Though actors typically portray many roles throughout their careers, they can also be defined by one or two pivotal parts that become their legacy (whether they like it or not). Such is the case with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Running on NBC from 1959 to 1973, Bonanza centered on the Cartwright family—patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three ...

This 1962 picture provided by NBC shows actors from the "Bonanza" television show from left, Pernell Roberts, Lorne Greene, Michael Landon and Dan Blocker. Roberts, the ruggedly handsome actor who ...

HAMPTON – Pernell Roberts Jr. was called into eternal peace on Sunday, July 22, 2012. He was a lifelong resident of Hampton, Va. He was born Oct. 3 , 1963, to Pernell Roberts Sr., and Bettie Roberts ...

Pernell Roberts — the last of the stars from TV’s “Bonanza” — died on Sunday. The handsome actor shocked Hollywood decades ago when he walked away from the popular western series. He’s a cautionary ...

Pernell Roberts, the ruggedly handsome actor who shocked Hollywood by leaving TV's "Bonanza" at the height of its popularity, then found fame again years later on "Trapper John, M.D.," has died. He ...

Pernell Roberts, the ruggedly handsome actor who shocked Hollywood by leaving TV’s “Bonanza” at the height of its popularity, then found fame again years later on “Trapper John, M.D.,” has died. He ...

Bonanza premiered in 1959, and four largely unknown actors became television legends as the Cartwrights. Author David R. Greenland says the show’s appeal came from chemistry that grew into something ...

HAMPTON – Pernell Roberts, aka “Dap or “Pepper”, husband of Alethea Roberts, was called up to glory March 26, 2009, after a long illness. Born April 15, 1944, in Phoebus, to Bessie Mae and Sherman ...