Mike Farrell

ProducerActorWriterDirector Feb 6 (age 87) St. Paul, Minnesota, USA 1954–2025 (71 year career)

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Biography

Michael Joseph "Mike" Farrell (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series MASH (1975–83). He is an activist for politically liberal causes. Farrell was a producer of Patch Adams (1998) starring Robin Williams, and has starred on the television series Providence (1999–2002) and appeared as Milton Lang, the father of Victor Lang (John Slattery), husband of Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria) on Desperate Housewives (2007–2008…

Known For

Film

The Graduate

Hotel Lobby Bellhop (uncredited)

Film

Patch Adams

Producer

Film

MAS*H

B. J. Hunnicutt

Film

Targets

Man in Phonebooth

Film

Superman: Brainiac Attacks

Jonathan Kent (voice)

Film

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

Jonathan Kent (voice)

Film

Dominick and Eugene

Producer

Film

Countdown

Houston Engineer (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (52)

M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television

2024

as Self

8.6

M*A*S*H: When Television Changed Forever

2022

as Self

Bucky and the Squirrels

2018

as Mike Farrell

Valentino's Ghost

2013

as Narrator (voice)

5.7

Out at the Wedding

2007

as Father of the Bride

4.8

Superman: Brainiac Attacks

2006

as Jonathan Kent (voice)

Locusts

as Lyle Rierden

The Clinic

as Dr. Cyrus Gachet

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

2003

as Kenneth Lay

3.8

M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion

2002

as Himself/Host

5.7

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Behind the Laughs

1998

as Host

Sins of the Mind

1997

as William

3.5

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

1996

as Jonathan Kent (voice)

7.1

Hanged on a Twisted Cross

1996

as Bonhoeffer

The Killers Within

1995

as Congressman Clayton

5.0

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

1994

as Frank Crane

6.8

Memories of M*A*S*H

1991

as Self / BJ Hunnicutt

The Whereabouts of Jenny

1991

as Van Zandt

6.0

Silent Motive

1991

as Detective Paul Trella

1.0

Lockdown

1991

as Prentiss

6.0

The Price of the Bride

1990

as Joe Roth

A Deadly Silence

1989

as Atty. Gianelli

6.0

Incident at Dark River

1989

as Tim McFall

UFO Cover-Up?: Live!

1988

Vanishing Act

1986

as Harry Kenyon

7.1

Video Shock: The Revolution in Your Living Room

1985

as Self - Host

Private Sessions

1985

as Dr. Joe Braden

2.0

J.F.K.: A One-Man Show

1984

as John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Choices of the Heart

1983

as Ambassador Robert E. White

Memorial Day

as Matt Walker

Prime Suspect

as Frank Staplin

Good Evening Captain

as Self

El Salvador: Another Vietnam

1981

as Narrator

5.5

Damien: The Leper Priest

1980

as William Robertson

Sex and the Single Parent

1979

as George McGee

Letters from Frank

1979

as Richard Miller

Battered

1978

as Michael Hawks

The Questor Tapes

1974

as Jerry Robinson

5.7

Live Again, Die Again

1974

as James Carmichael

8.0

Nightmare Step

1973

as Steven

She Cried Murder

as Walter Stepanic

The Longest Night

as Wills

Doomsday Machine

as 1st Reporter

Worthy to Stand

as Fred Washburn

Targets

as Man in Phonebooth

Dayton's Devils

as Voucher Captain

Panic in the City

as Dick Blaine

The Graduate

as Hotel Lobby Bellhop (uncredited)

7.6

Countdown

1967

as Houston Engineer (uncredited)

5.8

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

as Patient (uncredited)

6.6

The Strawberry

as Herb

Television (45)

9-1-1

as William Schneider

American Crime Story

as Lee Miglin

The Seventies

as Self

Supernatural

as Fred Jones

Ghost Whisperer

as Bill Jett

Desperate Housewives

as Milton Lang

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Jonathan Kent / Brainiac (voice)

NCIS

as Miles Deakin

Without a Trace

as Ross Anderson

Justice League

as Jonathan Kent / Store Owner (voice)

8.2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jonah Malcolm

Providence

as Jim Hansen

Superman: The Animated Series

1996

as Jonathan Kent (voice)

7.6

E! True Hollywood Story

Coach

as Jeffrey

Matlock

as Judge David Bennett

7.1

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Drew Borden

7.5

McNaughton's Daughter

1976

as Colin Pierce

3.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

as David Tate

Dinah!

as Self

Harry O

The New Land

M*A*S*H

as B. J. Hunnicutt

Ghost Story

as Frank Simmons

Banacek

as Jason Trotter

The Sixth Sense

Cannon

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Blair Cameron

The Man and the City

as Andy Hays

The Interns

as Dr. Sam March

Love, American Style

as Young Man

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969

as Dr. Vic Wheelwright

The Bill Cosby Show

as Al Socconis

Ironside

as Bellhop (uncredited)

Mannix

as Clay Riegles

Garrison's Gorillas

The Monkees

as Agent Modell

I Dream of Jeannie

as Arland

Daniel Boone

as Johnson

Combat!

as Doctor

McHale's Navy

as The Gunner

Ensign O'Toole

as Ferguson

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Dick Powell Show

as Young Couple Boy

Lassie

Crew (14)

Movies (11)

The Window on Death Row

2025

Executive Producer

Patch Adams

Producer

Sins of the Mind

Executive Producer

Silent Motive

Producer

Incident at Dark River

1989

Executive Producer

Incident at Dark River

1989

Story

Run Till You Fall

1988

Director

Dominick and Eugene

1988

Producer

6.8

Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein

1983

Executive Producer

9.0

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

1979

Story

5.0

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

1979

Teleplay

5.0

Television (3)

M*A*S*H

Director

M*A*S*H

Story

M*A*S*H

Writer