M*A*S*H character
Captain B.J. Hunnicutt, played by Mike Farrell
B.J. Hunnicutt
Rank	Captain
Gender	Male
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Home city	Mill Valley, California, USA
Film portrayer	None
Television portrayer	Mike Farrell
First appearance	"Welcome to Korea"
Last appearance	"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"

Captain B.J. Hunnicutt (played by Mike Farrell) is a fictional character in the TV show M*A*S*H, which ran from 1972-1983 on CBS. M*A*S*H may refer to: Mobile army surgical hospital M*A*S*H (novels), the original novel that inspired the movie, plus two sequels, written by Richard Hooker M*A*S*H (film), 1970, directed by Robert Altman (starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman and Robert Duvall... Image File history File links Bjhunnicut. ... Mike Farrell (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H (1975-83). ... Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ... Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... MASH is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman and based on the novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker. ... Mike Farrell (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H (1975-83). ... Welcome to Korea was the 73rd episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and first episode of the fourth season of the series. ... Goodbye, Farewell and Amen was a television movie that served as the 251st and final episode of the M*A*S*H television series. ... Mike Farrell (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H (1975-83). ... M*A*S*H is an American television series created by Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds, inspired by the 1961 novel Catch-22, the 1968 Richard Hooker novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors and its sequels; and the 1970 film of the same name. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

Captain Hunnicutt resided in Mill Valley, California before he was recruited to join the US Army to fight in the War. He was educated at Stanford University and was a member of the Tau Phi Epsilon fraternity. B.J. is married to Peg (who writes scores of letters to him while he is in Korea). The couple has a daughter, named Erin. He is also a third generation doctor in his family. Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ...

Captain Hunnicutt first appeared on the show in 1975, after Trapper John McIntyre was allowed to return home from the 4077. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... For other uses, see John Macintyre. ...

Name

Unlike his tent-mates, referred to in the series occasionally as B.F. Pierce and C.E. Winchester, BJ's full name is just that, "BJ Hunnicutt". The entire subplot for Hawkeye of an entire episode is trying to find out what the B and the J stand for. Hawkeye went to such lengths as to contact friends and family of BJ. Each replying that they knew his name only as "BJ". Hawkeye, for one, did not accept this. In final response, Hawkeye asks, "What kind of parents would name their kid BJ?" to which BJ replied, "My mother... Bea Hunnicutt, and my father... Jay Hunnicutt." Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce is the lead fictional character in the M*A*S*H novels, film, and television series. ... Major Charles Emerson Winchester III is a principal character on the television series, M*A*S*H, played by David Ogden Stiers. ... Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce is the lead fictional character in the M*A*S*H novels, film, and television series. ...

Personality

In addition, he tended to be much less aggressive in his crusades than Hawkeye, usually preferring to be a quieter voice of reason to his friend. For instance, when Hawkeye tried to print a letter protesting an unfeeling Marine commander's treatment of a Dutch immigrant soldier in the military press, the letter was killed by the commander and Hawkeye was almost arrested for arguing with the commander about it. Hunnicutt, on the other hand, watched the drama from a distance until he calmly suggested that Hawkeye take his letter to the civilian press train in Seoul which is beyond the commander's control, thus frustrating the officer. Unlike Trapper, who was a class clown, B.J. was used more as a straight man to Hawkeye's antics. Two of B.J. hobbies are playing Practical Jokes and riding a "Indian Head" motorcycle. {the motercycle is seen in 10/13; at the end it is broken by a drunken reporter although it is apparently repaired in 11/16 the Finale where BJ rides off in it}. At least two episodes show BJ playing Chess with Hawkeye. Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players that is played both recreationally and competitively. ...

Relationship with wife and family

He often frustrated his bunkmate and best friend, Captain Hawkeye Pierce, with his traditional values and steadfast loyalty to his wife and his marriage. The enforced separation from his family was a habitual source of turmoil. In that regard, the missing of important family moments and the apparent neglect of his own domestic responsibilities were particularly upsetting to him while also taking insults to his familial loyalty very personally. In the fifth season episode "Hanky Panky" (2/1/77), B.J. unexpectedly has a one-night stand with nurse Carrie Donovan, putting him in great shame and anguish. "I'm a happily married man!" he lamented, "Not like Frank Burns is happy because his wife owns real estate." He almost told his wife but Hawkeye advised against it, and B.J. eventually straightened things out and made peace with Carrie. In 8/23 B.J. falls for a war correspondent-but again confesses that he loves his wife. In 5/22 Hawkeye and B.J. sing a duet in which they admit to operating on patients during the day and nurses throughout the night-such an anachronism would be a mistake for B.J.-it would be more in keeping with Hawkeye and Trapper John. Besides his wife and daugther, BJ has a aunt and uncle in Quapaw Oklahoma; he is a farmer who fought the Germans in World War I. Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce is the lead fictional character in the M*A*S*H novels, film, and television series. ... The Quapaw people are a tribe of Native Americans who historically resided on the west side of the Mississippi River in what is now the state of Arkansas. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...

Another time B.J.'s love for his family began to affect him was in the episode "Period of Adjustment." After his wife and daughter meet Radar (who had been discharged in the previous episode) at the San Francisco airport, Peg writes to him saying that everything went well, which makes him happy. However, the one part of the letter that bothered him was the part where his wife said that Erin greeted Radar with a "Hi, Daddy" once he got off the plane. No one else thinks much of it at the time, but it's burning B.J. on the inside. Corporal Walter Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly is a fictional character in the M*A*S*H novels, film, the television series, the television movie W*A*L*T*E*R and two episodes of the series After M*A*S*H. The character was portrayed by Gary Burghoff in both...

As the episode wears on, B.J.'s anger begins to show, and he tries to drink his problem away, thinking that his alcoholism will bring him back home to his family. Hawkeye confronts him in the Swamp during this time, telling him that he also is far away from his family, but B.J. counters by saying that his situation (being away from his child) is worse. After Hawkeye tells him that he can't drink his way home, B.J. loses it. He shatters their still, and sucker punches Hawkeye in the face as he leaves.

After he and Klinger (who also is angry with Radar, with whom he has been unfavorably compared since he took over as company clerk) go on a drunken rampage, ending in Col. Potter's office, Hawkeye finds a broken B.J. on the floor, and after a while, B.J. breaks down and cries, upset that his daughter called someone else "Daddy" and that he could not get that moment back. Eventually, though, he recovered, and all was well in the Swamp again.

As a doctor

Hunnicutt is an excellent doctor with strong morals and is always looking to do the right thing. This was displayed in "Preventive Medicine" (2/19/79) where Hawkeye and B.J. spike the drink of a bloodthirsty commander to make him medically unfit to lead an unnecessary battle. Hawkeye unexpectedly ups the ante by claiming he has appendicitis and must be operated upon, a trick he and Trapper John once used to put Colonel Sam Flagg temporarily out of commission. This time however, B.J. objects to this needless surgery as human mutilation and a violation of his oath so he refuses to cooperate after a heated argument with the adamant Hawkeye. Appendicitis (or epityphlitis) is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix[1]. While mild cases may resolve without treatment, most require removal of the inflamed appendix, either by laparotomy or laparoscopy. ... Colonel Samuel Flagg is a fictional character on the television series M*A*S*H, played by Edward Winter. ... The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine. ...

As a soldier

In "Bombshells", B.J. is in a helicopter and forced to cut a rope leading down to a wounded soldier he and the pilot were trying to rescue from enemy soldiers (effectively abandoning him to capture or death). He receives a bronze star for bravery for the act, but announces to Hawkeye that he cannot go on thumbing his nose at authority any more, and that the act he had committed turned him into a soldier. Bombshells was the 241st episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and the sixth episode of the eleventh season. ... The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service. ...

Later episodes

Final line

At the start of the seventh season (1978-79), Hunnicutt grew a mustache, which he would wear for the remainder of the series (and would be occasionally picked on for wearing, with it being characterized as "cheesy"). He is also portrayed as a motorcycle enthusiast in at least two episodes, including the final episode "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" (2/28/83). His final line in that episode (and the series) is not spoken. Hawkeye was upset at B.J. for refusing to say 'goodbye' to him; B.J. did not like saying goodbye and sensed that both men knew they would not see each other after the war, given the distance between their homes. One of the final scenes of the episode is Hawkeye getting into a helicopter to fly out of the camp site on the first leg of his journey home, and seeing B.J. sitting on his motorcycle before the chopper lifts off. B.J. promises Hawkeye that he'll see him back in the states, but just in case, he left him a note. Hawkeye fails to hear him over the noise of the chopper. After B.J. rides off, Hawkeye's chopper takes off. As he's leaving, a smiling Hawkeye notices B.J.'s note--the word GOODBYE spelled out in white rocks on the ground. Image File history File links MASH_Goodbye. ... Image File history File links MASH_Goodbye. ... Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen was the final episode of M*A*S*H. The episode aired on February 28, 1983 and was 2½ hours long. ...

Trivia

• Prior to his joining M*A*S*H, Mike Farrell's then-wife, actress Judy Farrell, appeared on the show in the early seasons playing various nurses. When he joined the show, he had B.J.'s daughter Erin named after his own daughter with Judy.

• BJ was referred to in passing in the TV hospital drama St. Elsewhere as a one-time drinking buddy of Dr. Craig while he was in Korea. The series writers were fond of inserting such inside jokes from time to time.

• During production of M*A*S*H, Mike Farrell met doctor Patch Adams, who served as a technical consultant on the show. Farrell later produced the biopic Patch Adams, which starred Robin Williams.

• Actress Catherine Bergstrom played Peg/Peggy Hunnicutt in Oh, How We Danced and Dreams

• He is the only major MASH characther who was not ill/injured/ or had an operation: {Blake {appendix}; Burns {hernia}; Pierce {concussion, blindess and a nervous break down}; Trapper John {ulcer}; HOulihan {appendix and food poisioning}; Radar and Potter {wounded}; Klinger and Mulcahy {deafness}; Winchester {mumps and food poisioning}.

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External links

• Finest-Kind.net - M*A*S*H website with character profile
• Best Care Anywhere - M*A*S*H website with character profile