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Pernell Roberts

1928 - 2010

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Pernell Elven Roberts Jr. (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) was an American stage, film, and television actor, activist, and singer. In addition to guest-starring in over 60 television series, he was best known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son Adam Cartwright on the Western television series Bonanza (1959–1965), and as chief surgeon John McIntyre, the title character on Trapper John, M.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pernell Roberts has received more than 5,027,855 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Pernell Roberts is the 2,188th most popular actor (up from 2,589th in 2019), the 3,523rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,148th in 2019) and the 1,009th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pernell Roberts ranks 2,188 out of 13,578. Before him are Henri Vidal, Mickey Hargitay, Vlastimil Brodský, Petr Shelokhonov, Aaron Paul, and Wayne Knight. After him are Tom Courtenay, Kitten Natividad, James Tien, Alicia Silverstone, Fan Bingbing, and Irene Dunne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Pernell Roberts ranks 225. Before him are Willy Mairesse, Saw Maung, Leonid Bykov, Luigi Colani, Anatoly Filipchenko, and Jörg Demus. After him are Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Rosemary Clooney, Eric Dolphy, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Ara Güler, and Vitaliy Masol. Among people deceased in 2010, Pernell Roberts ranks 138. Before him are Paul Augustin Mayer, Per Oscarsson, Manute Bol, Tony Judt, Shmuel Eisenstadt, and Hajo Herrmann. After him are Abraham Sutzkever, Leonid Kizim, Bogdan Bogdanović, Girija Prasad Koirala, Sinan Hasani, and Cesare Siepi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pernell Roberts ranks 3,523 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Taylor Still (1828), James Forrestal (1892), Aaron Paul (1979), Rufus Wainwright (1973), John Zerzan (1943), and Wayne Knight (1955). After him are Maria Tallchief (1925), Louis Farrakhan (1933), Jim Simons (1938), Walter Cronkite (1916), Alicia Silverstone (1976), and Steve Lukather (1957).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Pernell Roberts ranks 1,009. Before him are Walter Koenig (1936), Howard Keel (1919), Timothée Chalamet (1995), Stephen Baldwin (1966), Aaron Paul (1979), and Wayne Knight (1955). After him are Alicia Silverstone (1976), Irene Dunne (1898), Tony Goldwyn (1960), Richard Beymer (1938), Paul Gleason (1939), and René Auberjonois (1940).

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