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Pernell Elven Roberts Jr. (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) was an American stage, film, and television actor, activist, and singer. In addition to guest-starring in over 60 television series, he was best known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son Adam Cartwright on the Western television series Bonanza (1959–1965), and as chief surgeon John McIntyre, the title character on Trapper ...
Pernell Roberts portrayed the title character, a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS for seven seasons, from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986. Roberts played the character more than twice as long as had Wayne Rogers (1972–75) on the TV series M*A*S*H.
Unlike ABC's The F.B.I., which was one of the network's major successes of the late 1960s and early 1970s, F.B.I.: The Untold Stories had no ongoing characters or storylines; each week's show was dramatized by different actors.
Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright. The eldest son, Adam, is an architectural engineer with a university education. Adam built the impressive ranch house. [2] [3] Despite the show's success, Roberts departed the series after the 1964–65 season (202 episodes) and returned to stage productions, allegedly because of clashes over the show's ...
Trapper John, M.D. featured the character of Trapper John McIntyre, played by Pernell Roberts, twenty-eight years after the events of the M*A*S*H film and television series. It was the first spin-off to feature a character from the series in civilian life after the war.
Roberts played the oldest Cartwright son, Adam, from 1959 to 1965. He chose to leave the show due to creative differences. Roberts told the Washington Post, "I was in the series for six years. I ...
San Francisco International Airport is a television drama that was originally aired in the United States by NBC as a part of its 1970–71 wheel series Four in One.. The series starred Lloyd Bridges as Jim Conrad, the manager of the gigantic San Francisco International Airport, which at the time of the series aired was said to handle more than 15,000,000 passengers annually and have more than ...
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre is an American Western anthology television series that was broadcast on CBS ... Pernell Roberts, Dabbs Greer and Stafford Repp. 68: 10