Pernell Roberts

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Pernell Roberts Fast Facts:

First acted as a teen in school and church plays.
Enlisted in the Marines in 1946 and played in the Marine Corps Band.
Won a Best Actor Drama Desk award in 1955 as the lead in an off-Broadway production of Macbeth.
Rose to fame as eldest son Adam Cartwright on the long-running TV western Bonanza. Was unhappy with his character's development and left the show after the sixth season.
Attended the historic 1965 Voting Rights March in Selma, AL, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Returned to episodic TV in 1979 playing the title character in Trapper John, M.D., taking over a role made famous by Wayne Rogers on the show M*A*S*H.
Was the host and narrator of FBI: The Untold Stories.
Died after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Pernell Roberts Relationships:
Vera Mowry - Ex-wife
Judith Anna LeBreque - Ex-wife
P.E. Roberts - Father
Betty Roberts - Mother
Eleanor Criswell - Wife
Jonathan Christopher Roberts - Son
Kara Knack - Ex-wife
Pernell Roberts Awards:
1981 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
College:
Attended Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; attended University of Maryland, College Park, MD