Pernell Roberts
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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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 13.436 |
| Birthday | 1928-05-18 |
| Place of Birth | Waycross, Georgia, U.S. |
| Also Known As | Пернелл Робертс, |
1959
Ride Lonesome
6.6/135
On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two out...
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Ride Lonesome
1988
The Night Train to Kathmandu
5.9/6
A young girl leaves for Nepal with her parents and brother. She is unhappy to leave her home at first, but soon isn't when she meets a handome young m...
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The Night Train to Kathmandu
1975
The Deadly Tower
6.5/22
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mothe...
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The Deadly Tower
1969
Four Rode Out
3.7/3
In this western, a Mexican desperado tries to flee his partner, a determined girl friend, and a US Marshal.
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Four Rode Out
1958
Desire Under the Elms
6.7/19
Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons...
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Desire Under the Elms
1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter
1/1
Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
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The Adventures of Nick Carter
1969
The Silent Gun
4/1
A gunfighter with a reputation as a fast gun almost kills an innocent child. He makes up his mind that he is not going to carry around loaded weapons...
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The Silent Gun
1975
Dead Man on the Run
6/1
A government agent who is investigating a colleague's murder discovers a conspiracy to cover up a political assassination.
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Dead Man on the Run
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
7.2/6
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1979
Hot Rod
4.667/3
A freewheeling drag racer enters a local championship meet and finds himself head-to-head with the tyrannical town boss who has already arranged for h...
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Hot Rod
1980
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
4.2/5
Former Marshal Will Kane and his Amish bride, Amy, return to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and find the town in the grip of a bounty-hunting ma...
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High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1970
San Francisco International
3.4/8
This pilot for the TV series stars Pernell Roberts as Jim Conrad, who runs an airport, much to the chagrin of his boss, "his way." In this, two plots...
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San Francisco International
1987
Desperado
3.8/4
Duell McCall finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud in a small mining town.
Framed for the murder of Sheriff John Whaley, McCall is forced to w...
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Desperado
1976
Paco
0/0
Paco is an orphaned Colombian boy who leaves the family farm to search for his uncle in the big big city. When he gets to the city, he discovers his u...
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Paco
1958
The Sheepman
6.7/50
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with...
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The Sheepman
1969
The Kashmiri Run
5/1
One step ahead of Chinese communists, a couple of friends hook up with an American adventurer who promises to lead them safely out of Tibet through th...
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The Kashmiri Run
1978
The Immigrants
2/1
The rags-to-riches saga of a young Italian immigrant who battles his way out of the San Francisco earthquake to become a shipping magnate, rise to the...
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The Immigrants
1977
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
6/1
A California rancher hires a private detective to deliver the rancher's long-lost daughter to him. However, several people, including the rancher's ne...
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Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
1978
The Magic of Lassie
5.4/12
Lassie is claimed from his family by a "former owner" and then braves a cross country trip to rejoin the ones that love her.
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The Magic of Lassie
1972
The Bravos
5.7/3
The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.
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The Bravos
1967
Carousel
0/0
In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the nai...
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Carousel
1975
Alien Lover
6/1
An orphaned teenager becomes involved with an alien who was beamed to Earth from another galaxy in a TV signal. Is the alien a dream come true or a ha...
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Alien Lover
1990
Donor
5.333/3
Dr. Kristine Lipton finds that something strange is happening in the hospital she works for when a friend is strangled by an elderly patient, who runs...
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Donor
1975
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
0/0
A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.
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The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1981
Incident at Crestridge
5/1
A woman campaigns for and wins election as sheriff in a crusade against the ineptitude and outright corruption of the local law enforcement in a small...
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Incident at Crestridge
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1979
The Night Rider
3.5/2
"The Mark of Zorro" was updated for this pilot for a prospective series that tells of a New Orleans gentleman who turns masked rider to fight for law...
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The Night Rider
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8/2
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
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Night of 100 Stars II
1990
Checkered Flag
2/2
Unsold TV pilot about two young race car drivers compete on and off the track.
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Checkered Flag
1986
Realm of the Alligator
8/1
Eerie, forbidding, and darkly beautiful - Okefenokee is ruled by a relative of the dinosaur: the fearsome alligator. Day and night the alligator glid...
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