1981–1983 · NBC · Ended
Father Murphy
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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.
When & where
NBCTV network · United States
Tuesdays
This series has ended.
Last aired
S02E13 · The Matchmakers
1983-09-18
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Episodes
- E01
Happiness Is.....
1982-09-28 · 60 min
- E02
The Father Figure
1982-10-05 · 60 min
- E03
Stopover in a One-Horse Town
1982-10-26 · 60 min
- E04
Outrageous Fortune
1982-11-09 · 60 min
- E05
The Reluctant Runaway (1)
1982-11-16 · 60 min
- E06
The Reluctant Runaway (2)
1982-11-23 · 60 min
- E07
Buttons and Beaux
1982-11-30 · 60 min
- E08
John Michael Murphy - R.I.P.
1982-12-07 · 60 min
- E09
The Witness
1982-12-14 · 60 min
- E10
Blood Right
1982-12-21 · 60 min
- E11
Sweet Sixteen
1982-12-28 · 60 min
- E12
The Rockets' Red Glare
1983-06-01 · 60 min
- E13
The Matchmakers
1983-09-18 · 60 min
