Pernell Roberts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) was an American stage, movie and television actor as well as singer. In addition to guest starring in over 60 television series, he was widely known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son, Adam Cartwright, on the western series Bonanza, a role he played from 1959 to 1965 — and as chief surgeon Dr. John McIntyre, the title character on Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1986). He was also widely known for his life-long activism, which included participation in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and pressuring NBC to refrain from hiring whites to portray minority characters. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pernell Roberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 18, 1928 In Waycross, Georgia, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 81
- First Appeared:
- In the series General Electric Theater 1953-02-01
- Latest Project:
- Series Diagnosis: Murder 1993-10-29
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Unknown | 1993-10-29 |
| Series | FBI: The Untold Stories | 1991-09-26 | |
| Movie | Checkered Flag | Andrew Valiant | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Donor | Dr. Simon Martingale | 1990-12-09 |
| Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Captain Speedy | 1989-04-16 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin | Thatcher Horton | 1989-11-09 |
| Movie | The Night Train to Kathmandu | Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe | 1988-06-05 |
| Movie | Desperado | Marshal Dancey | 1987-04-27 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Incident at Crestridge | Mayor Hill | 1981-12-29 |
| Movie | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Marshal J.D. Ward | 1980-11-15 |
| Movie | The Night Rider | Alex Sheridan | 1979-05-11 |
| Movie | Hot Rod | Sheriff Marsden | 1979-05-25 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | "Trapper" John McIntyre | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | The Magic of Lassie | Jamison | 1978-08-02 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | The Immigrants | Anthony Cassala | 1978-11-20 |
| Series | Centennial | General Asher | 1978-10-01 |
| Series | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown | 1977-01-30 |
| Movie | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | Sherrif Yates | 1977-06-09 |
| Series | Man from Atlantis | Unknown | 1977-09-22 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Paco | Pompiho | 1976-06-04 |
| Series | Captains and the Kings | Colonel Elbert Braithwaite | 1976-09-30 |
| Series | Spencer's Pilots | Unknown | 1976-09-17 |
| Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
| Series | Battle of the Network Stars | Unknown | 1976-11-13 |
| Series | Bronk | Unknown | 1975-04-17 |
| Movie | Dead Man on the Run | Brock Dillon | 1975-04-02 |
| Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
| Series | Medical Story | Unknown | 1975-09-04 |
| Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
| Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
| Movie | The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Camera Shop Proprietor | 1975-10-27 |
| Movie | The Deadly Tower | Lt. Lee | 1975-10-18 |
| Movie | Alien Lover | Mike | 1975-11-25 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | B.J. Anderson | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Bravos | Jackson Buckley | 1972-01-09 |
| Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
| Series | Jigsaw | 1972-10-12 | |
| Movie | The Adventures of Nick Carter | Neal Duncan | 1972-02-20 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Series | The Odd Couple | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
| Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | San Francisco International | Jim Conrad | 1970-09-29 |
| Movie | The Kashmiri Run | 1969-06-13 | |
| Movie | Four Rode Out | Marshall Ross | 1969-01-01 |
| Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Unknown | 1969-09-23 |
| Movie | The Silent Gun | Sam Benner | 1969-12-16 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | Carousel | Jigger Craigin | 1967-05-07 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1966-09-13 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
| Movie | Ride Lonesome | Sam Boone | 1959-02-01 |
| Series | Bonanza | Adam Cartwright | 1959-09-12 |
| Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
| Movie | The Sheepman | Chocktaw Neal | 1958-05-01 |
| Movie | Desire Under the Elms | Pierre Cabot | 1958-03-12 |
| Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
| Series | Cimarron City | Unknown | 1958-09-27 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
| Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |