Trapper John and Bonanza star Pernell Roberts dies
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Trapper John and Bonanza star Pernell Roberts dies
http://www.popeater.com/2010/01/25/b...oberts-died%2F
I believe he was the last living member of the Bonanza cast. I mostly remember him from the Trapper John, M.D. series though.
I believe he was the last living member of the Bonanza cast. I mostly remember him from the Trapper John, M.D. series though.
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Re: Trapper John and Bonanza star Pernell Roberts dies
I enjoyed Trapper John MD. RIP.
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I just found out about this today. That's too bad. Bonanza really went downhill after he left (it wasn't bad, but it just wasn't as good as when he was on the show).
One by one all the actors I grew up watching are dying off. That's a shame.
R.I.P.
One by one all the actors I grew up watching are dying off. That's a shame.
R.I.P.
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Wow. Bonanza is now officially extinct. This makes me think of a comedy bit I heard on the radio a few years back where there were "advertising" a Bonanza reunion, and it was basically just Pernell walking in going, "Pa? Hoss? Little Joe? Helloooooo!"
RIP
RIP
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David Carny who played "Candy" on BONANZA is still alive.
Roberts had an excellent guest appearance on GUNSMOKE, "How to Kill a Woman".
R.I.P.
Roberts had an excellent guest appearance on GUNSMOKE, "How to Kill a Woman".
R.I.P.
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There is great irony in his passing the week his name was listed in entertainment weekly's 50 biggest television bombs.... #6 Premature exits (along with David Caruso & Shelly Long)
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"Dan Blocker, Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts
Dan Blocker, Dan Blocker, Dan Blocker, Dan Blocker."
Sadly another actor who I thought had passed away a couple decades ago.
Dan Blocker, Dan Blocker, Dan Blocker, Dan Blocker."
Sadly another actor who I thought had passed away a couple decades ago.
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Re: Trapper John and Bonanza star Pernell Roberts dies
And was he ever mentioned any later episodes like what he was doing?
Did the producers ever try to bring him back?
Last edited by wm lopez; 01-28-10 at 06:01 AM.
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I liked his version of Trapper John, much more than Wayne Rogers take.
I wonder if Hop Sing is still alive?
I wonder if Hop Sing is still alive?
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The remaining seasons would have been better if he had left after the fifth season and Williams was around as Will for the remaider of the show's run. But then we never would of had Williams as John Robinson on Lost in Space, which premiered the same year as Bonanza's sixth, which would have been the first with Will Cartwright.