Pernell Elven Roberts Jr. (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) was an American actor best known for his roles on the television series Bonanza and Trapper John, M.D..
He was married to Vera Mowry, Judith Roberts, Kara Knack, and Eleanor Criswell, and had one child with Mowry.
Roberts died in 2010 at the age of 81 from pancreatic cancer.
Filmography
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Film Roles
- Desire Under The Elms as Peter/Son
- The Sheepman as Chocktaw Neal
- Ride Lonesome as Sam Boone
- Four Rode Out as US Marshal Ross
- The Kasmiri Run as Gregory Nelson
- Paco as Pompiho
- The Magic Of Lassie as Jamison
Television Roles
- Trackdown as Bannion (1 episode)
- Whirlybirds as Reynolds (1 episode)
- Have Gun – Will Travel as Maury Travis (1 episode)
- Northwest Passage as Capt. Jacques Chavez (1 episode)
- Shirley Temples Storybook as various (4 episodes)
- Lawman as Fent Harley (1 episode)
- Cimarron City as O'Hara (1 episode)
- The Rifleman as Hillman (1 episode)
- Bonanza (1959-1965) as Adam Cartwright (202 episodes)
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Joey Celeste (1 episode)
- The Wild Wild West as Sean O'Reilley (1 episode)
- Gunsmoke as Dave Reeves/Nat Pilcher (2 episodes)
- The Big Valley as Ed Tanner/Madigan (2 episodes)
- Lancer as Theodore Banning (1 episode)
- San Francisco International Airport as Jim Conrad (pilot movie)
- Hawaii Five-O as Lon Phillips (2 episodes)
- The Virginian as Stranger/Jim Boyer Sr. (2 episodes)
- Alias Smith and Jones as Terence Tynan/Sam Finrock (2 episodes)
- Night Gallery as Joe Bellman (2 episodes)
- Banacek as Matthew Donniger (1 episode)
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Tom Boyd/Roger (2 episodes)
- Mission: Impossible as various (4 episodes)
- Mannix as George Fallon (1 episode)
- Hawkins as Sen. Griffith (1 episode)
- The Odd Couple (1970) as Billy Joe (1 episode)
- Police Story (1973) as Sgt. Sal Grosser/Charlie Rivas (2 episodes)
- Bronk as Collicos (1 episode)
- Ironside (1967) as Harry Blocker/Frank Vincent (2 episodes)
- Cannon as Sid Cleary/Phil Denton (1 episode)
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Mark Wharton (1 episode)
- Captains And The Kings as Col. Elbert Braithwaite (1 episode)
- Barnaby Jones as Daniel Matthews (1 episode)
- Baretta as Johnny Hillman (1 episode)
- Most Wanted as Joe Bailey (1 episode)
- Police Woman as Wagner (1 episode)
- The Streets of San Francisco as Charley Finn (1 episode)
- Man from Atlantis as Clint Hollister (1 episode)
- Ellery Queen as Rosh Kalee
- The Rockford Files as BJ Anderson (1 episode)
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries as various (2 episodes)
- Trapper John, M.D. as Trapper John McIntyre
- Quincy, M.E. as various (2 episodes)
- Centennial as Gen. Asher (2 episodes)
- Vega$ (1978) as Mr. Logan/Pete Sedgewick (3 episodes)
- The Love Boat as Brian Mallory (2 episodes)
- Hotel (1983) as Charles Stanton (1 episode)
- The Young Riders as Hezekiah Horn (1 episode)
- Diagnosis: Murder as George Fallon/Dr. Elliott Valin (2 episodes)
