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Father Murphy
1981–1983 · NBC · 60 min · 2 seasons
Latest episode
S02E13 · The Matchmakers
Mon, 19 Sept, 2:00 am
About
A good-hearted frontiersman dresses as a priest to start an orphanage for a group of kids whose homes have been destroyed by an evil mining manager. Father Murphy, an NBC series about an 1870s gold miner who occasionally pretends to be a Catholic priest in order to keep officials from closing his orphanage school, premiered in a special two-hour presentation on Tuesday. Nov. 3 1981. Merlin Olsen stars in the title role.
Episodes
- E01
Happiness Is.....
Wed, 29 Sept· 60 min - E02
The Father Figure
Wed, 6 Oct· 60 min - E03
Stopover in a One-Horse Town
Wed, 27 Oct· 60 min - E04
Outrageous Fortune
Wed, 10 Nov· 60 min - E05
The Reluctant Runaway (1)
Wed, 17 Nov· 60 min - E06
The Reluctant Runaway (2)
Wed, 24 Nov· 60 min - E07
Buttons and Beaux
Wed, 1 Dec· 60 min - E08
John Michael Murphy - R.I.P.
Wed, 8 Dec· 60 min - E09
The Witness
Wed, 15 Dec· 60 min - E10
Blood Right
Wed, 22 Dec· 60 min - E11
Sweet Sixteen
Wed, 29 Dec· 60 min - E12
The Rockets' Red Glare
Thu, 2 June· 60 min - E13
The Matchmakers
Mon, 19 Sept· 60 min
Cast
Merlin Olsen
John Michael Murphy
Moses Gunn
Moses Gage
Katherine Cannon
Mae Woodward
Timothy Gibbs
Will Adams
Scott Mellini
Ephram Winkler
Kirk Brennan
David Sims
Lisa Trusel
Lizette Winkler
