Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist
Mike Farrell
Language: English
Pages: 378
ISBN: B001YQEYEW
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
With a new introduction by Martin Sheen, Mike Farrell offers inspirational and often humorous reflections on his path to fame and progressive activism in his memoir, which became a Los Angeles Times bestseller and drew tremendous national media attention.
Best known for his eight years on M*A*S*H and five seasons on Providence, Mike Farrell is also a writer, director, and producer. He has served on human rights and peace delegations to countries around the world. As president of Death Penalty Focus, he speaks, writes, and coordinates eff orts to stop executions.
Apanovitch. He had discovered evidence of Apanovitch’s innocence that had been kept from his lawyers at trial, and he wanted me to host the video. I don’t know if the tape made any difference, but Baich got the case back into court, and Apanovitch remains on death row today, awaiting the results. That fall, as Marvin and I were looking for a writer for Patch at Universal and still stuck in neutral with In Silence at Paramount, I got a call from the “little giant”: Paul McCleary of the Christian
finding happiness in the popular sitcom … His passionate descriptions of human rights abuses show why Farrell is considered one of Hollywood’s most prominent activists.” —Publishers Weekly “This informative, courageous, and sometimes scary account of the life of a modern American male grabs the attention early and never lets go.” —Sidney Poitier “Take a break from the Paris-goes-to-jail countdown and read about a celebrity who’s actually using his fame for good … He provides countless
I really could make a living in the business, the country was going through its own struggle. The moral authority of the civil rights movement was undeniable no matter how Bull Connor, Lester Maddox, and the White Citizens Councils tried to resist it. Long-held resentment and frustration burst into flames in many cities across the nation. In South Central Los Angeles, Watts erupted, destroying property, inflaming fears, and dismantling the myth that racism was limited to the South. Jack
was embarrassed and offended by U.S. efforts to undermine it before it got off the starting blocks. But I didn’t think we should shut our eyes to the possibility that the Sandinistas might be capable of some of their own dirty tricks, as well. If we truly supported self-determination and human rights, they had to apply across the board. On a trip to the countryside to meet with workers, growers, and religious and community leaders, we stopped in Matagalpa for lunch with a group of coffee
that the repression by the military was so complete that anyone assisting the enemy, wounded or not, would be considered a traitor and face dire consequences. It was finally resolved when Medical Aid for El Salvador found an American doctor willing to fly down and do the surgery if the U.S. could get the Salvadorans to agree. It’s hard to know whose arms were twisted and how hard, but an agreement was struck. Medical Aid asked me to go as an observer. Amnesty International asked, too, wanting a