Obit: Pernell Roberts

[Carmine5]

Pernell Roberts, who played Adam Cartwright on "Bonanza", died Sunday at his Malibu home. He was 81.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/aft...ts-adam-cartwright-on-bonanza-dead-at-81.html


c5

 

[BRNout]

Pernell Roberts, who played Adam Cartwright on "Bonanza", died Sunday at his Malibu home. He was 81.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/aft...ts-adam-cartwright-on-bonanza-dead-at-81.html


c5

Oh, that's sad. Lest we forget his fine work as "Trapper John M.D." as well.

 

[WMC2006]

Pernell has finally joined all the other Bonanza boys on that great cattle ranch in the sky. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[The Voice of Reason]

One has to give Roberts credit. He left a top-rated show in order to pursue other acting jobs when most actors would have stayed and collected big money.

If you were in his shoes would you have quit Bonanza ???

 

[Carmine5]

Pernell Roberts had a voice I would have killed for. Toward the end of his career he was doing a lot of VO work for major clients. He always sounded great.

 

[therealjm12]

In my opinion Bonanza jumped the shark the day Pernell Roberts left the series. He added some class and reality to the show. I never like the show after he was gone. He did do some guest starring on Gunsmoke, which I did enjoy.

 

[landtuna]

If you were in his shoes would you have quit Bonanza ???

IMHO Bonanza was the most infantile and poorly written and produced western of the era. Dopey stories and high-school-stage sets. The actors did a credible job considering what they had to work with.

Roberts was perhaps the most underutilized actor on the series. If I was in his shoes I would have made the same decision he did.

You can deal with lack of money. Much more difficult to lose your personal standards.

 

[LKellerIII]

If you were in his shoes would you have quit Bonanza ???

IMHO Bonanza was the most infantile and poorly written and produced western of the era. Dopey stories and high-school-stage sets. The actors did a credible job considering what they had to work with.

Roberts was perhaps the most underutilized actor on the series. If I was in his shoes I would have made the same decision he did.

You can deal with lack of money. Much more difficult to lose your personal standards.

Truly. He probably wouldn't want to hear people say that he's in "that cattle ranch" in the sky. To Roberts, that would probably be hell, not heaven.

He never realized true stardom, and had some lean years after Bonanza, so you do have to give him credit for his principles. But he did fine in later years. Perhaps because of those voice-overs and Trapper John MD, he was very comfortable, financially speaking.