Pernell Roberts

Born: 1928-05-18

​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.


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as Sam Boone
Released: 1959-02-01

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post...

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The Sheepman

as Chocktaw Neal
Released: 1958-05-01

A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

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Desire Under the Elms

as Pierre Cabot
Released: 1958-03-12

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The Deadly Tower

as Lt. Lee
Released: 1975-10-18

The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is...

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Four Rode Out

as Marshall Ross
Released: 1969-01-01

In this western, a Mexican desperado tries to flee his partner, a determined girl friend, and a...

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The Magic of Lassie

as Jamison
Released: 1978-08-02

Lassie is claimed from his family by a "former owner" and then braves a cross country trip to...

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The Lives of Jenny Dolan

as Camera Shop Proprietor
Released: 1975-10-27

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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The Bravos

as Jackson Buckley
Released: 1972-01-09

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The Silent Gun

as Sam Benner
Released: 1969-12-16

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High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

as Marshal J.D. Ward
Released: 1980-11-15

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The Night Rider

as Alex Sheridan
Released: 1979-05-11

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Hot Rod

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Released: 1979-05-25

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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin

as Thatcher Horton
Released: 1989-11-09

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The Night Train to Kathmandu

as Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe
Released: 1988-06-05

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San Francisco International

as Jim Conrad
Released: 1970-09-29

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Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging

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Released: 1977-06-09

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Donor

as Dr. Simon Martingale
Released: 1990-12-09

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Incident at Crestridge

as Mayor Hill
Released: 1981-12-29

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The Adventures of Nick Carter

as Neal Duncan
Released: 1972-02-20

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Desperado

as Marshal Dancey
Released: 1987-04-27

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The Kashmiri Run

as uncredited
Released: 1969-06-13

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Dead Man on the Run

as Brock Dillon
Released: 1975-04-02

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Checkered Flag

as Andrew Valiant
Released: 1990-01-01

Unsold TV pilot about two young race car drivers compete on and off the track.

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Carousel

as Jigger Craigin
Released: 1967-05-07

In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival...

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The Immigrants

as Anthony Cassala
Released: 1978-11-20

The rags-to-riches saga of a young Italian immigrant who battles his way out of the San...

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Realm of the Alligator

as Narrator
Released: 1986-04-28

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Paco

as Pompiho
Released: 1976-06-04

Paco is an orphaned Colombian boy who leaves the family farm to search for his uncle in the big...

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Alien Lover

as Mike
Released: 1975-11-25

An orphaned teenager becomes involved with an alien who was beamed to Earth from another galaxy...

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Bonanza

as Adam Cartwright
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Elliott Valin
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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Diagnosis: Murder

as George Fallon
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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Quincy, M.E.

as Sheriff Connelly
First aired: 1976-10-03

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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The Love Boat

as Brian Mallory
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Rockford Files

as B.J. Anderson
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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Mission: Impossible

as President Beyron Rurich
First aired: 1966-09-17

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Mission: Impossible

as Chief Manuel Corba
First aired: 1966-09-17

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Mission: Impossible

as Col. Hans Krim
First aired: 1966-09-17

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as Jim Boyer Sr.
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Matinee Theater

as Hassan
First aired: 1955-10-31

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The Wild Wild West

as Sean O'Reilley
First aired: 1965-09-17

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as Maury Travis
First aired: 1957-09-14

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Hawaii Five-O

as Lon Phillips
First aired: 1968-09-20

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

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Police Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...

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The Six Million Dollar Man

as Mark Wharton
First aired: 1974-01-18

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent,...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jet Mason
First aired: 1956-10-05

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Lew Banning
First aired: 1956-10-05

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The Big Valley

as Madigan
First aired: 1965-09-15

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The Big Valley

as Ed Tanner
First aired: 1965-09-15

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

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Vega$

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-20

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Bambi Awards

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-01-01

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Lawman

as Fent Harley
First aired: 1958-10-05

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The Name of the Game

as Hank
First aired: 1968-09-20

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The Name of the Game

as Ernie Subich
First aired: 1968-09-20

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Night Gallery

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-12-16

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...

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The Odd Couple

as Billy Joe
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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The Detectives

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-16

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The Streets of San Francisco

as Charley Finn
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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Trapper John, M.D.

as "Trapper" John McIntyre
First aired: 1979-09-23

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One Step Beyond

as Sgt. Vaill
First aired: 1959-01-20

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The...

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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as Detective Superintendant Molly
First aired: 1977-01-30

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Baretta

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-17

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Alias Smith and Jones

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-05

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Sugarfoot

as Salt River Smith
First aired: 1957-09-17

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...

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Sugarfoot

as Deuce Braden
First aired: 1957-09-17

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...

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Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Roger
First aired: 1969-09-23

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Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Tom Boyd
First aired: 1969-09-23

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Switch

as Barnes
First aired: 1975-09-09

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Ellery Queen

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-11

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Man from Atlantis

as Clint Hollister
First aired: 1977-09-22

Atlantis survivor Mark Harris breathes underwater, withstands extreme depth pressures and wields...

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Lancer

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The...

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Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Ralph Foster
First aired: 1971-09-16

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law is an American legal drama, jointly created by David Victor and...

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Gunsmoke

as Nat Pilcher
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Dave Reeves
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Bronco

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-23

Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United...

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Banacek

as Matthew Donniger
First aired: 1972-09-13

Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network...

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Around the World in 80 Days

as Captain Speedy
First aired: 1989-04-16

The plot centres around Phileas Fogg making a £20,000 wager with three members of the Reform...

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Trackdown

as Bannion
First aired: 1957-10-04

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Centennial

as General Asher
First aired: 1978-10-01

The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives...

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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-13

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from...

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The Sixth Sense

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-15

The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television

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Battle of the Network Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-11-13

Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS,...

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Hawkins

as Senator Griffith
First aired: 1973-03-13

Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The...

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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Dr. Frank Bartell
First aired: 1969-09-14

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC,...

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Cimarron City

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-27

Cimarron City is an American Western television series, starring George Montgomery as Matt...

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Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Count Schoenfeld
First aired: 1958-01-12

Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by...

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Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Thorabore
First aired: 1958-01-12

Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by...

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Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Pau-Puk-Keewis
First aired: 1958-01-12

Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by...

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Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Count DeSpard
First aired: 1958-01-12

Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by...

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Bronk

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-04-17

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Spencer's Pilots

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-09-17

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Captains and the Kings

as Colonel Elbert Braithwaite
First aired: 1976-09-30

Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.

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General Electric Theater

as Phil
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Jigsaw

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-12

Jigsaw is a short-lived television crime drama program, aired on the ABC network as an element...

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