gachet
|Television film
|-
|2004
|''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''
|Jonathan Kent, [[Brainiac (character)|Brainiac]] Drone (voice)
|Episode: "[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]"
|-
|2005
|''[[Locusts (2005 film)|Locusts]]''
|Lyle Rierden
|Television film
|-
|2005
|''[[Larry King Live]]''
|Himself (Guest)
|1 episode
|-
|2006
|''[[E! True Hollywood Story]]''
|Himself (Interviewee)
|Episode: "[[Michael J. Fox]]"
|-
|2007
|''[[Smith (TV series)|Smith]]''
|Dr. Breen
|unknown episode
|-
|2007–2008
|''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
|Milton Lang
|3 episodes
|-
|2008
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|Jonah Malcolm
|Episode: "Persona"
|-
|2009
|''[[Without a Trace]]''
|Ross Baldwin
|Episode: "Hard Landing"
|-
|2009
|''[[Ghost Whisperer]]''
|Bill Jett
|Episode: "Do Over"
|-
|2010
|''[[Miami Medical]]''
|Dr. Carl Willis
|Episode: "Golden Hour"
|-
|2012
|''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]''
|Fred Jones
|Episode: "Hunteri Heroici"
|-
|2014–2015
|''[[The Red Road (TV series)|The Red Road]]''
|David Rogers
|7 episodes
|-
|2018
|''[[The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story|American Crime Story]]''
|Lee Miglin
|2 episodes
|-
|2019
|''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
|Judge Miles Deakin
|2 episodes
|}

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Accolade / Category
!Results
!Ref
|-
|1980
|''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H*]]''
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series]] <small>(for playing B.J. Hunnicutt)</small>
|{{Nominated}}
|[https://www.emmys.com/bios/mike-farrell]
|-
|1982
|''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H*]]''
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series|Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series]] <small>(for episode "Death Takes a Holiday")</small>
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1981
|''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H*]]''
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series]] <small>(for episode "Death Takes a Holiday")</small>
|{{Nominated}}
|[https://www.emmys.com/bios/mike-farrell]
|-
|1982
|''The Body Human: Becoming a Man''
|[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1993
|{{N/A}}
|[[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Award for Humanitarian Award]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|2009
|''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H*]]''
|[[TV Land Award|TV Land Award for Impact Award]] <small>(shared with [[Alan Alda]], [[Allan Arbus]], [[William Christopher]], [[Larry Gelbart]], Jeff Maxwell, [[Burt Metcalfe]], [[Gene Reynolds]], [[David Ogden Stiers|David Odgen Stiers]], [[Loretta Swit]], [[Kellye Nakahara]])</small>
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|2018
|''[[The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story|American Crime Story]]''
|Gold Derby Award for Ensemble of the Year (<small>shared with [[Joanna P. Adler|Joanna Adler]], [[Annaleigh Ashford]], [[Jon Jon Briones]], [[Darren Criss]], [[Penélope Cruz|Penelope Cruz]], [[Jay R. Ferguson]], [[Cody Fern]], [[Max Greenfield]], [[Judith Light]], [[Ricky Martin]], [[Dascha Polanco]], [[Édgar Ramírez|Edgar Ramirez]], [[Finn Wittrock]])</small>
|{{Nominated}}
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20160428044955/http://www.mikefarrell.org/}} (archived 2016)
* {{IMDb name|0268286|Mike Farrell}}
* [http://www.deathpenalty.org/ Death Penalty Focus]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060509203908/http://www.stephaniemiller.com/content/view/416/71/ Audio interview of Mike Farrell] by [[Stephanie Miller]] about the Guantanamo Bay play on ''[[The Stephanie Miller Show]]''
* [https://archive.org/details/sglGreatSpeechesandInterviews_MikeFarrellanactor_author_activist Recording of Mike Farrell talking about his book and activities] from Sacramento, CA on September 28, 2008

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