Father Murphy is an American Western drama television series that aired on the NBC network from November 3, 1981 to September 18, 1983. Michael Landon created the series, was the executive producer.
The series stars Merlin Olsen (Jonathan Garvey on Little House) 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 internment in a workhouse. Murphy disguises himself as a priest and befriends a schoolmarm to help the children find a home.
Notable guest appearances on the series include: Shannen Doherty, Mykelti Williamson, Kellie Martin, John M. Pickard, Eddie Quillan, Christina Applegate, Amanda Peterson, Donna Wilkes, Tina Yothers, Mary Beth Evans, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jerry Hardin, James Cromwell, and Christopher Stone.
Both seasons of this series was released on DVD in the mid 2000's but is now out of print. This 3-disc set has all 35 episodes, including the original 2 hour pilot. Please note that these Blu Ray discs are Standard Definition, and are on Blu Ray discs simply to make the amount of discs needed as low as possible. The quality is very good, and there has been no compression added. This will play in any regular Blu Ray player as well as Playstation. It will not play properly in X-Box.
