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Mike Farrell

Michael Joseph Farrell Jr. (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H (1975–83). In addition, Farrell was a producer of Patch Adams (1998) starring Robin Williams, and he starred in the television 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. He is a long-time opponent of the death penalty. 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.” Farrell has helped raise defense funds for inmates he believes are innocent.

Infobox

Born
Michael Joseph Farrell Jr. (1939-02-06) February 6, 1939 (age 86)South St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupations
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Years active
1963–present
Spouses
mw- Judy Hayden (m. 1963; div. 1983) Shelley Fabares (m. 1984)
Children
2
Allegiance
United States
Branch
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
1957–1959
Rank
Private First Class
Unit
3rd Marine Division
Service years
1957–1959

Tables

· Selected filmography › Film
1963
Role(s)
Patient
Notes
Uncredited
1966
The Year of 53 Weeks (USAF Training Film)
Role(s)
Captain Ralph Kendall, T-38 Instructor Pilot
Notes
Uncredited
1967
Role(s)
Houston Engineer
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Bellhop in Hotel Lobby
Notes
Uncredited
1968
Role(s)
Dick Blaine
Notes
Credited as Michael Farrell
Role(s)
Man in Phonebooth
Role(s)
Voucher Captain
1969
Worthy to Stand
Role(s)
Fred Washburn
Notes
Short film
1976
Role(s)
1st Reporter
1981
Role(s)
Narrator
1983
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
Role(s)
Notes
Executive producer
1988
Role(s)
Notes
Producer
1990
Role(s)
Prentis
1995
The Killers Within
Role(s)
Congressman Clayton
1996
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
Role(s)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1998
Role(s)
Notes
Producer
2006
Role(s)
Jonathan Kent (voice)
Notes
Direct-to-video
2007
Out at the Wedding
Role(s)
Father of the Bride
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1963
Captain Newman, M.D.
Patient
Uncredited
1966
The Year of 53 Weeks (USAF Training Film)
Captain Ralph Kendall, T-38 Instructor Pilot
Uncredited
1967
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
1st Reporter
1981
El Salvador: Another Vietnam
Narrator
1983
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
Executive producer
1988
Dominick and Eugene
Producer
1990
Lockdown
Prentis
1995
The Killers Within
Congressman Clayton
1996
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1998
Patch Adams
Producer
2006
Superman: Brainiac Attacks
Jonathan Kent (voice)
Direct-to-video
2007
Out at the Wedding
Father of the Bride
· Selected filmography › Television
1963
Role(s)
Young Couple Boy
Notes
Credited as Michael Farrell
Role(s)
The Gunner
Notes
Episode: "Washing Machine Charlie"
Role(s)
Ferguson
Notes
Episode: "Operation: Physical"
1966
Role(s)
Doctor
Notes
Episode: "The Bankroll"
1967
Role(s)
Agent Modell
Notes
Episode: "Monkee Chow Mein"
Role(s)
Debuy
Notes
Episode: "The Return of Hode Avery"; uncredited
Role(s)
First Trooper
Notes
Episode: "Desperate Mission"
Role(s)
The Captain
Notes
Episode: "Black Market"
1967–1969
Role(s)
Lassie
Notes
Ranger / Joe
1967–1974
Role(s)
Ironside
Notes
Len Parsons / Bellhop
1968
Role(s)
Astronaut Arland
Notes
Episode: "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie: Part 3"
Role(s)
Johnson
Notes
Episode: "The Spanish Fort"
Role(s)
Police Lieutenant / Employment Clerk
Notes
2 episodes
Role(s)
unknown role
Notes
Episode: "Happiness is Dirty Hands"
1968–1970
Role(s)
Days of Our Lives
Notes
Scott Banning
1969
Role(s)
Reporter
Notes
Episode: "The Inquiry"; uncredited
Role(s)
Al Socconis
Notes
Episode: "A Word from Our Sponsor"
1970
Role(s)
Clay Riegles
Notes
Episode: "Blind Mirror"
1970–1971
Role(s)
The Interns
Notes
Dr. Sam Marsh
1971
Role(s)
Steve Wainwright
Notes
Episode: "A Terminal Case of Vengeance"
1971–1972
Role(s)
The Man and the City
Notes
Andy Hays
1971–1973
Role(s)
Love, American Style
Notes
The Young Man / Jack
1972
Role(s)
Dr. Vic Wheelwright
Notes
Episode: "Discovery at Fourteen"
Role(s)
Dr. Gil Clarke
Notes
Episode: "Witch, Witch, Burning Bright"
Role(s)
Willis
Notes
Television film
Jigsaw
Role(s)
unknown role
Notes
Episode: "The Men"
Role(s)
Ron Cota
Notes
Episode: "Stakeout"
Role(s)
Dr. James Willis
Notes
Episode: "The Hidden Enemy"
Role(s)
Frank Simmons
Notes
Episode: "Elegy for a Vampire"
Role(s)
Jason Trotter
Notes
Episode: "The Greatest Collection of Them All"
Role(s)
Frank Essex
Notes
Episode: "The Wheel of Death"
Role(s)
Steven
Notes
Episode: "Nightmare Step"
1972–1973
Role(s)
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
Notes
Brad Newman / Blair Cameron
1972–1974
Role(s)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Notes
Frank Ferra / Clifford Lorimer
1973
Role(s)
Walter Stepanic
Notes
Television film
1974
Role(s)
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
James Carmichael
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
unknown role
Notes
Episode: "The World Is: Persistence"
Role(s)
David Tate
Notes
Episode: "The Pioneers"
Role(s)
Cole Harris
Notes
Episode: "Material Witness"
1975
Ladies of the Corridor
Role(s)
Paul Osgood
Notes
Television film
1975–1980
Role(s)
Dinah!
Notes
Himself (Guest)
1976–1977
Role(s)
The Hollywood Squares
Notes
Himself (Panelist)
1976–1979
Role(s)
The $25,000 Pyramid
Notes
Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
1977–1977
Role(s)
Tattletales
Notes
Himself (Panelist)
1975–1983
Role(s)
M*A*S*H
Notes
Captain B.J. Hunnicutt
1976
McNaughton's Daughter
Role(s)
Colin Pierce
Notes
Miniseries
1976–1984
Role(s)
The $10,000 Pyramid
Notes
Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
1978
Battered
Role(s)
Michael Hawks
Notes
Television film
1979
Sex and the Single Parent
Role(s)
George
Notes
Television film
Letters from Frank
Role(s)
Richard Miller
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Notes
Television film; writer
1979–1980
Role(s)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Notes
Himself (Guest)
1980
Father Damien: The Leper Priest
Role(s)
Robertson
Notes
Television film
1982
Role(s)
Frank Staplin
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Himself (Guest)
Notes
Episode: "01.22.1982"
The Regis Philbin Show
Role(s)
Himself (Guest)
Notes
Episode: "#1.81"
1983
Role(s)
Matt Walker
Notes
Television film; also executive producer
Role(s)
Ambassador Robert E. White
Notes
Television film
1984
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
Role(s)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
Notes
5 episodes
1985
Role(s)
Dr. Joe Braden
Notes
Television film
1986
Vanishing Act
Role(s)
Harry Kenyon
Notes
Television film
1989
A Deadly Silence
Role(s)
Attorney Gianelli
Notes
Television film
Incident at Dark River
Role(s)
Tim McFall
Notes
Television filmAlso executive producer and writer
1990
Role(s)
Jeffrey
Notes
Episode: "A Jerk at the Opera"
Role(s)
Drew Borden
Notes
Episode: "The Family Jewels"
Role(s)
Joe Roth
Notes
Episode: "The Price of the Bride"
1991
Role(s)
Van Zandy
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Judge David Bennett
Notes
2 episodes
Silent Motive
Role(s)
Detective Paul Trella
Notes
Television film; also producer
Memories of M*A*S*H
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
Television special
1994
Role(s)
Frank Crane
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Himself (Host)
Notes
Episode: "Mike Farrell/John Pinette/Bruce Gold, and more!"
1995
Role(s)
Tustin
Notes
3 episodes
1996
Vows of Deception
Role(s)
Clay Spencer
Notes
Television film
1996–1999
Role(s)
Superman: The Animated Series
Notes
Jonathan Kent (voice)
1997
Role(s)
William (voice)
Notes
Television film; also executive producer
1997–2003
Role(s)
Biography
Notes
Himself (Interviewee)
1999
Role(s)
Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
Notes
"S15 EP #184"
The Vatican Revealed
Role(s)
Narrator
Notes
Television film
1999–2002
Role(s)
Providence
Notes
Dr. James Hansen
2000
The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television
Role(s)
Himself (Host)
Notes
Television film
2002
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
Television special; also executive producer
2003
Role(s)
Kenneth Lay
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Jonathan Kent (voice)
Notes
Episode: "Comfort and Joy"
2004
The Clinic
Role(s)
Dr. Cyrus Gachet
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Jonathan Kent, Brainiac Drone (voice)
Notes
Episode: "For the Man Who Has Everything"
2005
Role(s)
Lyle Rierden
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Himself (Guest)
Notes
1 episode
2006
Role(s)
Himself (Interviewee)
Notes
Episode: "Michael J. Fox"
2007
Role(s)
Dr. Breen
Notes
unknown episode
2007–2008
Role(s)
Desperate Housewives
Notes
Milton Lang
2008
Role(s)
Jonah Malcolm
Notes
Episode: "Persona"
2009
Role(s)
Ross Baldwin
Notes
Episode: "Hard Landing"
Role(s)
Bill Jett
Notes
Episode: "Do Over"
2010
Role(s)
Dr. Carl Willis
Notes
Episode: "Golden Hour"
2012
Role(s)
Fred Jones
Notes
Episode: "Hunteri Heroici"
2014–2015
Role(s)
The Red Road
Notes
David Rogers
2018
Role(s)
Lee Miglin
Notes
2 episodes
2019
Role(s)
Judge Miles Deakin
Notes
2 episodes
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1963
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
Agent Modell
Episode: "Monkee Chow Mein"
1967
Iron Horse
Debuy
Episode: "The Return of Hode Avery"; uncredited
1967
Custer
First Trooper
Episode: "Desperate Mission"
1967
Garrison's Gorillas
The Captain
Episode: "Black Market"
1967–1969
Lassie
Ranger / Joe
3 episodes
1967–1974
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
Johnson
Episode: "The Spanish Fort"
1968
Judd for the Defense
Police Lieutenant / Employment Clerk
2 episodes
1968
This Is the Life
unknown role
Episode: "Happiness is Dirty Hands"
1968–1970
Days of Our Lives
Scott Banning
Series regular (157 episodes)
1969
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
Dr. Sam Marsh
Series regular (24 episodes)
1971
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
Dr. Gil Clarke
Episode: "Witch, Witch, Burning Bright"
1972
The Longest Night
Willis
Television film
1972
Jigsaw
unknown role
Episode: "The Men"
1972
Cannon
Ron Cota
Episode: "Stakeout"
1972
Bonanza
Dr. James Willis
Episode: "The Hidden Enemy"
1972
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
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
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
The Hollywood Squares
Himself (Panelist)
3 episodes
1976–1979
The $25,000 Pyramid
Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
5 episodes
1977–1977
Tattletales
Himself (Panelist)
6 episodes
1975–1983
M*A*S*H
Captain B.J. Hunnicutt
Series regular (179 episodes)Writer (8 episodes)
1976
McNaughton's Daughter
Colin Pierce
Miniseries
1976–1984
The $10,000 Pyramid
Himself (Celebrity Contestant)
49 episodes
1978
Battered
Michael Hawks
Television film
· Accolades
1980
Role(s)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series (for playing B.J. Hunnicutt)
Notes
Nominated
1981
Role(s)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (for episode "Death Takes a Holiday")
Notes
Nominated
1982
Role(s)
Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series (for episode "Death Takes a Holiday")
Notes
Nominated
The Body Human: Becoming a Man
Role(s)
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
Notes
Nominated
1993
Role(s)
Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Award for Humanitarian Award
Notes
Won
2009
Role(s)
TV Land Award for Impact Award (shared with Alan Alda, Allan Arbus, William Christopher, Larry Gelbart, Jeff Maxwell, Burt Metcalfe, Gene Reynolds, David Odgen Stiers, Loretta Swit, Kellye Nakahara)
Notes
Won
2018
Role(s)
Gold Derby Award for Ensemble of the Year (shared with Joanna Adler, Annaleigh Ashford, Jon Jon Briones, Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz, Jay R. Ferguson, Cody Fern, Max Greenfield, Judith Light, Ricky Martin, Dascha Polanco, Edgar Ramirez, Finn Wittrock)
Notes
Nominated
Year
Title
Accolade / Category
Results
Ref
1980
M*A*S*H*
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series (for playing B.J. Hunnicutt)
Nominated
1982
M*A*S*H*
Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series (for episode "Death Takes a Holiday")
Nominated
1981
M*A*S*H*
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (for episode "Death Takes a Holiday")
Nominated
1982
The Body Human: Becoming a Man
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
Nominated
1993
Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Award for Humanitarian Award
Won
2009
M*A*S*H*
TV Land Award for Impact Award (shared with Alan Alda, Allan Arbus, William Christopher, Larry Gelbart, Jeff Maxwell, Burt Metcalfe, Gene Reynolds, David Odgen Stiers, Loretta Swit, Kellye Nakahara)
Won
2018
American Crime Story
Gold Derby Award for Ensemble of the Year (shared with Joanna Adler, Annaleigh Ashford, Jon Jon Briones, Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz, Jay R. Ferguson, Cody Fern, Max Greenfield, Judith Light, Ricky Martin, Dascha Polanco, Edgar Ramirez, Finn Wittrock)
Nominated

References

  1. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-mike-farrell-death-penalty-20161011-snap-htmlstory.html
  2. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-01-cl-45223-story.html
  3. "Today's Underrated Stars! – Meet Mike Farrell"
    http://todaysunderratedstars.20m.com/MF/MF.html
  4. "Together We Served - PFC Michael Farrell"
    https://marines.togetherweserved.com/usmc/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=358077
  5. Me-TV Network
    https://www.metv.com/lists/21-tv-stars-who-appeared-as-guests-on-bonanza
  6. "Bonanza" The Hidden Enemy (TV Episode 1972)
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0529736/fullcredits
  7. The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows
    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
  8. Superman: The Complete Animated Series
    https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/superman-the-complete-animated-series-saves-bluray-october-12th/46046
  9. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/27/arts/tv-view-some-made-for-tv-films-are-more-than-fluff.html
  10. Variety
    https://variety.com/2009/scene/news/producer-marvin-minoff-dies-at-78-1118011298/
  11. The Hollywood Reporter
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121024051904/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i8f2c0287dc37ec6b8e1fe1642ba3b00f
  12. Variety
  13. "Mike Farrell Online"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110514142243/http://www.mikefarrell.org/activist/humanrights.html
  14. "Mike Farrell – Great Human Rights Activists"
    http://greathumanrightsactivists.com/mike-farrell/
  15. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-11-mn-2820-story.html
  16. "Biography"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070811105753/http://www.mikefarrell.org/bio.html
  17. "Foundation voices"
    http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/about/foundation-voices/
  18. Alton Telegraph
    https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/8216-Dr-Keeling-8217-s-Curve-8217-starring-13591091.php
  19. Youtube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmlQcw9UKo
  20. Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist
    https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781933354484/page/61
  21. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/08/nyregion/lightscamera-action-on-li.html
  22. "Mike Farrell (visual voices guide)"
    http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Mike-Farrell/
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