"Roberts continue on the show as a semiregular. He added, ""I must confess..I was too hard on him. I did not appreciate him. I knew he was good, but I didn't realize he was that good...none better."" In the last two ""Bonanza"" movies that aired on NBC in the early 1990s, the story line stated that Adam, now in Australia, had equaled his father's success, dominating the engineering/construction business. Roberts was the only accomplished singer of the original cast, though David Canary, who joined ""Bonanza"" in 1967, had a background in voice and performed on Broadway. During Roberts' ""Bonanza"" years,"
"in the French and Indian War. He appeared with fellow guest star Fay Spain in the 1958 episode ""Pick Up the Gun"" of ""Tombstone Territory"" and played the lead villain in the 31st episode (""Hey Boy's Revenge"") of ""Have Gun – Will Travel"", portraying a killer boss exploiter of Chinese coolie laborers.<ref name=""Bonanza Dcanary.com/Pernell"">Bonanza Dcanary.com/Pernell</ref> In 1959, Roberts guest-starred in episodes of ""General Electric Theater"", Cimarron City, Sugarfoot, Lawman, , Bronco, 77 Sunset Strip, The Detectives, and ""House Call."" Also in 1959, he co-starred in the film ""Ride Lonesome"". ""If Roberts felt typecast by Westerns, they also provided his finest"
"Pony Express (TV series) Pony Express is an American western television series about the adventures of an agent in the 1860s of the Central Overland Express Company, better known as the Pony Express. The half-hour program starring Grant Sullivan was created by California National Productions. ""Pony Express"" ran for thirty-five episodes in syndication from the fall of 1959 until May 1960. The series featured two recurring roles: Grant Sullivan as Brett Clark, a roving investigator for the company, and Don Dorrell as Donovan, a young Pony Express rider. The majority of the weekly episodes involved Clark and Donovan solving various"
"old-time radio directory called the program ""a last, desperate effort by a radio network (NBC) to maintain interest in adventure drama by employing a major Hollywood movie star in the leading role."" James Stewart starred as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the final years of the wild west. Episodes ranged from straight western drama to whimsical comedy. A trademark of the show was Stewart's use of whispered narration during tense scenes that created a heightened sense of drama and relief when the situation was resolved. Some of the more prominent actors to perform on the program included Parley Baer,"
"Wyatt Earp"" (as Texas cattle baron Shanghai Pierce), and ""The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters"", and Brian Keith's Cold War drama, ""Crusader"". Roberts appeared on four episodes of the CBS legal drama, ""Perry Mason"", including the role of murderer Arthur Janeel in the 1961 episode, ""The Case of the Malicious Mariner."" During the middle 1960s, Roberts was one of the most recognizable faces on television, and had recurring roles concurrently on a number of popular programs, including: In the 1940s and 1950s, Roberts was a regular in many films noir, including ""Force of Evil"" (1948), ""He Walked by Night"" (1948), ""Nightmare"
"by Eric Roberts, brother of Julia Roberts, and Glynnis O'Connor. Other roles in television films were as Steven Beck in ""Beverly Hills Madam"", as Charles McLean in ""Maggie"", as Kelly Hancock in ""Mercy or Murder?"", as Andrew Winkler in ""Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story"", and as Douglas Erickson in ""Deceptions"". Colt was cast as Bobby Slade in ""Jagged Edge"" (1985), as Christopher Dollanganger in ""Flowers in the Attic"" (1987), and as Donald Cleary in ""Illegally Yours"" (1988). His last roles in series television were in 1991 as Ross Corman in the episode ""Tainted Lady"" of Angela Lansbury's CBS"
"from ""The Expendables"", in the 2010 action film ""Hunt to Kill"". December 2010 saw the premiere of the fourth season of ""Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew"", which documented Roberts' struggle with dependency on medical marijuana. Roberts starred in the 2012 mystery thriller ""Deadline"", playing the role of politically incorrect reporter Ronnie Bullock. In 2014 through 2015 Roberts played the recurring character Charles Forstman in the TV legal drama ""Suits"". In 2015, he appeared in season 5 of ""Lost Girl"", a Canadian TV show on ""Showcase"", as the main character, Bo's, father. Roberts featured in season 4 of the hit American"
"episode of the syndicated western series, ""Boots and Saddles"". In 1957, he appeared in the role of Sam Brennan in some early episodes of NBC's western drama, ""The Californians"", set in the San Francisco gold rush of the 1850s. He made four guest appearances on ""Perry Mason"" between 1958-1962 including the part of murderer George Durrell in 1958’s “The Case of the Prodigal Parent” and as Edward Nelson in the 1960 episode ""The Case of the Gallant Grafter"". He was one of only eleven actors to play all three pivotal roles in Perry Mason episodes -- victim, defendant and murderer."
"Best of the West Best of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982. The Old West spoof featured the misadventures of Sam Best (Joel Higgins), a Civil War veteran who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico Kid. Sam's family was made up of his Southern-belle wife Elvira (Carlene Watkins) and his smart-mouthed son Daniel (Meeno Peluce). The cast also included Leonard Frey as villain Parker Tillman, Tom Ewell as drunken town doctor Jerome Kullens, and Tracey Walter as Tillman's clueless but"
"Rawlins detective series. (2008 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 7925 p. 17) =Episodes= Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D. is an American medical drama television series and spin-off of the film ""MASH"" (1970). 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 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""; Roberts took over the role played by Elliott Gould in the film. =Overview= ""Trapper John, M.D."" focuses"
"""Chris"" Roberts, 1951–1989). Pernell and his first wife later divorced. Chris Roberts attended Franconia College. He was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1989. Roberts married Judith Anna LeBrecque on October 15, 1962; they divorced in 1971. He subsequently married Kara Knack in 1972, divorcing in 1996. At the time of his death from pancreatic cancer on January 24, 2010, Roberts was married to Eleanor Criswell. Pernell Roberts Pernell Elven Roberts, Jr. (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) was an American stage, film and television actor, as well as a singer. In addition to guest-starring in over 60 television"
"a physically large cowboy with a gentle spirit in search of frontier justice who wanders the American West. The first episode, about robbers pretending to be Good Samaritans, is titled ""Mountain Fortress"" and features James Garner (who had briefly been considered for the role of Cheyenne) as a guest star, but with higher billing given to Ann Robinson as Garner's intended bride. The episode reveals that Bodie's parents were killed by Indians, tribe unknown. He was taken by Cheyenne Indians when he was 10 years old, who then raised him, and he left them by choice when he was 18"
"charge, but the marshal allows him to escape to pursue the man who killed his wife. In the episode ""Cactus Lady"" (February 21, 1961) of the NBC western television series, ""Laramie"", it is revealed series regular Jess Harper, played by Robert Fuller, had been nearly hanged by mistake in the border city of Laredo c. 1870 because of the McCanles gang, played by Arthur Hunnicutt, L. Q. Jones, Harry Dean Stanton and Anita Sands. In the storyline, the gang arrives suddenly in Laramie. From 1965 to 1967, NBC aired an hour-long western television series entitled, ""Laredo"", with the actors Philip"
"which retells real-life events of the drug trade in the New South Wales town of Griffith between 1976–1987. The mini-series is a prequel to the 2008 mini-series ""Underbelly"", which was about Melbourne gangland killings. Roberts has a role as a body guard for George Freeman (played by Peter O'Brien). The series began airing in NSW on 9 February 2009. Also in 2009, he starred in ""The Cut"" on ABC1 and had a small role in the film ""Cedar Boys"". In 2012 Roberts landed his first starring role in the film ""Saltwater"", starring opposite Ronnie Kerr, which is also Roberts' first"
"and Legend of Wyatt Earp"", the actor Douglas Evans plays Allan Pinkerton, who is seeking to recover $40,000 in stolen money but interferes with the attempt of Marshal Wyatt Earp (Hugh O'Brian) to catch the entire gang of Crummy Newton (Richard Alexander). The episode is set in Wichita, Kansas. Pinkerton's exploits are in part the inspiration of the 1961 NBC western series, ""Whispering Smith"", starring Audie Murphy and Guy Mitchell. In 1990, Turner Network Television aired the 1990 speculative historical drama ""The Rose and the Jackal"", with Christopher Reeve as Pinkerton, recounting his romance with the Confederate spy Rose O'Neal"
"Pony Express mysteries. ""Pony Express"" was filmed at Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth in Los Angeles County, California. It was one of several western-themed television shows produced by CNP, including ""Boots and Saddles"" (1957–1958) and ""Union Pacific"" (1959–1960) and ""Frontier"" (1955-1956). CNP created the series for the 100th anniversary of the actual Pony Express. Pony Express (TV series) Pony Express is an American western television series about the adventures of an agent in the 1860s of the Central Overland Express Company, better known as the Pony Express. The half-hour program starring Grant Sullivan was created by California National Productions. ""Pony"
"Corral"". Roy Roberts was cast as Pierce in a 1957 episode of the ABC/Desilu Productions television series ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"", with Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, then the deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas. Douglas Fowley guest-starred with Roberts in the episode. George Tobias played Shanghai Pierce in the episode of the television series ""Laramie"", starring John Smith and Robert Fuller Abel Head ""Shanghai"" Pierce Abel Head Pierce, known as Shanghai Pierce (June 29, 1834 – December 26, 1900) was a Texas rancher. He was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island and was a direct descendant"
"American Western named Lone Ranger. He was also fighting in the name of justice and was normally accompanied by his Native American friend Tonto. Abahachi's homosexual twin called Winnetouch is a persiflage on Winnetou. His beauty farm called ""Puder Rosa Ranch"" (“Powder Rose Ranch”) is a play on the name of the ranch in the Western TV series ""Bonanza"" that was owned by the Cartwright family and was called Ponderosa Ranch. The seductive beauty called Uschi is named after Uschi Glas, the actress that played the Native American girl Apanatschi in Winnetou and the Crossbreed. The grandfather is called ""Grauer"
"""One suggestion was to return Pernell Roberts, who had played another Cartwright son when ""Bonanza"" first premiered on NBC fourteen years ago. We only considered that briefly, [producer Richard] Collins says... Some people felt it was a logical step—the oldest son returning at a time of family need—but most of us didn't think it would work.' Dan Blocker was 6-foot-4, 320-pounds when chosen to play the gentle middle son Eric, better known as ""Hoss"". The nickname was used as a nod to the character's ample girth, an endearing term for ""big and friendly"", used by his Swedish mother (and Uncle"
"Conrad Roberts Conrad Roberts is an American actor who has appeared in several television series and films over the past forty years. His most recent film was ""A Wrinkle In Time"". He first began his career in 1968 when he was cast as ""Edward Stark"" on the series ""The Doctors"". Roberts would appear in over one hundred episodes of the series After leaving the series in 1969, Roberts spent the next fifteen years appearing in various film productions. During the 1980s, he became best known for his appearance in the film ""The Mosquito Coast"" as well as a smaller role"
"of 1950s and 1960s television Western series leads reprising their roles in quick cameo appearances (Gene Barry as Bat Masterson, Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie, David Carradine as ""Kung Fu""'s Caine, Chuck Connors as The Rifleman, and so on). A two-DVD set of the complete series was released by Shout! Factory in February 2017. The Westerner (TV series) The Westerner is a highbrow American Western series that aired on NBC from September 30 to December 30, 1960. Created, written and produced by Sam Peckinpah, who also directed some episodes, the"
"that Roberts be replaced in the starring role by Bridges. This pilot was the subject of a sixth-season episode of ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" in 1994. The ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" presentation of the series pilot first aired on November 19, 1994, as episode #614. In ""The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide"", writer Paul Chaplin remarked on star Pernell Roberts's ""astounding pomposity and self-absorption ... Pernell struts and preens like a balding cock-of-the-walk."" Three of the episode's non-movie segments focus on host Mike Nelson's imitation of Urkel from the ABC sitcom Family Matters, which Chaplin admits many"
"for a live television broadcast; selling homemade booze; and arranging a stripper for Piers' cousin's stag night. She later reveals that her nasty behaviour towards Piers is ""one of two things that gets her out of bed"". Piers often compares her to the Wicked Witch of the West from ""The Wizard of Oz"" and likens her to a female version of Hannibal Lector. Arnie Kowalski (Lou Hirsch) is George's cousin and confidant. Originally a superhero himself named Polarman, he lost his powers because he began charging for his services. He is portrayed as being greedy, willing to do anything to"
"Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D. is an American medical drama television series and spin-off of the film ""MASH"" (1970). 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 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""; Roberts took over the role played by Elliott Gould in the film. =Overview= ""Trapper John, M.D."" focuses on Dr. ""Trapper"" John McIntyre (Pernell Roberts) 28 years after his"
"Ravenhead reservation from Zaharoff, a greedy arms dealer. ""Tales of the Texas Rangers"" a Western procedural radio program that ran on NBC from 1950 to 1951, starring Joel McCrea, which was described as Dragnet with a Western flavor, and dealt with Ranger investigations in the 1930s and 1940s. The program was adapted to television in the mid-50s as a Saturday morning juvenile Western, again on NBC, including contemporary stories as well as stories from the old West. The 1957-1959 CBS western series, ""Trackdown"", starring Robert Culp as the fictional Ranger Hoby Gilman, even carried the official endorsement of the Rangers"
"Bartlett Robinson Bartlett Whitney Robinson (December 9, 1912 – March 26, 1986) was an American actor who performed on radio, the stage, in films, and on television for five decades. In 1943 he was the first actor of several performers who provided the voice of the title character on the radio version of ""Perry Mason"". Later, as a character actor in films and on television, he was often cast in roles of authority figures, such as military officers, wealthy ranchers, corporate executives, doctors, and judges. Robinson appeared in 21 films from 1956 to 1973 and in over 110 television productions"
"River"". Conrad Roberts Conrad Roberts is an American actor who has appeared in several television series and films over the past forty years. His most recent film was ""A Wrinkle In Time"". He first began his career in 1968 when he was cast as ""Edward Stark"" on the series ""The Doctors"". Roberts would appear in over one hundred episodes of the series After leaving the series in 1969, Roberts spent the next fifteen years appearing in various film productions. During the 1980s, he became best known for his appearance in the film ""The Mosquito Coast"" as well as a smaller"
"a streetwise fighter who used her fists more than her gun. Producers hoped Roberts' presence would revitalize the series' declining ratings and regenerate media interest in the series. Before the season's premiere, Roberts was featured on the cover of ""People"" magazine with a headline asking if Roberts would be able to save the declining series from cancellation. Despite the hype Roberts's debut had received, her premiere episode in November 1980 drew dismal ratings. The series was thereafter moved to several different timeslots on the broadcast schedule, causing viewership to drop as the season progressed. After just 16 episodes of a"
"the Prairie"" as Andrew ""Andy"" Garvey from 1977–81, and on the CBS hit series ""JAG"" as Lt. Cmdr. Bud Roberts from 1995 to 2005, a role he reprised in three episodes of ""JAG""s spin-off, ""NCIS"". Other TV shows on which he has made guest appearances include ""Starsky & Hutch"", ""21 Jump Street"", ""Living Single"", ""Yes, Dear"", """", ""The Love Boat"", ""Ghost Whisperer"", and ""iCarly"". He starred in films as well. He played Peter, great-nephew to Lucille Ball in the 1974 film ""Mame."" One of his well-known roles is in the 1987 comedy film ""Summer School"" as football player Kevin Winchester"
"Robert Conrad Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935) is a retired American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He was best known for his role in the 1965–69 television series ""The Wild Wild West"", playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He portrayed World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series ""Baa Baa Black Sheep"" (later syndicated as ""Black Sheep Squadron""). In addition to acting, he was a singer, and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad. He has hosted a weekly two-hour national radio"
"Preston married Carol Ohmart on Thanksgiving Day in 1956; they were divorced less than two years later. Preston died of colon cancer in 1992 at the age of 62 in Reno, Nevada. Wayde Preston Wayde Preston (September 10, 1929 – February 6, 1992) was an American actor cast from 1957 to 1960 in the lead role in 67 episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, ""Colt .45"". He is also known for his appearance in the title role of an acclaimed 1959 episode entitled ""The Saga of Waco Williams"" of another ABC/WB western series, ""Maverick"". Born William Erksine Strange"
"calmness and compassion. The series was filmed by Screen Gems at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth in Los Angeles County, California. The series premiere is entitled ""Hot Water"". Other episodes with notable guest stars include: The series finale is ""The Assassin"". Two Faces West Two Faces West is a 39-episode half-hour syndicated television western series set in Gunnison in southwestern Colorado, which aired from October 17, 1960, to July 31, 1961. It stars Charles Bateman (born 1930) in the dual roles of twin brothers, Rick January, M.D., and Marshal Ben January. Matthew Rapf produced the series. Francis De Sales"
"""Seinfeld"". Roberts has made appearances in several made-for-TV films. On September 18, 1976, Roberts married actress Pamela Frey, whom he met in an acting class taught by Lillian Randolph. The couple have two children together. Roberts is a Scientologist. Michael D. Roberts Michael D. Roberts (born December 25, 1947) is an American actor. Roberts played the role of ""Rooster"" in the 1970s television series ""Baretta"". Roberts starred in the short-lived 1980s television series ""Manimal"", appearing in five of the eight episodes which aired, as Tyrone C. Earl. His first television role was a guest appearance on the 1970s television series"