Cast & creator
Pernell Roberts
Best known for Diagnosis: Murder, Diagnosis: Murder, The Merv Griffin Show
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.
Also known as: Пернелл Робертс
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film credits
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television credits
105
1948–1993 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (105)
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Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Elliott Valin
1993Diagnosis: Murder
George Fallon
1993
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Bonanza
Adam Cartwright
1959
The Love Boat
Brian Mallory
1977
Hawaii Five-O
Lon Phillips
1969
Mannix
1967
Ironside
Frank Vincent
1967
Mission: Impossible
President Beyron Rurich
1966Mission: Impossible
Chief Manuel Corba
1966Mission: Impossible
Col. Hans Krim
1966
Quincy, M.E.
Sheriff Connelly
1976
Have Gun, Will Travel
Maury Travis
1957
The Rockford Files
B.J. Anderson
1974
Matinee Theater
Hassan
1955
The Six Million Dollar Man
Mark Wharton
1974
The Virginian
Jim Boyer Sr.
1962
Hotel
Charles Stanton
1982
The Wild Wild West
Sean O'Reilley
1965
The Name of the Game
Hank
1968The Name of the Game
Ernie Subich
1968
The Big Valley
Madigan
1965The Big Valley
Ed Tanner
1965
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Roger
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.
Tom Boyd
1969
Trapper John, M.D.
Trapper John McIntyre
1979
Lawman
Fent Harley
1958
Police Woman
1974
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jet Mason
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lew Banning
1956
Bambi
Self (archive footage)
1948
Gunsmoke
Nat Pilcher
1955Gunsmoke
Dave Reeves
1955
The Streets of San Francisco
Charley Finn
1972
The Odd Couple
Billy Joe
1970
Night Gallery
1970
77 Sunset Strip
1958
One Step Beyond
Sgt. Vaill
1959
The Detectives
1959
Baretta
1975
Switch
Barnes
1975
Vega$
1978
Bronco
1958
Police Story
1973
Sugarfoot
Salt River Smith
1957Sugarfoot
Deuce Braden
1957
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Trackdown
Bannion
1957
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Count Schoenfeld
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Thorabore
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Pau-Puk-Keewis
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Count DeSpard
1958
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Ralph Foster
1971
Ellery Queen
Rosh Kalee /Barney Groves /Major George Pearson
1975
Lancer
1968
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Detective Superintendant Molly
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Fire Chief Madison
1977
Banacek
Matthew Donniger
1972
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Dr. Frank Bartell
1969
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Joey Celeste
1966
Bronk
Collicos
1975
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
The Sixth Sense
1972
Man from Atlantis
Clint Hollister
1977CBS Playhouse
Lenny Marshall
1966
Centennial
General Asher
1978
Medical Story
Dr. Louis Kinoy
1975
Captains and the Kings
Colonel Elbert Braithwaite
1976FBI: The Untold Stories
1991
Hawkins
Senator Griffith
1973
Around the World in 80 Days
Captain Speedy
1989
Cimarron City
1958
General Electric Theater
Phil
1953
Spencer's Pilots
1976
The Immigrants
Anthony Cassala
1978
Ride Lonesome
Sam Boone
1959
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Desire Under the Elms
Pierre Cabot
1958
The Sheepman
Chocktaw Neal
1958
Jigsaw
1972
The Deadly Tower
Lt. Lee
1975
Hot Rod
Sheriff Marsden
1979
The Silent Gun
Sam Benner
1969
The Magic of Lassie
Jamison
1978
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Camera Shop Proprietor
1975
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Neal Duncan
1972
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Marshal J.D. Ward
1980
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Thatcher Horton
1989
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
Sherrif Yates
1977
Donor
Dr. Simon Martingale
1990
Dead Man on the Run
Brock Dillon
1975
San Francisco International
Jim Conrad
1970
Alien Lover
Mike
1975
The Night Train to Kathmandu
Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe
1988
Paco
Pompiho
1976
Desperado
Marshal Dancey
1987
The Bravos
Jackson Buckley
1972
Checkered Flag
Andrew Valiant
1990
Four Rode Out
Marshall Ross
1969
Carousel
Jigger Craigin
1967
Incident at Crestridge
Mayor Hill
1981
The Kashmiri Run
1969
The Night Rider
Alex Sheridan
1979
Realm of the Alligator
Narrator
1986