This article is about the television drama. For the traditional Irish song see Come All You Warriors.

Father Murphy is an American television drama series that aired on the NBC network from November 3, 1981 to September 18, 1983. Michael Landon created the series, was the executive producer, and also directed the show in partnership with William F. Claxton, Maury Dexter, Victor French and Leo Penn.

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 and helps the children find a home. At the end of the first 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 get custody of the children.

Notable guest appearances on the series included: Shannen Doherty, Kellie Martin, Eddie Quillan, Christina Applegate, Amanda Peterson, Donna Wilkes and James Cromwell.

Many of the episodes were filmed at the Old Tucson Studios and theme park just outside of Tucson, Arizona.

DVD Releases

Image Entertainment has released both seasons of Father Murphy on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.

External links

• EpGuide & TV.com's guide to ''Father Murphy''

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