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.
Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Unknown | 1993-10-29 |
Series | FBI: The Untold Stories | 1991-09-26 | |
Movie | Donor | Dr. Simon Martingale | 1990-12-09 |
Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin | Thatcher Horton | 1989-11-09 |
Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Captain Speedy | 1989-04-16 |
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 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | "Trapper" John McIntyre | 1979-09-23 |
Movie | Hot Rod | Sheriff Marsden | 1979-05-25 |
Movie | The Immigrants | Anthony Cassala | 1978-11-20 |
Series | Centennial | General Asher | 1978-10-01 |
Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
Movie | The Magic of Lassie | Jamison | 1978-08-02 |
Series | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown | 1977-01-30 |
Series | Man from Atlantis | Unknown | 1977-09-22 |
Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | Sherrif Yates | 1977-06-09 |
Series | Battle of the Network Stars | Unknown | 1976-11-13 |
Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
Series | Captains and the Kings | Colonel Elbert Braithwaite | 1976-09-30 |
Movie | Paco | Pompiho | 1976-06-04 |
Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
Movie | Dead Man on the Run | Brock Dillon | 1975-04-02 |
Movie | The Deadly Tower | Lt. Lee | 1975-10-18 |
Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
Movie | The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Camera Shop Proprietor | 1975-10-27 |
Movie | Alien Lover | Mike | 1975-11-25 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
Movie | The Bravos | Jackson Buckley | 1972-01-09 |
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 | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | San Francisco International | Jim Conrad | 1970-09-29 |
Series | The Odd Couple | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
Movie | The Silent Gun | Sam Benner | 1969-12-16 |
Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Unknown | 1969-09-23 |
Movie | The Kashmiri Run | 1969-06-13 | |
Movie | Four Rode Out | Marshall Ross | 1969-01-01 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | Carousel | Jigger Craigin | 1967-05-07 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1966-09-13 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Bonanza | Adam Cartwright | 1959-09-12 |
Movie | Ride Lonesome | Sam Boone | 1959-02-01 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Movie | The Sheepman | Chocktaw Neal | 1958-05-01 |
Movie | Desire Under the Elms | Pierre Cabot | 1958-03-12 |
Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |