Mike Farrell
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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 M*A*S*H (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). He 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
.
, and graduated from Hollywood High School, served in the United States Marine Corps
, and worked at various jobs before his acting career.
in 1967, astronaut
Arland in the episode "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?" on I Dream of Jeannie
, and an Army doctor in an episode of Combat!. In 1968 he originated the continuing role of Scott Banning in an 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
, in a cast led by Broderick Crawford
. In 1971 he played the assistant to Anthony Quinn
in ABC
's The Man and the City
. In 1973, while under contract to 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
and Marcus Welby, M.D.
, and starred in a television pilot with Jane Wyman
, which did not sell. Farrell also had a cameo role in the 1967 classic The Graduate.
unexpectedly departed M*A*S*H at the end of the third season. Farrell was quickly recruited for the newly created role of B.J. Hunnicutt, along with co-series' lead, Harry Morgan
, who replaced McLean Stevenson
, also at the end of the third season. The most coincidental thing is both Farrell and Morgan were both fans of the M*A*S*H series, during its early era, before they both joined the cast. He stayed with the series for its remaining eight years on the air. During that time, Farrell wrote five episodes and directed four.
Since M*A*S*H, Farrell has guest starred in Murder, She Wrote
; Justice League
; Matlock; Mannix
; Desperate Housewives
; and many others. Farrell played Jonathan Kent in the Superman
(1996) animated series, with wife Shelley Fabares
playing Martha Kent. He also hosted several "National Geographic Presents" specials and starred in a number of TV movies, including Memorial Day (which he co-produced); Sex and the Single Parent; Prime Suspect; Choices of the Heart; Private Sessions; Vanishing Act; A Deadly Silence; The Price of the Bride; Incident at Dark River; The Whereabouts of Jenny; and Silent Motive. He has done two one-man shows: JFK, a One Man Show for PBS
and, on stage, a national tour of David W. Rintels' play Clarence Darrow. In 1983 Farrell starred in the movie Memorial Day
.
In 1985, Farrell partnered with film and television producer Marvin Minoff
to create Farrell/Minoff Productions, a production company
. Together, Farrell and Minoff produced numerous television movies. Farrell and Minoff also executive produced two feature films during their partnership, Dominick and Eugene
, a 1988 Orion Pictures
film which earned actor Tom Hulce
a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. The pair also produced 1998's Patch Adams
starring Robin Williams
. Farrell and Minoff's professional partnership lasted more than twenty-five years, until Minoff's death in November 2009.
) 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.
The show would prove to be a big hit with the critics and in the Nielsen ratings
. Farrell appeared in 64 of the 92 episodes before its cancellation in December 2002.
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Even before he was well-known, Farrell was an activist for many political and social causes. He has worked with Human Rights Watch
, was on the Board of Advisors of the original Cult Awareness Network
, and has been president of Death Penalty Focus
for more than ten years, being the first person to be awarded their Human Rights Award, subsequently named after him, in 2006.
In 1985, Farrell was in Central America, helping refugees from the civil war in El Salvador
. A guerrilla commander, Nidia Diaz, had been taken prisoner. She needed surgery, but no Salavadoran doctor dared to help her. Amnesty International
recruited a foreign doctor. Farrell was present as an observer but was, in his words, "shanghaied
into assisting with the surgery" when the doctor said his help was needed. The in-prison surgery was successful. Diaz went on to be one of the signatories of the Chapultepec Peace Accords
(the peace treaty ending the war), and she served in the Constituent Assembly of El Salvador and in the Central American Parliament
.
Farrell has also been active in the Screen Actors Guild
. In 2002 he was elected First Vice President of the Guild in Los Angeles. He served in the post for three years.
In 2006 Farrell appeared with Jello Biafra
and Keith Gordon
in the documentary Whose War?, examining the U.S. role in the Iraq War.
in 1963. They were divorced in 1983. They have two children, Michael and Erin. On M*A*S*H Hunnicutt's daughter was also named Erin.
On December 31, 1984, he married actress Shelley Fabares
. Her sister gave her away at her marriage to him.
Most recently, Mike & Shelley were both doing a question and answer segment with Frankie Verroca, he told M*A*S*H fans about David Ogden Stiers
(his co-star in the series) being reduced by one Harry Morgan, for ridiculous reasons: "David was like a rock, when he was concentrating, when he was being Charles Emerson Winchester III, you just couldn't get him, except for Harry Morgan. Harry could look at David and reduced him to a puddle of tears, without turning an eye. David said, 'When he [Harry] looks at me and flare those nostrils; and he would be gone,' it would be such a wonderful thing to see this great big guy just reduced to a giggling idiot by Harry, but unfortunately, all I could do is to tell you, we had great fun doing the show; and much of it was laughing at some silly gag that one of us had pulled on the others."
Farrell was a producer of Patch Adams
Patch Adams (film)
Patch Adams is a 1998 comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams. Directed by Tom Shadyac, it is based on the life story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter by Adams and Maureen Mylander. The film is generally considered a box-office success,...
(1998) starring Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
, and has starred on the television series Providence
Providence (TV series)
Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...
(1999–2002). He appeared as Milton Lang, the father of Victor Lang (John Slattery
John Slattery
John M. Slattery, Jr. is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Roger Sterling on AMC's series Mad Men. He has been nominated for many awards, and has won two SAG Awards with the Mad Men ensemble....
), husband of Gabrielle Solis
Gabrielle Solis
Gabrielle Solís is one of four main characters on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She is portrayed by Eva Longoria...
(Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria
Eva Jacqueline Longoria is an American actress, best known for portraying Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives...
) on Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
(2007–2008). He was seen in the tenth season episode "Persona" of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
.
Early life
Farrell, one of four children, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Agnes and Joe Farrell. When he was two years old, his family moved from South St. Paul to Hollywood, California, where his father worked as a movie studio carpenter. Farrell attended West Hollywood Grammar School with Natalie WoodNatalie Wood
Natalie Wood, born Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko was an American film and television actress. After first working in films as a child, Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.Wood began acting in movies at the...
, and graduated from Hollywood High School, served in the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
, and worked at various jobs before his acting career.
Early career
During the 1960s, Farrell guest-starred in a few series. Notable roles included Federal Agent Modell in the episode "Monkee Chow Mein" on The MonkeesThe Monkees (TV series)
The Monkees is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 1966 to March 1968. The series follows the adventures of four young men trying to make a name for themselves as rock 'n roll singers. The show introduced a number of innovative new-wave film techniques to series...
in 1967, astronaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
Arland in the episode "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?" on I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...
, and an Army doctor in an episode of Combat!. In 1968 he originated the continuing role of Scott Banning in an NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
soap opera Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
. In 1970 he starred as one of the young doctors in the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
prime-time series The Interns
The Interns (television series)
The Interns is an American medical drama series that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1971. It was based on the 1962 film The Interns and the 1964 sequel The New Interns.-Overview:...
, in a cast led by Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford was an Academy Award-winning American stage, film, radio and TV actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his starring role in the television series "Highway Patrol."-Early life:...
. In 1971 he played the assistant to Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer...
in ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's The Man and the City
The Man and the City
The Man and the City was a dramatic television series which was aired on the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1971 lineup from September 15, 1971 to January 5, 1972....
. In 1973, while under contract to Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, Farrell starred with Robert Foxworth
Robert Foxworth
Robert Heath Foxworth is an American film, stage and television actor.-Early life and career:Foxworth was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Erna Beth , a writer, and John Howard Foxworth, a roofing contractor...
in The Questor Tapes
The Questor Tapes
The Questor Tapes is a 1974 television movie about an android with incomplete memory tapes who is searching for his creator and his purpose. Conceived by and executive produced by Gene Roddenberry, the script is credited to Roddenberry and fellow Star Trek alumnus Gene L. Coon.A novelization,...
. During the years under contract, he guest starred in a number of shows, including Banacek
Banacek
Banacek is a short-lived, light-hearted detective TV series starring George Peppard on NBC from 1972 to 1974. It alternated in its timeslot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season...
and Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell...
, and starred in a television pilot with Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman was an American singer, dancer, and character actress of film and television. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades...
, which did not sell. Farrell also had a cameo role in the 1967 classic The Graduate.
M*A*S*H (1975–83) and later roles
Farrell's big break came in 1975 when Wayne RogersWayne Rogers
William Wayne McMillan Rogers III is an American film and television actor, best known for playing the role of 'Trapper John' McIntyre in the U.S...
unexpectedly departed M*A*S*H at the end of the third season. Farrell was quickly recruited for the newly created role of B.J. Hunnicutt, along with co-series' lead, Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan is an American actor. Morgan is well-known for his roles as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H , Pete Porter on both Pete and Gladys and December Bride , Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet , and Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey...
, who replaced McLean Stevenson
McLean Stevenson
Edgar McLean Stevenson, Jr. , better known as McLean Stevenson, was an American actor most recognized for his role as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake on the TV series M*A*S*H...
, also at the end of the third season. The most coincidental thing is both Farrell and Morgan were both fans of the M*A*S*H series, during its early era, before they both joined the cast. He stayed with the series for its remaining eight years on the air. During that time, Farrell wrote five episodes and directed four.
Since M*A*S*H, Farrell has guest starred in Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
; Justice League
Justice League
The Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics....
; Matlock; Mannix
Mannix
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors...
; Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
; and many others. Farrell played Jonathan Kent in the Superman
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series starring DC Comics' flagship character, Superman. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on The WB from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. Warner Bros...
(1996) animated series, with wife Shelley Fabares
Shelley Fabares
Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is an American actress and singer. Fabares is known for her roles as Donna Reed's oldest child, Mary Stone, on The Donna Reed Show , and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and eventual wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the sitcom Coach. She also was Elvis...
playing Martha Kent. He also hosted several "National Geographic Presents" specials and starred in a number of TV movies, including Memorial Day (which he co-produced); Sex and the Single Parent; Prime Suspect; Choices of the Heart; Private Sessions; Vanishing Act; A Deadly Silence; The Price of the Bride; Incident at Dark River; The Whereabouts of Jenny; and Silent Motive. He has done two one-man shows: JFK, a One Man Show for PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
and, on stage, a national tour of David W. Rintels' play Clarence Darrow. In 1983 Farrell starred in the movie Memorial Day
Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War...
.
In 1985, Farrell partnered with film and television producer Marvin Minoff
Marvin Minoff
Marvin Minoff was an American film and television producer best known for producing The Nixon Interviews between British journalist David Frost and former U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1977...
to create Farrell/Minoff Productions, a production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
. Together, Farrell and Minoff produced numerous television movies. Farrell and Minoff also executive produced two feature films during their partnership, Dominick and Eugene
Dominick and Eugene
Dominick and Eugene is a 1988 American drama film directed by Robert M. Young about twin brothers, Dominick and Eugene. Dominick has an intellectual disability due to an accident in his youth. The film was directed by Robert M...
, a 1988 Orion Pictures
Orion Pictures
Orion Pictures Corporation was an American independent production company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists. Although it was never a large motion picture producer, Orion...
film which earned actor Tom Hulce
Tom Hulce
Thomas Edward "Tom" Hulce is an American actor and theater producer. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Mozart in the movie Amadeus and his role as "Pinto" in National Lampoon's Animal House. Additional acting awards included a total of four Golden Globe...
a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. The pair also produced 1998's Patch Adams
Patch Adams (film)
Patch Adams is a 1998 comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams. Directed by Tom Shadyac, it is based on the life story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter by Adams and Maureen Mylander. The film is generally considered a box-office success,...
starring Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
. Farrell and Minoff's professional partnership lasted more than twenty-five years, until Minoff's death in November 2009.
Providence (1999–2002)
In 1999, Farrell was given the part of veterinarian Jim Hansen (the father of the lead character, Dr. Sydney Hansen, portrayed by Melina KanakaredesMelina Kanakaredes
Melina Eleni Kanakaredes Constantinides is an American actress. She is widely known for two starring roles on U.S. prime-time television drama series; playing Detective Stella Bonasera in CSI: NY and portraying Dr...
) on the NBC-TV melodrama series Providence.
In his portrayal of Sydney's father, Farrell played opposite Concetta Tomei
Concetta Tomei
Concetta Tomei is an American theatre, film and television character actress, best known for her roles as Maj. Lila Garreau on the ABC series China Beach and as Lynda Hansen on the NBC series Providence ....
, 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.
The show would prove to be a big hit with the critics and in the Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
. Farrell appeared in 64 of the 92 episodes before its cancellation in December 2002.
Political activism
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
, was on the Board of Advisors of the original Cult Awareness Network
Cult Awareness Network
The Cult Awareness Network was founded in the wake of the November 18, 1978 deaths of members of the group Peoples Temple and assassination of Congressman Leo J. Ryan in Jonestown, Guyana. CAN is now owned and operated by associates of the Church of Scientology, an organization that the original...
, and has been president of Death Penalty Focus
Death Penalty Focus
Founded in 1988, Death Penalty Focus is a non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives....
for more than ten years, being the first person to be awarded their Human Rights Award, subsequently named after him, in 2006.
In 1985, Farrell was in Central America, helping refugees from the civil war in El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. A guerrilla commander, Nidia Diaz, had been taken prisoner. She needed surgery, but no Salavadoran doctor dared to help her. Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
recruited a foreign doctor. Farrell was present as an observer but was, in his words, "shanghaied
Shanghaiing
Shanghaiing refers to the practice of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. Until 1915, unfree labor was widely used aboard American merchant ships...
into assisting with the surgery" when the doctor said his help was needed. The in-prison surgery was successful. Diaz went on to be one of the signatories of the Chapultepec Peace Accords
Chapultepec Peace Accords
The Chapultepec Peace Accords brought peace to El Salvador in 1992 after more than a decade of wrenching civil war.The treaty was negotiated by representatives of the Salvadoran government, the rebel movement FMLN, and political parties, with observers from the Roman Catholic Church and United...
(the peace treaty ending the war), and she served in the Constituent Assembly of El Salvador and in the Central American Parliament
Central American Parliament
The Central American Parliament , also known as PARLACEN is a political institution devoted to the integration of the Central American countries. Its headquarters are in Guatemala City....
.
Farrell has also been active in the Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
. In 2002 he was elected First Vice President of the Guild in Los Angeles. He served in the post for three years.
In 2006 Farrell appeared with Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party of the United States. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys...
and Keith Gordon
Keith Gordon
Keith Gordon is an American actor and film director.-Life and career:Gordon was born in New York City, the son of Barbara, an actress, and Mark Gordon, an actor and stage director. He grew up in an atheist Jewish family and was inspired to become an actor at the age of twelve, after seeing James...
in the documentary Whose War?, examining the U.S. role in the Iraq War.
Publications
Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist Mike Farrell's memoirs as an actor, film producer and writer. Highlights his working-class childhood in West Hollywood, his break into show business, personal life, increasing involvement in politics and the human rights movement in the USA, Cambodia and South America. He chronicles his ongoing journey of self-discovery, personal commitment and humanitarian engagements. 2007 ISBN 1933354089Personal life
He married actress Judy FarrellJudy Farrell
Judy Farrell is an American actress and former wife of actor Mike Farrell. Judy Farrell made her first appearance on M*A*S*H in Season 5's "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" as Nurse Able, and would be seen in future episodes as well...
in 1963. They were divorced in 1983. They have two children, Michael and Erin. On M*A*S*H Hunnicutt's daughter was also named Erin.
On December 31, 1984, he married actress Shelley Fabares
Shelley Fabares
Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is an American actress and singer. Fabares is known for her roles as Donna Reed's oldest child, Mary Stone, on The Donna Reed Show , and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and eventual wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the sitcom Coach. She also was Elvis...
. Her sister gave her away at her marriage to him.
Most recently, Mike & Shelley were both doing a question and answer segment with Frankie Verroca, he told M*A*S*H fans about David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers is an American actor, director, vocal actor, and musician, noted for his roles in Disney movies, as well as his performances in the television series M*A*S*H as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III and the science fiction drama The Dead Zone as Reverend Gene Purdy...
(his co-star in the series) being reduced by one Harry Morgan, for ridiculous reasons: "David was like a rock, when he was concentrating, when he was being Charles Emerson Winchester III, you just couldn't get him, except for Harry Morgan. Harry could look at David and reduced him to a puddle of tears, without turning an eye. David said, 'When he [Harry] looks at me and flare those nostrils; and he would be gone,' it would be such a wonderful thing to see this great big guy just reduced to a giggling idiot by Harry, but unfortunately, all I could do is to tell you, we had great fun doing the show; and much of it was laughing at some silly gag that one of us had pulled on the others."
External links
- Mike Farrell's website
- Death Penalty Focus
- Audio interview of Mike Farrell by Stephanie MillerStephanie MillerStephanie Catherine Miller is an American comedienne and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a progressive talk radio program produced in Los Angeles and syndicated nationally by Dial Global. Talkers magazine ranked her as the 24th most important radio talk show host in America for 2010.-Early...
about the Guantanamo Bay play on The Stephanie Miller ShowThe Stephanie Miller ShowThe Stephanie Miller Show is a syndicated progressive talk radio program that discusses politics, current events, and pop culture using a fast-paced, impromptu style. The three-hour show is hosted by comedienne Stephanie Miller along with voice artist Jim Ward and the show's engineer and executive... - Recording of Mike Farrell talking about his book and activities from Sacramento, CA on September 28, 2008