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Farrell's big break came in 1975 when Wayne Rogers unexpectedly departed M * A * S * H at the end of the third season.

Farrell was quickly recruited for the newly created role of B. J.

Hunnicutt, along with co-series ' lead, Harry Morgan, who replaced McLean Stevenson, also at the end of the third season.

The most coincidental thing is both Farrell and Morgan were big fans of the M * A * S * H series during its early seasons before they both joined the cast, with Morgan having also appeared as " General Bartford Hamilton Steele " in the season-three episode " The General Flipped at Dawn " ( for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Guest Role in a Primetime Comedy Series ).

He stayed with the series for its remaining eight years on the air.

During that time, Farrell wrote five episodes and directed four.