A Family for Joe was an NBC network series starring Robert Mitchum in the title role.
It was created by Arnold Margolin, written by Philip Rosenthal & Oliver Goldstick and executively produced by Sonny Grosso & Larry Jacobson in association with NBC Productions.
It first started out as a TV movie that aired on NBC on February 25, 1990 before it became a TV series, airing from March 24, 1990 to August 19, 1990.
Plot[]
The show was about four recently orphaned children who find a homeless man to live with them and act as their grandfather in order to avoid being split up & sent to foster care.
Cast[]
- Robert Mitchum as Joe Whitaker
- Juliette Lewis as Holly Bankston
- David Lascher as Nick Bankston
- Ben Savage as Chris Bankston
- Jessica Player as Mary Bankston
- Barry Gordon as Roger Hightower