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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
Filmography

Alien Lover

1975
as Mike

Assignment: Munich

1972
as C.C. Bryan

Back to Bonanza

1993
as Adam Cartwright

Carousel

1967
as Jigger Craigin

Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging

1977
as Sherrif Yates

Dead Man on the Run

1975
as Brock Dillon

Desire Under the Elms

1958
as Pierre Cabot

Desperado

1987
as Marshal Dancey

Donor

1990
as Dr. Simon Martingale

Four Rode Out

1969
as U.S. Marshal Ross

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

1980
as Marshal J.D. Ward

Incident at Crestridge

1981
as Mayor Hill

Realm of the Alligator

1986
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Ride Lonesome

1959
as Sam Boone

San Francisco International

1970
as Jim Conrad

The Adventures of Nick Carter

1972
as Neal Duncan

The Bravos

1972
as Jackson Buckley

The Deadly Tower

1975
as Lieutenant Lee

The Immigrants

1978
as Anthony Cassala

The Kashmiri Run

1970
as Gregory Nelson

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

1975
as Camera Shop Proprietor

The Magic of Lassie

1978
as Jamison

The Night Train to Kathmandu

1988
as Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe

The Sheepman

1958
as Chocktaw Neal