Father Murphy
About Father Murphy
A good-hearted frontiersman poses as a priest to start an orphanage for a group of kids whose homes have been destroyed by an evil mining manager.
Father Murphy is a western series made for NBC. Merlin Olsen leads the cast as John Michael Murphy, Kellie Martin as Flossie, and Amanda Peterson as Elizabeth.
It ran for 2 seasons and 35 episodes between November 1981 and September 1983. That is around 18 episodes a season.
Members will find orphan, period drama, and 19th century in it. It carries a NR rating.
Anne with an E, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and Jane Eyre make useful companions to Father Murphy.