# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pernell-roberts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:38:03.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pernell-roberts"
name: "Pernell Roberts"
slug: "pernell-roberts"
description: "Pernell Elven Roberts Jr. was an American stage, film, and television actor, activist, and singer. In addition to guest-starring in over 60 television series, he was best known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son Adam Cartwright on the Western television series Bonanza (1959–1965), and as chief surgeon John McIntyre, the title character on Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1986)."
tagline: "American actor and singer (1928–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pernell_Roberts_in_Bonanza_episode_Showdown_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1928-05-18"
deathDate: "2010-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.97
  momentum:             0.06372809346787041
  historical:           19.27546533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731490/"
    handle:    "nm0731490"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1674235"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "برنل روبرتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "برنل روبرتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8E%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8E%D9%84_%DA%95%DB%86%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "پێرنێل ڕۆبەرتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "پرنل رابرتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8D%BC%EB%84%AC_%EB%A1%9C%EB%B2%84%EC%B8%A0"
    title: "퍼넬 로버츠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://roa_tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ffd7a494-b169-43b5-8d03-e2c4e8181cf2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495306"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98520"
    title: "Pernell Roberts"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump