| Father Murphy | |
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 Season 1 DVD cover |
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| Format | Western Drama |
| Starring | Merlin Olsen Moses Gunn Katherine Cannon Timothy Gibbs Lisa Trusel Richard Bergman Ivy Bethune |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Dramatic programming is Television content that is scripted and (normally fictional Merlin Jay Olsen (born September 15, 1940) is a former American football player in the National Football League and an Actor. Moses Gunn ( 2 October 1929 - 16 December 1993) was an American actor Katherine Cannon (born September 6, 1953) is an American actress known for her role as the school teacher Mae Woodward in the TV series Father Murphy Timothy Gibbs (born April 17, 1967) is an American Actor who starred in Soap operas such as Another World as Gary Sinclair Lisa Trusel (b October 25, 1968) was a young member of the cast of the hit television show Father Murphy during the early 1980s playing the Richard Bergmann (born in 1920 in Vienna Austria, died in 1970 was an Austrian and British Table tennis player The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Michael Landon |
| Running time | 60 mins. Michael Landon ( October 31 1936 - July 1 1991) was an American Actor, writer director, and producer |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original run | November 3 , 1981 – September 26, 1983 |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
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It starred former NFL Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle football player and Little House on the Prairie actor Merlin Olsen as an 1870s frontiersman named John Michael Murphy who teams up with prospector Moses Gage (Moses Gunn) to shelter a group of orphans who are being threatened with a workhouse. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St Defensive tackle ( DT) is a position on the defensive line in American and Canadian football. Little House on the Prairie is an American one-hour dramatic Television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11 1974 to Merlin Jay Olsen (born September 15, 1940) is a former American football player in the National Football League and an Actor. Moses Gunn ( 2 October 1929 - 16 December 1993) was an American actor A workhouse, colloquially known as a spike was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work Murphy disguises himself as a priest and befriends a schoolmarm and helps the children find a home. In the second season, his true identity is revealed to the head of the orphanage, and the orphans seem destined to a life of labor. Instead, Murphy marries the schoolmarm and they adopt the children.
Notable guest appearances on the series included: Shannen Doherty, Kellie Martin, Eddie Quillan, Victor French, Christina Applegate, Amanda Peterson, Donna Wilkes and James Cromwell. Shannen Maria Doherty (born April 12, 1971) is an American Actress and Television director, perhaps best known for her work as Heather Kellie Noelle Martin (born October 16, 1975) is an Emmy Award -nominated American Television actress who is probably best Edward "Eddie" Quillan ( March 31, 1907 - July 19, 1990) was an American film actor whose career began as a child on the Victor French ( December 4, 1934 - June 15, 1989) was an American actor and director Christina Applegate (born November 25 1971 is an Emmy Award -winning American actress known for playing Kelly Bundy on the long-running FOX Broadcasting Amanda Peterson (born July 8, 1971) is an American Actress. Peterson gained fame during the late 1980s when she portrayed Cindy Mancini Donna Wilkes (born on November 11, 1959) is an American film actress known for her roles in several films most notably the starring role in 1984's Angel James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) sometimes credited as Jamie Cromwell, is an American Film and Television
Many of the episodes were filmed at the Old Tucson Studios and theme park just outside of Tucson, Arizona. Old Tucson Studios is a Movie studio and Theme park just west of Tucson Arizona, adjacent to the Tucson Mountains and close to the western portion Tucson (ˈtuːsɒn is the seat of Pima County Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast
DVD Releases
Image Entertainment has released both seasons of Father Murphy on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. Image Entertainment Inc. is a leading independent licensee producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America with approximately 3000 exclusive DVD
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
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| Season 1 | 22 | October 26, 2004 |
| Season 2 | 13 | January 25, 2005 |