Farrell, M*A*S*H actor and activist, marches on
Mike Farrell will, undoubtedly, forever be linked to B.J. Hunnicut, the character he portrayed in the stellar TV show "M*A*S*H" for 176 episodes.Even now, 27 years after the final show was broadcast, the 71-year-old actor and activist can't escape his indelible link to the 4077.
"Every day I go out, people talk about how important that show was to them, how significant it was to their lives," Farrell says. "There is nothing like it on TV anymore."
Oddly, Farrell's Korean War character was presumably from Mill Valley for no discernible reason.
"Radar was from Iowa, Hawkeye was from Maine, Klinger was from Ohio. Maybe they needed a West Coast guy," says Farrell, believing Mill Valley was chosen "by the equivalent of throwing a dart at a map."
Still, all these years and reruns later, "it's funny how many people think I'm from Mill Valley," Farrell says. "I hear it all the time."
While the much-honored Farrell isn't visiting Mill Valley, he is close by in San Francisco from
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