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