Bonanzas Pernell Roberts has passed

[Dar70]

Pernell Roberts "Adam Cartwright" has passed away. Im very saddened by this. Bonanza is one of my all time favorite shows. He also died of Cancer like Lorne Greene and Michael Landon. He was the last of the Cartwrights.

http://www.thestarpress.com/article...S01/-Bonanza--star-Pernell-Roberts-dead-at-81

 

[Nerys Myk]

Sad to hear this. I've been watching the reruns of Bonanza on TV Land of late.

 

[Trekker4747]

That's a shame.

I'm going to watch SanFrancisco International tonight in honor of him.

RIP Purnell.

 

[ancientone51]

Damn
We had the Bonanza Christmas album and he had the most glorious voice as well

RIP

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Never watched much Bonanza, I think of him as Trapper John.
RIP

 

[23skidoo]

Sad news, but also weird, because not 1/2 hour before reading this news I was looking at a pop culture website and saw his name mentioned and I wondered whatever became of him. Like many others I knew him more as Trapper John than from Bonanza, but it's still sad. As noted, the whole original cast of Bonanza is now gone.

Alex

 

[auntiehill]

Aww. I always liked Adam the best. I can't even watch the episodes that don't have him in it.

I also liked him in Trapper John. Very sad to hear that he passed.

 

[Amaris]

^ Adam was my favorite, too.

Rest in peace, Mr. Roberts.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Also thinking of him as Trapper John. Too bad.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Ironic thread title. Didn't he hate being on Bonanza?

 

[Piper]

Ironic thread title. Didn't he hate being on Bonanza?

Yep, the repetitive and simplistic story-telling drove him mad, and he left about half way the run I think. Which is a shame because it was actually one of the best-written Western shows on at the time, it was just that they could never come close to the best of what was in the cinema.

Coincidentally, I've been watching some S1 Bonanza over Christmas, and Roberts is superb in it, as are all the four main cast members. RIP.

 

[Davros]

RIP Mr Roberts.

 

[Dar70]

Ironic thread title. Didn't he hate being on Bonanza?

Yes he did. He was only in 6 of the 14 seasons. Bonanza did have some silly scripts at times. They would rotate between an action script, dramatic script and comedy script. I would assume the sillier episodes are what did him in. Still though Roberts was best know for Bonanza thats why I used it in the thread title. I watched him in Trapper John first but came to really like him when I started watching Bonanza.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

Aww. I always liked Adam the best. I can't even watch the episodes that don't have him in it.

I also liked him in Trapper John. Very sad to hear that he passed.

I remember him more from the Trapper John MD show.
R.I.P. Mr Roberts

 

[drychlick]

rip think for being a good acter !

 

[Nerys Myk]

Aww. I always liked Adam the best. I can't even watch the episodes that don't have him in it.

I also liked him in Trapper John. Very sad to hear that he passed.

I remember him more from the Trapper John MD show.
R.I.P. Mr Roberts

I remember him as several third world/communist dictators on Mission Impossible. Discovered he was on Bonanza much later. I enjoyed him as Trapper John, too.