Father Murphy


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Episodes: 34

Seasons: 2

Show dates: November 3, 1981 – September 18, 1983

Performers include: Merlin Olsen, Moses Gunn

Description: The series stars Merlin Olsen as an 1870s frontiersman named John Michael Murphy, who teams up with prospector Moses Gage to shelter a group of orphans who are being threatened with internment in a workhouse. Murphy disguises himself as a priest and befriends a schoolmarm to help the children find a home.
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