Editing Mike Farrell (section)

===Early career===
[[File:MikeJudyFarrellKBF1966.jpg|thumb|right|Farrell and [[Judy Farrell]] at [[Knott's Berry Farm]] in 1966]]
During the 1960s, Farrell guest-starred in a few series. Notable roles included playing a young US Forest Service ranger in the [[Lassie (1954 TV series)|''Lassie'']] episode "Never Look Back" (February 1967); Federal Agent Modell in the episode "[[Monkee Chow Mein]]" on ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' in 1967; as a bellhop (uncredited) in ''[[The Graduate]]'' in 1967; astronaut Arland in the episode "[[List of I Dream of Jeannie episodes|Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?]]" on ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''; an Army doctor in the episode "The Bankroll" of ''[[Combat!]]''; and an ex-high school friend turned famous actor of Chet Kincaid in ''[[The Bill Cosby Show]]''.

In 1968, he originated the continuing role of Scott Banning in the [[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 (television series)|''The Interns'']], in a cast led by [[Broderick Crawford]]. In 1971, he played the assistant to [[Anthony Quinn]] in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[The Man and the City]]''. In 1973, while under contract to [[Universal Pictures|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]]''; ''[[Mannix]]''; ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''; ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''; and ''[[The New Land (TV series)|The New Land]]''; and starred in a television pilot with [[Jane Wyman]], which did not sell.

In the early 1970s, Farrell guest-starred in the television [[Western (genre)|Western]] drama ''[[Bonanza]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/lists/21-tv-stars-who-appeared-as-guests-on-bonanza|title=21 TV stars who appeared as guests on 'Bonanza'|website=Me-TV Network|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913223606/https://www.metv.com/lists/21-tv-stars-who-appeared-as-guests-on-bonanza|archive-date=September 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title="Bonanza" The Hidden Enemy (TV Episode 1972)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0529736/fullcredits|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110041636/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0529736/fullcredits|archive-date=November 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and did a number of commercials as a spokesman for [[Maytag]] dryers and [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth automobiles]], among other products.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
[[File:Mike Farrell Stumpers 1976.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Farrell on ''[[Stumpers (game show)|Stumpers!]]'' in 1976]]