Mike Farrell

ABOUT MIKE FARRELL

Played Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on TV's M*A*S*H and Milton Lang on Desperate Housewives. He is also a political activist.

He and Natalie Wood were classmates at West Hollywood Grammar School. He was a member of the United States Marine Corps before pursuing acting.

He and business partner Marvin Minoff produced Patch Adams from 1998, which starred Robin Williams .

He married actress Judy Farrell in 1963, and they had two children, Michael and Erin, together. They divorced in 1983. He married actress Shelley Fabares in 1984.

He played Melina Kanakaredes ' character's father on Providence, the NBC melodrama that ran from 1999 until 2002.