Father Murphy (1981 - 1983)
Jun 25, 2016 13:25:53 GMT -6
Post by Kaz ~:~ on Jun 25, 2016 13:25:53 GMT -6
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Creator: Michael Landon
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Series Summary:: 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. Murphy disguises himself as a priest and befriends a schoolmarm to help the children find a home. At the end of the first season, his true identity is revealed to the head of the workhouse, and the orphans seem destined to a life of labor. Instead, Murphy marries the schoolmarm and they get custody of the children.
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(Cast)
Merlin Olsen ... John Michael Murphy
Katherine Cannon ... Mae Woodward
Timothy Gibbs ... Will Adams
Moses Gunn ... Moses Gage
Scott Mellini ... Ephram Winkler
Lisa Trusel ... Lizette Winkler
Kirk Brennan ... David Sims
Byron Thames ... Matt Sims
Michael Reynolds ... John
Jason Anderson ... Jason
Richard Bergman ... Father Joe Parker
