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). He was seen in the tenth season episode "Persona" of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

• 2026The Strawberry — Herb
• 2025The Window on Death Row — Executive Producer
• 9-1-1 — William Schneider
• 2018Bucky and the Squirrels — Mike Farrell
• American Crime Story — Lee Miglin
• 2013Valentino's Ghost — Narrator (voice)
• 2007Out at the Wedding — Father of the Bride
• 2006Superman: Brainiac Attacks — Jonathan Kent (voice)
• Ghost Whisperer — Bill Jett
• 2005Locusts — Lyle Rierden
• Supernatural — Fred Jones
• Desperate Housewives — Milton Lang
• Justice League Unlimited — Jonathan Kent / Brainiac (voice)
• 2004The Clinic — Dr. Cyrus Gachet
• NCIS — Miles Deakin
• 2003The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron — Kenneth Lay
• 2002M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion — Himself/Host
• Without a Trace — Ross Anderson
• Justice League — Jonathan Kent / Store Owner (voice)
• 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Jonah Malcolm
• Providence — Jim Hansen
• 1998Behind the Laughs — Host
• 1998Patch Adams — Producer
• 1997Sins of the Mind — William, Executive Producer
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Hanged on a Twisted Cross — Bonhoeffer
• Superman: The Animated Series — Jonathan Kent (voice)
• 1996Superman: The Last Son of Krypton — Jonathan Kent (voice)
• 1996Vows of Deception — Clay Spencer
• 1995The Killers Within — Congressman Clayton
• 1994Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die — Frank Crane
• 1991Lockdown — Prentiss
• 1991Silent Motive — Detective Paul Trella, Producer
• 1991The Whereabouts of Jenny — Van Zandt
• 1990The Price of the Bride — Joe Roth
• 1989A Deadly Silence — Atty. Gianelli
• Coach — Jeffrey
• 1989Incident at Dark River — Tim McFall, Story, Executive Producer
• 1988Dominick and Eugene — Producer
• 1988Run Till You Fall — Director
• 1988UFO Cover-Up?: Live!
• Matlock — Judge David Bennett
• 1986Vanishing Act — Harry Kenyon
• 1985Private Sessions — Dr. Joe Braden
• 1984J.F.K.: A One-Man Show — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
• Murder, She Wrote — Drew Borden
• 1983Choices of the Heart — Ambassador Robert E. White
• 1983Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein — Executive Producer
• 1983Memorial Day — Matt Walker
• 1982Prime Suspect — Frank Staplin
• 1981El Salvador: Another Vietnam — Narrator
• 1980Damien: The Leper Priest — William Robertson
• 1979Ebony, Ivory and Jade — Story, Teleplay
• 1979Letters from Frank — Richard Miller
• 1979Sex and the Single Parent — George McGee
• 1978Battered — Michael Hawks
• McNaughton's Daughter — Colin Pierce
• Harry O
• 1974Live Again, Die Again — James Carmichael
• The New Land
• 1974The Questor Tapes — Jerry Robinson
• The Six Million Dollar Man — David Tate
• 1973Nightmare Step — Steven
• 1973She Cried Murder — Walter Stepanic
• Banacek — Jason Trotter
• 1972Doomsday Machine — 1st Reporter
• Ghost Story — Frank Simmons
• M*A*S*H — B. J. Hunnicutt, Director, Writer, Story
• 1972The Longest Night — Wills
• The Sixth Sense
• Cannon
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Blair Cameron
• The Man and the City — Andy Hays
• The Interns — Dr. Sam March
• Love, American Style — Young Man
• The Bill Cosby Show — Al Socconis
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Dr. Vic Wheelwright
• 1969Worthy to Stand — Fred Washburn
• 1968Dayton's Devils — Voucher Captain
• 1968Panic in the City — Dick Blaine
• 1968Targets — Man in Phonebooth
• 1967Countdown — Houston Engineer (uncredited)
• Garrison's Gorillas
• Ironside — Bellhop (uncredited)
• Mannix — Clay Riegles
• 1967The Graduate — Hotel Lobby Bellhop (uncredited)
• The Monkees — Agent Modell
• I Dream of Jeannie — Arland
• Daniel Boone — Johnson
• 1963Captain Newman, M.D. — Patient (uncredited)
• Combat! — Doctor
• Ensign O'Toole — Ferguson
• McHale's Navy — The Gunner
• The Dick Powell Show — Young Couple Boy
• Lassie

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2024M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television — Self
• 2022M*A*S*H: When Television Changed Forever — Self
• The Seventies — Self
• 1991Memories of M*A*S*H — Self / BJ Hunnicutt
• 1985Video Shock: The Revolution in Your Living Room — Self - Host
• 1981Good Evening, Captain — Self
• 1981Making 'M*A*S*H' — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Co-Host