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Pernell Roberts

An intense, brooding leading man and character actor on stage and in television, Pernell Elven Roberts Jr. rose to fame as Adam, eldest son of the Cartwright clan

English

The Deadly Tower

1975
as Lieutenant Lee

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

1975
as Camera Shop Proprietor

Alien Lover

1975
as Mike

The Night Train to Kathmandu

1988
as Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe

The Immigrants

1978
as Anthony Cassala

Desire Under the Elms

1958
as Pierre Cabot

Dead Man on the Run

1975
as Brock Dillon

The Kashmiri Run

1970
as Gregory Nelson

Realm of the Alligator

1986
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Bravos

1972
as Jackson Buckley

Four Rode Out

1969
as U.S. Marshal Ross

Desperado

1987
as Marshal Dancey

Back to Bonanza

1993
as Adam Cartwright

The Sheepman

1958
as Chocktaw Neal

Bonanza

1959
as Adam Cartwright

Assignment: Munich

1972
as C.C. Bryan

Trapper John, M.D.

1979
as John Francis Xavier McIntyre

Carousel

1967
as Jigger Craigin

Donor

1990
as Dr. Simon Martingale

Ride Lonesome

1959
as Sam Boone

Guest Star

Episode Hawaii Five-O
The Grandstand Play (2)
1971
Episode The Match Game
BETTY WHITE & PERNELL ROBERTS
1964
Episode Ironside
The Organizer
1993
Episode The Streets of San Francisco
Breakup
1977
Episode The Match Game
BETTY WHITE & PERNELL ROBERTS
1964
Episode Diagnosis Murder
Hard-Boiled Murder
1997
Episode The Odd Couple
Strike Up the Band or Else
1974
Episode 77 Sunset Strip
Abra-Cadaver
1959
Episode General Electric Theater
The Stone
1959
Episode Vega$
Aloha, You're Dead (2)
1980
Episode Gunsmoke
How to Kill a Woman
1957
Episode Mission: Impossible
The Mercenaries
1968
Episode Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Tender Comrade
1971
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Utopia, Wyoming
1958
Episode Battle of the Network Stars
Battle of the Network Stars XII
1982
Episode The Feather And Father Gang
The Golden Fleece
1977
Episode Lawman
The Posse
1959
Episode Ellery Queen
The Adventure of Colonel Nivin's Memoirs
1975
Episode Barnaby Jones
Testament of Power
1977
Episode Banacek
To Steal a King
1972
Episode Baretta
The Reunion
1977
Episode Gunsmoke
Stranger in Town
1967
Episode Sugarfoot
Misfire
1957
Episode Spencer's Pilots
The Hunted
1976
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
21 Days to Tenstrike
1972
Episode Jigsaw
Hard Time
1972
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Visitors in Paradise
1977
Episode Tombstone Territory
Pick Up the Gun
1958
Episode The Rockford Files
The House on Willis Avenue (1)
1978
Episode The Rockford Files
The House on Willis Avenue (2)
1978
Episode Mission: Impossible
Imitation
1973
Episode Most Wanted
The Driver
1977
Episode One Step Beyond
The Vision
1959
Episode Man from Atlantis
C.W. Hyde
1977
Episode Hotel
Hotel (pilot)
1982
Episode Mannix
Little Girl Lost
1973
Episode Mission: Impossible
Operation 'Heart'
1967
Episode Night Gallery
The Tune in Dan's Cafe
1972
Episode Mission: Impossible
Death Squad
1970
Episode Cannon
The House of Cards
1976
Episode Bronco
The Belles of Silver Flat
1959
Episode Vega$
Milliken's Stash
1978
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
Exit from Wickenburg
1971
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Pressure Point
1958
Episode Battle of the Network Stars
Battle of the Network Stars XI
1981
Episode The Wild Wild West
The Night of the Firebrand
1967
Episode Diagnosis Murder
The Last Laugh (1)
1994
Episode Sugarfoot
Man Wanted
1958
Episode Hawaii Five-O
The Grandstand Play (1)
1971
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Death by Good Intentions
1978
Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
San Francisco International
1994
Episode The Six Million Dollar Man
Hocus-Pocus
1976
Episode Vega$
Aloha, You're Dead
1970
Episode Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Day After Forever
1973
Episode Vega$
Aloha, You're Dead (1)
1980
Episode The Match Game
BETTY WHITE & PERNELL ROBERTS
1964
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Hey Boy's Revenge
1958
Episode Ironside
To Kill a Cop
1968
Episode The Match Game
BETTY WHITE & PERNELL ROBERTS
1964
Episode The Match Game
BETTY WHITE & PERNELL ROBERTS
1964
Episode The Young Riders
Requiem for a Hero
1990