Mike Farrell of M*A*S*H on His Journey to Actor and Activist

Actor Mike Farrell is perhaps best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt in the popular TV-series MASH. But aside from MASH, he is also known for his social justice activism.

In the lead-up to the Iraq war, Farrell was one of a number of actors who very publicly called for a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Since 1979, his work with human rights groups and aid organizations has brought him to dozens of countries, many of them ravaged by war. In the 1980s, he traveled to Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador. He has been to the Middle East several times. He was in Bosnia and Croatia during the war in Yugoslavia and he has been to many African nations. Over the years, Farrell has worked with the ACLU, Human Rights Watch, the United Farm Workers, Amnesty International, among others. He is currently the co-chair of Human Rights Watch in California and president of the anti-capital punishment group Death Penalty Focus. Mike Farrell has just come out with a new book called "Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist."

* Mike Farrell, author of "Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist."

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