Pernell Roberts
Born: 1928-05-18 in Waycross, Georgia, U.S.
Died: 2010-01-24
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Elliott Valin
1990
- Donor as Dr. Simon Martingale
- Checkered Flag as Andrew Valiant
1989
- Around the World in 80 Days as Captain Speedy
- Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin as Thatcher Horton
1988
- The Night Train to Kathmandu as Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe
1987
- Desperado as Marshal Dancey
1986
- Realm of the Alligator as Narrator
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1982
- Hotel
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981
- Incident at Crestridge as Mayor Hill
1980
- High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane as Marshal J.D. Ward
1979
- Trapper John, M.D. as "Trapper" John McIntyre
- Hot Rod as Sheriff Marsden
- The Night Rider as Alex Sheridan
1978
- Vega$
- Centennial as General Asher
- The Immigrants as Anthony Cassala
- The Magic of Lassie as Jamison
1977
- The Love Boat as Brian Mallory
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Detective Superintendant Molly
- Man from Atlantis as Clint Hollister
- Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging as Sherrif Yates
1976
- Quincy, M.E. as Sheriff Connelly
- Battle of the Network Stars
- Paco as Pompiho
- Captains and the Kings as Colonel Elbert Braithwaite
- Spencer's Pilots
1975
- Baretta
- Switch as Barnes
- Ellery Queen as Rosh Kalee /Barney Groves /Major George Pearson
- Bronk as Collicos
- The Deadly Tower as Lt. Lee
- Alien Lover as Mike
- Medical Story
- The Lives of Jenny Dolan as Camera Shop Proprietor
- Dead Man on the Run as Brock Dillon
1974
- The Rockford Files as B.J. Anderson
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Mark Wharton
- Police Woman
1973
- Police Story
- Hawkins as Senator Griffith
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Charley Finn
- Banacek as Matthew Donniger
- The Bravos as Jackson Buckley
- The Sixth Sense
- The Adventures of Nick Carter as Neal Duncan
- Jigsaw
1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Ralph Foster
1970
- The Odd Couple as Billy Joe
- Night Gallery
- San Francisco International as Jim Conrad
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Roger
- The Kashmiri Run
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Dr. Frank Bartell
- Four Rode Out as Marshall Ross
- The Silent Gun as Sam Benner
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Lon Phillips
- The Name of the Game as Hank
- Lancer
1966
- Mission: Impossible as President Beyron Rurich
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Joey Celeste
- CBS Playhouse
1965
- The Wild Wild West as Sean O'Reilley
- The Big Valley as Madigan
1962
- The Virginian as Jim Boyer Sr.
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1959
- Bonanza as Adam Cartwright
- One Step Beyond as Sgt. Vaill
- The Detectives
- Ride Lonesome as Sam Boone
1958
- Lawman as Fent Harley
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Bronco
- The Sheepman as Chocktaw Neal
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as Count Schoenfeld
- Cimarron City
- Desire Under the Elms as Pierre Cabot
1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Maury Travis
- Sugarfoot as Salt River Smith
- Trackdown as Bannion
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jet Mason
1955
- Gunsmoke as Nat Pilcher
- Matinee Theater as Hassan
1953
- General Electric Theater as Phil
1948
- Bambi as Self (archive footage)