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Pernell Roberts
Highest Rated: 90% Ride Lonesome (1959)
Lowest Rated: 90% Ride Lonesome (1959)
Birthday: May 18, 1928
Birthplace: Waycross, Georgia, USA
An intense, brooding leading man and character actor on stage and in television, Pernell Roberts rose to fame as Adam, eldest son of the Cartwright clan, on "Bonanza" (NBC, 1959-1973), one of the longest-running and most popular television series in history. He left the show in 1965 due to conflicts with producers over the show's writing, and became a regular face in guest-starring roles on television and in the occasional film. But in 1979, he returned to television stardom with the lead role in "Trapper John, M.D." (CBS, 1979-1986), a medical drama based on the Korean War doctor played by Elliott Gould in the Robert Altman feature "M*A*S*H" (1970) and by Wayne Rogers in the television version. Also blessed with a rich baritone voice, Roberts appeared in several musical theater productions and recorded an album of folk songs in 1962, making him as versatile a performer as he was talented an actor.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Checkered Flag | Andrew Valiant (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Donor | Dr. Martingale (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin | Thatcher Horton (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Night Train to Kathmandu | Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Desperado | Marshal Dancey (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Incident at Crestridge | Mayor Hill (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Marshal J.D. Ward (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rebel of the Road | Sheriff Marsden (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Magic of Lassie | Jamison (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | Sheriff Yates (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paco | Pompiho (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Deadly Tower | Lieutenant Lee (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Camera Shop Proprietor (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien Lover | Mike (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man on the Run | Brock Dillon (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Candidate for Murder | Senator Griffith (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bravos | Jackson Buckley (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Assignment: Munich | C.C. Bryan (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Nick Carter | Neal Duncan (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Steal a King | Matthew Donniger (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beware of the Watchdog | Ernie Subich (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0: The Grandstand Play | Lon Phillips (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | San Francisco International | Jim Conrad (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Four Rode Out | U.S. Marshal Ross (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kashmiri Run | Unknown (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Silent Gun | Sam Benner (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza: The Stranger | Adam Cartwright (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza: The Avenger | Adam Cartwright (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 90% | 71% | Ride Lonesome | Sam Boone (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Desire Under the Elms | Peter Cabot (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | The Sheepman | Chocktaw Neal (Character) | - | 1958 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Adam Cartwright (Character) | 1959-1965 1971 2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Trapper John McIntyre (Character) | 1979-1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paper Chase | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Charley Finn (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Wagner (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Mark Wharton (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon |
Sid Cleary / |
1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Sgt. Sal Grosser (Character) | 1974-1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Odd Couple | Billy JOe (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | George Fallon (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Tom Boyd (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek | Matthew Donniger (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971-1972 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery | Unknown (Character) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Stranger (Guest Star) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission: Impossible | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Nat Pilcher (Guest Star) | 1957 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| 10% | No Score Yet | The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Tony Gray (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | G.E. Theater | Abner (Character) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957-1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Bannion (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Quest | Unknown (Guest Star) |