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Michael Joseph “Mike” Farrell, Jr. was born on 6 February 1939, in St. Paul, Minnesota USA, to parents Agnes Sarah Cosgrove and Michael Joseph Farrell Sr., of Irish descent. He is an actor, writer, director and producer, probably best known for playing Captain B.J. Hunnicutt in the 70s hit television series “M*A*S*H”.

So just how wealthy is Mike Farrell at present? As reported in mid-2016, Farrell has established a net worth over $10 million, his wealth being mostly accumulated during his years in the entertainment industry.

Mike Farrell Net Worth $10 Million

When Farrell was two years old his family moved to Hollywood, where he attended West Hollywood Grammar School and later Hollywood High School. Upon matriculating he entered the Marine Corps for two years, and then enrolled in the University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA) while also studying acting at the Jeff Corey Workshop.

Farrell began his acting career by taking minor parts in several television series of the 60s, such as “Combat”, “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Monkees”, as well as with minor roles in the movies “The Graduate” and “The Americanization of Emily”. His television parts eventually led him to become part of the hit NBC soap opera “Days of Our Lives” in 1968, taking the role of Scott Banning for two years; his net worth was starting to rise. The ’70s saw him taking leading roles in TV series “The Interns” and “The Man and the City”. Signing a four-year contract with the Universal Studios, Farrell took a lead role in the television movie “The Questor Tapes”, and went on to guest star in numerous shows, such as “Bonanza”, “Banacek”, “Marcus Welby, M.D.” and “The New Land”.

In 1975 Farrell was cast in the series “M*A*S*H” for the newly created role of Captain B.J. Hunnicutt, remaining eight years in the show, until its cancellation in 1983. He also got the opportunity to write and direct a number of episodes which brought him additional praise. The series was popular in many English-speaking countries around the world, including repeat showings, and enabled Mike to enter Hollywood stardom, as well as greatly increasing his net worth.

After “M*A*S*H”, Farrell took roles in a number of movies including “Sex and a Single Parent”, “Prime Suspect”, “Choices of the Heart”, “Private Sessions” and “Memorial Day” which he also co-produced. Farrell also hosted “Saving the Wildlife” for PBS and “The Best of the National Geographic Specials”.

In 1985, in partnership with the late producer Marvin Minoff, he created a production company which released a number of TV and feature films, such as the 1988 “Dominick and Eugene” and the 1998 Robin Williams film “Patch Adams”. Farrell went on to appear in the movies “A Deadly Silence”, “The Price of the Bride”, “Incident at Dark River” and “The Whereabouts of Jenny” among other, and provided the voice for Jonathan Kent in the animated series “Superman” in 1996. In 1999 he became part of the NBC melodrama series “Providence”, taking the role of veterinarian Jim Hansen; he remained in the series for five seasons, which also significantly added to his wealth. The 2000s saw Farrell in the hit series “Desperate Housewives”.

Farrell has published two books, an autobiography “Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist” in 2007 and “Of Mule and Man” in 2009, adding to his net worth.

When it comes to his personal life, Farrell married teacher Judy Hayden in 1963 and has two children with her – Hayden also had a recurring role in “M*A*S*H” as a nurse. They divorced in 1983. He has been married to actress Shelley Fabares since 1984, with whom he appeared in “Superman” too.

Farrell has been an activist for a number of political and social causes, devoting himself the most to promoting human rights and peace delegations to a number of countries around the world, and opposing the death penalty, which earned him various honors and awards. He is also an animal right activist. He co-founded Artists United to Win Without War, an organization protesting the war in Iraq, and has been active in the Screen Actors Guide, being named first vice-president of the Guild in LA in 2002.



Full Name Mike Farrell
Net Worth $10 Million
Date Of Birth February 6, 1939
Place Of Birth St. Paul, Minnesota, US
Height 1.9 m
Profession Actor, writer, director and producer
Education West Hollywood Grammar School, Hollywood High School, United States Marine Corps, University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA)
Nationality American
Spouse Shelley Fabares (m. 1984 -), Judy Farrell (m. 1963–1983)
Children Erin Farrell, Michael Farrell
Parents Agnes Sarah Cosgrove, Michael Joseph Farrell Sr.
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0268286
Awards Emmy Award for Best Guest Role in a Primetime Comedy Series
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series, Daytime Emmy Awa…
Movies “M*A*S*H” (1972-1983), “Patch Adams” (1998), “Providence” (1999-2002)
TV Shows “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, ” Desperate Housewives”(2007–08), “Supernatural”, “Whose War?” (2006), “JFK”, “One Man Show”
Quote
1 [Of Harry Morgan]: He was a treasure as a person, an imp at times, and always a true professional. He had worked with the greats and never saw himself as one of them. But he was. He was the rock everyone depended on and yet he could cut up like a kid when the situation warranted it. He was the apotheosis, the finest example of what people call a ‘character actor.’ What he brought to the work made everyone better. He made those who are thought of as ‘stars’ shine even more brightly. The love and admiration we all felt for him were returned tenfold in many, many ways. And the greatest and, most selfless tribute to the experience we enjoyed was paid by Harry at the press conference when our show ended. He remarked that someone had asked him if working on M*A*S*H had made him a better actor. He responded by saying, ‘I don’t know about that, but it made me a better human being. It’s hard to imagine a better one.’
2 (On the death of Harry Morgan): He was an imp. As Alan once said, ‘There’s not an un-adorable bone in the man’s body.’ He was full of fun, and he was smart as a whip.
3 (On his on- and off-screen chemistry with Harry Morgan, who played Col. Sherman Potter): It’s harder for me to separate Harry and Col. Potter because I adore them both so much. Col. Potter was the father figure we all loved and admired. A straight-arrow, regular army, by the book type who, just beneath the surface, was a marshmallow. Harry Morgan is a wonderful guy and a good friend. He’s full of stories, jokes, wry humor and is a delight to be around. He is and ought to be a motion picture and television legend.
4 (On David Ogden Stiers, who was 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 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.
5 (On the effect of the programs today): I think there’s a terrible dumbing- down of the American consciousness, the drumbeat of ugliness and stupidity and sensationalism, and thoughtlessness and propaganda that is in these stations. I think it’s across the border. It’s not just in the right wing media. Takings across the board, the dumbing- down that’s going on. I worry about it greatly, because I think we have listened to – loosened connections that people feel toward this country and the values of this country. It’s as though as took freedom and liberty and the kinds of concepts that built America and put them on a shelf somewhere and said we won them now. As long as they’re back there, we can do anything that we want. Forgetting that those have to be living – living values that we practice on a daily basis rather than just having them on a shelf that we polish periodically.
6 (On besides playing somebody else other than “BJ Hunnicut,” he was offered another role): The script. I liked the fact that it was serious and a bit wacky and I liked the idea of dealing with family issues. After reading it I told my agent it would be worth a meeting with them and I liked it even better after meeting the people involved. Meeting Melina was the icing on the cake.
7 (Who presided over the largest C.I.A. station in the world, which was Honduras): I mean it’s just a pathetic thing. I laugh about it now, but Honduras was the base for the Contras against Nicaragua. Honduras was also the repository of a great number of refugees from the horror in Guatemala and the terrible brutality in El Salvador. We were there trying to deal with the needs of the people who were refugees and who were being treated abominably by their own governments and by the United States if every way they could be. I remember coming back from Honduras and talking to the Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs. I told him about the brutality that was being visited on these people.
8 I was a bouncer in a bar. That was a terrible, terrible, terrible job. And I used to be a private investigator. I’d have to find people that didn’t want to be found. I was shot at, and chased with knives. Most of the cases were really sad more then anything else.
9 (On the final episode of M*A*S*H (1972)): It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done as an actor, because there were times when it wasn’t appropriate to be crying.
10 (On joining the cast of M*A*S*H (1972)): “I began to sweat at the [thought] that if this show fails in the fourth season, I’m going to wear it around my neck for the rest of my life: the guy who sank M*A*S*H (1972).
11 I think alternative sentencing, if I understand your use of the term, is a good idea for some offenders, who can then continue to be useful members of society at the same time as they are having their activities restricted by law, but is not appropriate for those who have demonstrated, for example, a propensity for violence against others.
Fact
1 As Mr. Farrell was sowing seeds in the early years of what would be his long acting career, he starred in 1967 as Federal Agent Modell on juvenile sitcom, The Monkees; in the episode of Monkees Chow Mein.
2 Release of his book, “Of Mule and Man”. [2009]
3 Release of his book, “Just Call Me Mike: My Journey from Actor to Activist”. [2007]
4 Attended the funeral of Marvin Minoff when the producer died in 2009.
5 His father, Michael Joseph Farrell, Sr., died when Michael Jr. was only age 17.
6 His father was an alcoholic.
7 Of Irish descent.
8 His family moved to Hollywood, California, in 1941, where Farrell’s father worked as a movie studio carpenter.
9 Is an animal rights activist.
10 Was close to Harry Morgan.
11 Best friend of Alan Alda.
12 Starred in a pilot with Jane Wyman that didn’t sell.
13 His acting mentors were the late Harry Morgan, William Broderick and Anthony Quinn.
14 Formed his production company, “Farrell-Minoff Productions”, in 1985, with Marvin Minoff.
15 Best remembered by the public for his role as “Captain B.J. Hunnicut” on the television series M*A*S*H (1972).
16 Appeared in a 1970’s television commercial for Schmidt’s Big Mouth Beer.
17 Tried to talk Gary Burghoff out of leaving M*A*S*H (1972), citing the lackluster careers of McLean Stevenson and Larry Linville after their departures, but to no avail.
18 It was Alan Alda’s idea for him to grow a mustache in the seventh season, which he kept for the rest of the show’s run.
19 While he was a cast member on M*A*S*H (1972) as Captain BJ Hunnicut, his first wife, Judy Farrell, also appeared on M*A*S*H (1972) playing various nurse characters.
20 Provided voice of Jonathan Kent on the animated Superman (1996) series with real life wife Shelley Fabares providing the voice of Martha Kent.
21 Presides over Family Motion Pictures, an organisation which strives to promote films suitable for family viewing.
22 Elected first Vice-President of the Screen Actor’s Guild in 2002 and served for three years.
23 Spokesperson for CONCERN/America; co-chair of Human Rights Watch in California; board president of Death Penalty Focus; member of the California State Commission on Judicial Performance
24 Served in the U. S. Marines
25 Attended West Hollywood Grammar School with Natalie Wood and Ricky Nelson. Graduated from Hollywood High School.
26 Named Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
27 Works with Greenpeace.
28 He has two children by screenwriter Judy Farrell – Michael Farrell, a martial arts teacher, and Erin Farrell, who works in the Los Angeles office of Jesse Jackson.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
The Red Road 2014-2015 TV Series David Rogers
Supernatural 2012 TV Series Fred Jones
Miami Medical 2010 TV Series Dr. Carl Willis
Ghost Whisperer 2009 TV Series Bill Jett
Without a Trace 2009 TV Series Ross Baldwin
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2008 TV Series Jonah Malcolm
Desperate Housewives 2007-2008 TV Series Milton Lang
Out at the Wedding 2007 Father of the Bride
Smith 2007 TV Series Dr. Breen
Superman: Brainiac Attacks 2006 Video Jonathan Kent (voice)
Locusts 2005 TV Movie Lyle Rierden
Justice League 2003-2004 TV Series Jonathan Kent Brainiac Store Owner
The Clinic 2004 TV Movie Dr. Cyrus Gachet
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron 2003 TV Movie Kenneth Lay
Providence 1999-2002 TV Series Dr. James Hansen
Superman 1996-1999 TV Series Jonathan Kent
The Killers Within 1997 Congressman Clayton
Sins of the Mind 1997 TV Movie William
Vows of Deception 1996 TV Movie Clay Spencer
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton 1996 TV Movie Jonathan Kent (voice)
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die 1994 TV Movie Frank Crane
Silent Motive 1991 TV Movie Detective Paul Trella
Matlock 1991 TV Series Judge David Bennett
The Whereabouts of Jenny 1991 TV Movie Van Zandt
Lockdown 1990 Prentis
The Price of the Bride 1990 TV Movie Joe Roth
Murder, She Wrote 1990 TV Series Drew Borden
Coach 1990 TV Series Jeffrey
Incident at Dark River 1989 TV Movie Tim McFall
A Deadly Silence 1989 TV Movie Atty. Gianelli
Vanishing Act 1986 TV Movie Harry Kenyon
Private Sessions 1985 TV Movie Dr. Joe Braden
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show 1984 TV Movie John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Choices of the Heart 1983 TV Movie Ambassador Robert E. White
Memorial Day 1983 TV Movie Matt Walker
M*A*S*H 1975-1983 TV Series Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt
Prime Suspect 1982 TV Movie Frank Staplin
Father Damien: The Leper Priest 1980 TV Movie Robertson
Letters from Frank 1979 TV Movie Richard Miller
Sex and the Single Parent 1979 TV Movie George
Battered 1978 TV Movie Michael Hawks
McNaughton’s Daughter 1976 TV Mini-Series Colin Pierce
Ladies of the Corridor 1975 TV Movie Paul Osgood
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1972-1974 TV Series Mr. Ferra
Harry O 1974 TV Series Cole Harris
Ironside 1967-1974 TV Series Len Parsons / Bellhop
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974 TV Series David Tate
The New Land 1974 TV Series
Live Again, Die Again 1974 TV Movie James Carmichael
The Questor Tapes 1974 TV Movie Jerry Robinson
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law 1972-1973 TV Series Blair Cameron
She Cried Murder 1973 TV Movie Walter Stepanic
The Wide World of Mystery 1973 TV Series Steven
The Rookies 1973 TV Series Frank Essex
Love, American Style 1970-1973 TV Series Jack (segment “Love and the Hot Spell”) / The Young Man (segment “Love and the Pick-Up”)
Banacek 1973 TV Series Jason Trotter
Circle of Fear 1972 TV Series Frank Simmons
Bonanza 1972 TV Series Dr. Will Agar
Cannon 1972 TV Series Ron
The Longest Night 1972 TV Movie Wills
The Sixth Sense 1972 TV Series Dr. Gil Clarke
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors 1972 TV Series Dr. Vic Wheelwright
The Man and the City 1971-1972 TV Series Andy Hays
Doomsday Machine 1972 1st Reporter
Sarge 1971 TV Series Steve
The Interns 1970-1971 TV Series Dr. Sam Marsh
Mannix 1970 TV Series Clay Riegles
The Bill Cosby Show 1969 TV Series Al Socconis
The Name of the Game 1969 TV Series Reporter
Worthy to Stand 1969 Short Fred Washburn
Days of Our Lives 1968 TV Series Scott Banning
Judd for the Defense 1968 TV Series Police Lieutenant / Employment Clerk
Dayton’s Devils 1968 Naval Officer
Panic in the City 1968 Dick Blaine (as Michael Farrell)
Targets 1968 Man in Phonebooth
Daniel Boone 1968 TV Series Johnson
I Dream of Jeannie 1968 TV Series Astronaut Arland
The Graduate 1967 Bellhop in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Garrison’s Gorillas 1967 TV Series The Captain
Custer 1967 TV Series First Trooper
Countdown 1967 Houston Engineer (uncredited)
The Monkees 1967 TV Series Agent Modell
Lassie 1967 TV Series Ranger
Combat! 1966 TV Series Doctor
Captain Newman, M.D. 1963 Patient (uncredited)
Ensign O’Toole 1963 TV Series Ferguson
McHale’s Navy 1963 TV Series The Gunner
The Dick Powell Theatre 1963 TV Series

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
M*A*S*H TV Series 2 episodes, 1978 – 1982 performer – 18 episodes, 1975 – 1983

Producer

Title Year Status Character
‘M*A*S*H’: 30th Anniversary Reunion 2002 TV Movie documentary executive producer
Patch Adams 1998 producer
Sins of the Mind 1997 TV Movie executive producer
Silent Motive 1991 TV Movie executive producer / producer
Incident at Dark River 1989 TV Movie executive producer
Dominick and Eugene 1988 producer
Memorial Day 1983 TV Movie producer – uncredited
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein 1983 Documentary executive producer

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Incident at Dark River 1989 TV Movie story
M*A*S*H TV Series written by – 2 episodes, 1979 – 1980 story by – 1 episode, 1982 teleplay by – 1 episode, 1980
Ebony, Ivory and Jade 1979 TV Movie story – as D.B. Cooper / teleplay – as D.B. Cooper

Director

Title Year Status Character
Run Till You Fall 1988 TV Movie
M*A*S*H 1979-1983 TV Series 5 episodes

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Memorial Day 1983 TV Movie executive consultant

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Memories of M*A*S*H 1991 TV Movie documentary special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
The Eighties 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – Actor, ‘M*A*S*H’
The Seventies 2015 TV Series documentary Himself – Actor, ‘M*A*S*H’
Bucky and the Squirrels 2014 Himself
Unlikely Friends 2013 Documentary Narrator (voice)
Never the Same: The Prisoner-of-War Experience 2013 Documentary Kentner (voice)
Chasing Beauty 2013 Documentary Himself
The Hour 2011 TV Series Himself
The Barrel of a Gun 2010 Documentary
The 7th Annual TV Land Awards 2009 TV Special Himself
Entertainment Tonight 2009 TV Series Himself
Whatever Happened To? 2009 TV Series Himself
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! 2008 TV Series documentary Himself – Actor
E! True Hollywood Story 2006 TV Series documentary Himself
Larry King Live 2005 TV Series Himself
Tavis Smiley 2005 TV Series Himself
The Young Turks 2005 TV Series Himself (2010)
Your World w/ Neil Cavuto 2005 TV Series Himself
CBS at 75 2003 TV Special documentary Himself
Biography 1997-2003 TV Series documentary Himself
‘M*A*S*H’: 30th Anniversary Reunion 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself / Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt
M*A*S*H: TV Tales 2002 TV Special documentary Himself
The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself – Host
TV Guide’s Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 3 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 26th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2000 TV Special Himself
The Vatican Revealed 1999 TV Movie documentary Himself / Narrator
The Howard Stern Radio Show 1999 TV Series Himself
The Medicinal Value of Laughter 1999 Video documentary short
Jeopardy! 1999 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Contestant
Behind the Laughs 1998 TV Movie documentary Host
187: Documented 1997 Documentary Voice
Hanged on a Twisted Cross 1996 Documentary Bonhoeffer
Cathedrals in the Sea 1993 TV Movie documentary Himself – Host
The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1993 TV Special Himself – Audience Member
Memories of M*A*S*H 1991 TV Movie documentary Himself / Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt
UFO Cover-Up?: Live! 1988 TV Movie documentary Himself
Stand-up Comics Take a Stand 1988 TV Special documentary Himself
The Morning Program 1987 TV Series Himself
The $10,000 Pyramid 1976-1984 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Contestant
Tom Cottle: Up Close 1983 TV Series Himself
The Regis Philbin Show 1982 TV Series Himself
The 8th Annual People’s Choice Awards 1982 TV Special Himself – Accepting Award for Favourite Television Comedy Program
The Body Human: Becoming a Man 1981 TV Short documentary
El Salvador: Another Vietnam 1981 Documentary Narrator
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1981 TV Special Himself – Co-Presenter: Outstanding Drama Series
Good Evening, Captain 1981 TV Special Himself
Making ‘M*A*S*H’ 1981 TV Movie documentary Himself
Dinah! 1975-1980 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1979-1980 TV Series Himself
The Mike Douglas Show 1976-1979 TV Series Himself – Co-Host / Himself – Actor
Everyday 1979 TV Series Himself
The 20th Annual TV Week Logie Awards 1978 TV Special Himself
Shoot for the Stars 1977 TV Series Himself
The Hollywood Squares 1976-1977 TV Series Himself – Panelist
Battle of the Network Stars II 1977 TV Special Himself – CBS Team
The $25,000 Pyramid 1977 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Contestant

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Late Show with David Letterman 2015 TV Series B. J. Honeycutt
Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks 2014 TV Series documentary Man in Phonebooth
The O’Reilly Factor 2014 TV Series Himself
Desperate Housewives Special: Secrets and Lies 2007 TV Movie Milton Lang
La imagen de tu vida 2006 TV Series Captain B.J. Hunnicut

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2009 Impact Award TV Land Awards M*A*S*H (1972)
1993 Humanitarian Award Women in Film Crystal Awards

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1982 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in Children’s Programming The Body Human: Becoming a Man (1981)
1981 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series M*A*S*H (1972)
1981 DGA Award Directors Guild of America, USA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series’ M*A*S*H (1972)
1980 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series M*A*S*H (1972)

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