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17. Juni 2021 · Drei Ehen von Roberts wurden geschieden. Seine erste Ehefrau, Vera Mowry, brachte einen Sohn, Jonathan Christopher, zur Welt. Den einzigen Sohn verlor der Schauspieler im Jahr 1989 im Alter von 37 Jahren starb, als er um sein Leben während eines Motorradunfalls gekommen ist. Über den Unfall selbst liegen nur wenige Informationen vor.
14. Juni 2019 · Vera gave birth to their son Jonathan Christopher Roberts in 1951, and two years later Pernell moved to New York, by that time they had already separated, but officially got divorced in 1959.
4. Dez. 2023 · Jonathan Christopher Roberts was the only child of Pernell Roberts, the actor best known for Bonanza and Trapper John, M.D. He died in a motorcycle accident at 38, leaving his father heartbroken.
- Early years
- Early career
- Later career
- Personal life
- Death
Best recalled as the eldest son and first member of the \"Bonanza\" Cartwright clan to permanently leave the Ponderosa in the hopes of greener acting pastures, dark, deep-voiced and durably handsome Pernell Roberts' native roots lay in Georgia. Born Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. on May 18, 1928, in North Carolina and moved to Waycross as an infant, he...
On stage from the early 1950s, he gained experience in such productions as \"The Adding Machine,\" \"The Firebrand\" and \"Faith of Our Fathers\" before spending a couple of years performing the classics with the renowned Arena Stage Company in Washington, DC. Productions there included \"The Taming of the Shrew\" (as Petruchio), \"The Playboy of t...
Pernell then headed for Hollywood and found minor roles in films before landing the pivotal role of Ben Cartwright's oldest and best-educated son Adam in the Bonanza (1959) series in 1959. The series made Roberts a bona fide TV star, while the program itself became the second longest-running TV western (after \"Gunsmoke\") and first to be filmed in...
The natural-born Georgia rebel was a heavily principled man and spent a life-time of work fighting racism, segregation, and sexism, notably on TV. He was constantly at odds with the \"Bonanza\" series writers of his concerns regarding equality. He also kept his private life private. Married and divorced three times, he had one son, Jonathan Christo...
Retiring in the late 1990s, Roberts was diagnosed with cancer in 2007 and died about two years later at age 81 on January 24, 2010, survived by fourth wife Eleanor Criswell. As such, the rugged actor, who never regretted leaving the \"Bonanza\" series, managed to outlive the entire Cartwright clan (Dan Blocker died in 1972; Lorne Greene in 1987); a...
- May 18, 1928
- January 24, 2010
Vera brachte 1951 ihren Sohn Jonathan Christopher Roberts zur Welt, und zwei Jahre später zog Pernell zu diesem Zeitpunkt nach New York bereits getrennt, wurde aber 1959 offiziell geschieden. Heute wäre Pernell Roberts 90.
Married and divorced three times, he had one son, Jonathan Christopher, by first wife Vera. Jonathan was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1989. In the 1990s, Pernell starred in his last series as host of FBI: The Untold Stories (1991). It had a short life-span. Retiring in the late 1990s, Roberts was diagnosed with cancer in 2007 and died about ...
When Jonathan Christopher Roberts was born on 19 October 1951, his father, Pernell Elven Roberts Jr., was 23 and his mother, Vera Mowry, was 37. He died on 29 April 1989, at the age of 37, and was buried in Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasant Hills, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
