Editing Mike Farrell (section)

==Personal life==
In 1963, Farrell married actress [[Judy Farrell|Judy Hayden]], who was working as a high school English and drama teacher in [[Laguna Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Farrell|first=Mike|title=Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist|year=2007|publisher=Akashic Books/RDV Books|isbn=9781933354484|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781933354484/page/61 61–68]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781933354484/page/61}}</ref> They separated in 1980 and divorced in 1983. They have two children, Michael and Erin. On ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', Hunnicutt's daughter was also named Erin. Also on ''M*A*S*H'', in the episode "The Colonel's Horse" (season 5, episode 12), a phone call is placed to Hunnicutt's father-in-law, Floyd Hayden, Hayden being the maiden name of Judy, Farrell's wife. He lives in Quapaw, Oklahoma, Judy's birthplace. Judy Farrell also acted on ''M*A*S*H'' from 1976 to 1983 as Nurse Able.

Since 1984, he has been married to actress [[Shelley Fabares]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Metz|first=Vicki|date=November 8, 1987|title='Lights, Camera, Action! — on L.I.|work=The New York Times|page=Long Island 11|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/08/nyregion/lightscamera-action-on-li.html |access-date=2023-08-18}}</ref>

At the start of ''M*A*S*H'''s seventh season, Farrell grew a [[Walrus moustache]] for the B.J. Hunnicutt character, even though such a [[moustache]] below the upper lip was then, as now, a clear violation of [[Uniforms of the United States Army|Army uniform guidelines]], especially when left untrimmed. The normally clean-shaven Farrell grew it out for the character, as fashion trends at the time made the moustache in general popular for the first time since the beginning of the 20th century, due in part to fellow actors such as [[Burt Reynolds]] and [[Tom Selleck]], as well as [[The Mustache Gang]] of the [[Oakland Athletics]] of [[Major League Baseball]]. While Farrell retained the moustache for the B.J. character for the rest of the series and saw a rise in acting jobs because of it, Farrell himself quickly grew tired of it and did not want to be [[typecast]] with "B.J.-like roles" for the rest of his career.