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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Donor
Character:Dr. Simon Martingale
Release Date:09/12/1990
Checkered Flag
Character:Andrew Valiant
Release Date:23/07/1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Character:Thatcher Horton
Release Date:09/11/1989
The Night Train to Kathmandu
Character:Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe
Release Date:05/06/1988
Desperado
Character:Marshal Dancey
Release Date:27/04/1987
Realm of the Alligator
Character:Narrator
Release Date:28/04/1986
Night of 100 Stars II
Character:Self
Release Date:10/03/1985
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
Incident at Crestridge
Character:Mayor Hill
Release Date:29/12/1981
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Character:Marshal J.D. Ward
Release Date:15/11/1980
Hot Rod
Character:Sheriff Marsden
Release Date:25/05/1979
The Night Rider
Character:Alex Sheridan
Release Date:11/05/1979
The Immigrants
Character:Anthony Cassala
Release Date:20/11/1978
The Magic of Lassie
Character:Jamison
Release Date:02/08/1978
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
Character:Sherrif Yates
Release Date:09/06/1977
Paco
Character:Pompiho
Release Date:04/06/1976
Alien Lover
Character:Mike
Release Date:25/11/1975
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Character:Camera Shop Proprietor
Release Date:27/10/1975
The Deadly Tower
Character:Lt. Lee
Release Date:18/10/1975
Dead Man on the Run
Character:Brock Dillon
Release Date:02/04/1975
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Character:Neal Duncan
Release Date:20/02/1972
The Bravos
Character:Jackson Buckley
Release Date:09/01/1972
San Francisco International
Character:Jim Conrad
Release Date:29/09/1970
The Silent Gun
Character:Sam Benner
Release Date:16/12/1969
The Kashmiri Run
Character:
Release Date:13/06/1969
Four Rode Out
Character:Marshall Ross
Release Date:01/01/1969
Carousel
Character:Jigger Craigin
Release Date:07/05/1967
Ride Lonesome
Character:Sam Boone
Release Date:01/02/1959
The Sheepman
Character:Chocktaw Neal
Release Date:01/05/1958
Desire Under the Elms
Character:Pierre Cabot
Release Date:12/03/1958
Television Appearances
Diagnosis: Murder
Character:Dr. Elliott Valin
Diagnosis: Murder
Character:George Fallon
FBI: The Untold Stories
Character:
Around the World in 80 Days
Character:Captain Speedy
Hotel
Character:
Trapper John, M.D.
Character:"Trapper" John McIntyre
Centennial
Character:General Asher
Vega$
Character:
The Love Boat
Character:Brian Mallory
Man from Atlantis
Character:Clint Hollister
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Character:Detective Superintendant Molly
Battle of the Network Stars
Character:
Quincy, M.E.
Character:Sheriff Connelly
Captains and the Kings
Character:Colonel Elbert Braithwaite
Spencer's Pilots
Character:
Ellery Queen
Character:Rosh Kalee /Barney Groves /Major George Pearson
Switch
Character:Barnes
Medical Story
Character:
Bronk
Character:Collicos
Baretta
Character:
Police Woman
Character:
The Rockford Files
Character:B.J. Anderson
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Mark Wharton
Police Story
Character:
Hawkins
Character:Senator Griffith
Jigsaw
Character:
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:Charley Finn
Banacek
Character:Matthew Donniger
The Sixth Sense
Character:
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Character:Ralph Foster
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
Night Gallery
Character:
The Odd Couple
Character:Billy Joe
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Roger
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Tom Boyd
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Character:Dr. Frank Bartell
Lancer
Character:
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Lon Phillips
The Name of the Game
Character:Hank
The Name of the Game
Character:Ernie Subich
Mannix
Character:
Ironside
Character:Frank Vincent
CBS Playhouse
Character:
Mission: Impossible
Character:President Beyron Rurich
Mission: Impossible
Character:Chief Manuel Corba
Mission: Impossible
Character:Col. Hans Krim
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Joey Celeste
The Wild Wild West
Character:Sean O'Reilley
The Big Valley
Character:Madigan
The Big Valley
Character:Ed Tanner
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Virginian
Character:Jim Boyer Sr.
The Detectives
Character:
Bonanza
Character:Adam Cartwright
One Step Beyond
Character:Sgt. Vaill
77 Sunset Strip
Character:
Lawman
Character:Fent Harley
Cimarron City
Character:
Bronco
Character:
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Count Schoenfeld
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Thorabore
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Pau-Puk-Keewis
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Count DeSpard
Trackdown
Character:Bannion
Sugarfoot
Character:Salt River Smith
Sugarfoot
Character:Deuce Braden
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Maury Travis
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Jet Mason
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Lew Banning
Matinee Theater
Character:Hassan
Gunsmoke
Character:Nat Pilcher
Gunsmoke
Character:Dave Reeves
General Electric Theater
Character:Phil
Bambi
Character:Self (archive footage)
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