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.
- Created by
- Michael Landon
Seasons and episodes
2 seasons · 35 episodes
- 1S2 E1
Happiness Is.....
Sep 28, 198260 min
Mae and Murphy take a well deserved honeymoon in the city, where they meet young Eli Matthews, a streetwise black orphan. They swear they won't get involved, but naturally they end up adopting him and taking him back to Gold Hill.
- 2S2 E2
The Father Figure
Oct 5, 198260 min
A mother delivers her son to Gold Hill, saying that he's been incorrigible in school. The real reason is that his father is a child abuser and the mother fears for her son's life. When the father comes after the boy, Murphy intervenes and a
- 3S2 E3
Stopover in a One-Horse Town
Oct 26, 198260 min
Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) arrives in Jackson during his itinerant journalist days, and sets up a newspaper to fight the evil influence of Garrett. Ephram and Will join him as copyboys/reporters, and in a comical turn of events, they become t
- 4S2 E4
Outrageous Fortune
Nov 9, 198260 min
Murphy and Mae join the Pinkertons on a cross-country train chase when one of their young orphans becomes heir to a large inheritance... and is kidnapped in an attempt to keep her from showing up to claim it.
- 5S2 E5
The Reluctant Runaway (1)
Nov 16, 198260 min
Mae announces joyously that she's pregnant and the whole community rejoices... except Will. Finding out that the new bedroom Murphy is building is not for him, he feels ignored and finally, at the baby's birth, he runs away to St. Louis.
- 6S2 E6
The Reluctant Runaway (2)
Nov 23, 198260 min
Will has run away to St. Louis and fallen in with a Fagin-type and his band of criminals. Murphy enlists Farley's help in searching for Will and goes to convince him to come home.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where can I watch Father Murphy?
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- How many seasons of Father Murphy are there?
- Father Murphy has 2 seasons and 35 episodes. Status: Ended.
- Will there be a new season of Father Murphy?
- Father Murphy has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on September 18, 1983.
- Who stars in Father Murphy?
- Father Murphy stars Merlin Olsen, Moses Gunn, Kellie Martin, Amanda Peterson, Timothy Gibbs.
