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Acting

Mike Farrell

Career: Active from 1969 to 2026, with a break from 2014 to 2025, busiest in 1979 and 1996 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: M*A*S*H
78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Mike Farrell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0
Class & Capitalism
2.6, average 3.3
Eroticism
1.1, average 1.8
Adrenaline
4.2, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 2
1970s Television 2
Psychological Tension 2
Murder Mystery 2
Gritty Realism 2
Unreliable Narrator 2
Emotional Healing 2
Character-Driven Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

92

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles

The Strawberry

as Herb

The Window on Death Row

Executive Producer

2010s

4 titles · average score 78

9-1-1

74

TV show · as William Schneider

Bucky and the Squirrels

as Mike Farrell

American Crime Story

83

TV show · as Lee Miglin

Valentino's Ghost

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

12 titles · average score 66

Out at the Wedding

54

as Father of the Bride

Superman: Brainiac Attacks

59

as Jonathan Kent (voice)

Supernatural

78

TV show · as Fred Jones

Ghost Whisperer

50

TV show · as Bill Jett

Locusts

41

as Lyle Rierden

as Dr. Cyrus Gachet

Desperate Housewives

76

TV show · as Milton Lang

Justice League Unlimited

85

TV show · as Jonathan Kent / Brainiac (voice)

NCIS

64

TV show · as Miles Deakin

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

53

as Kenneth Lay

Without a Trace

71

TV show · as Ross Anderson

Justice League

91

TV show · as Jonathan Kent / Store Owner (voice)

1990s

15 titles · average score 62

Providence

65

TV show · as Jim Hansen

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Jonah Malcolm

Patch Adams

46

Producer

Sins of the Mind

49

as William

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

73

as Jonathan Kent (voice)

Superman: The Animated Series

85

TV show · as Jonathan Kent (voice)

Vows of Deception

59

as Clay Spencer

Hanged on a Twisted Cross

as Bonhoeffer

The Killers Within

as Congressman Clayton

Lockdown

as Prentiss

Silent Motive

as Detective Paul Trella

The Price of the Bride

as Joe Roth

1980s

16 titles · average score 63

A Deadly Silence

59

as Atty. Gianelli

Incident at Dark River

as Tim McFall

Coach

56

TV show · as Jeffrey

Run Till You Fall

Director

Vanishing Act

61

as Harry Kenyon

Matlock

54

TV show · as Judge David Bennett

Private Sessions

as Dr. Joe Braden

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Drew Borden

as Matt Walker

Prime Suspect

65

as Frank Staplin

El Salvador: Another Vietnam

as Narrator

Damien: The Leper Priest

as William Robertson

1970s

22 titles · average score 63

Letters from Frank

as Richard Miller

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

Teleplay, Story

Sex and the Single Parent

as George McGee

Battered

as Michael Hawks

The Questor Tapes

62

as Jerry Robinson

The Six Million Dollar Man

71

TV show · as David Tate

Live Again, Die Again

as James Carmichael

She Cried Murder

as Walter Stepanic

M*A*S*H

78

TV show · as B. J. Hunnicutt

The Man and the City

TV show · as Andy Hays

Cannon

67

TV show

The Interns

TV show · as Dr. Sam March

1960s

20 titles · average score 64

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Young Man

The Bill Cosby Show

58

TV show · as Al Socconis

Worthy to Stand

as Fred Washburn

Ironside

45

TV show · as Bellhop (uncredited)

Mannix

71

TV show · as Clay Riegles

The Graduate

83

as Hotel Lobby Bellhop (uncredited)

Garrison's Gorillas

79

TV show

The Monkees

76

TV show · as Agent Modell

I Dream of Jeannie

72

TV show · as Arland

Daniel Boone

47

TV show · as Johnson

Combat!

82

TV show · as Doctor

McHale's Navy

47

TV show · as The Gunner

1950s

1 title · average score 64

Lassie

64

TV show