Bonanza fans will of course remember original cast member "Adam Cartwright." Pernell Roberts played the architectural ...

Bonanza remains one of TV's all-time great Western series. It ran for 14 seasons, but it was sadly the death of one of the ...

Bonanza is second-longest-running western TV series in the United States, only behind Gunsmoke. The show follows the story of the Cartwright family, who lives in a Virginia City, Nevada and they ...

A REAL FAN BONANZA / Roped in by TV's Cartwright family, faithful viewers celebrate Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe on the Ponderosa By Anastasia Hendrix , Chronicle Staff Writer June 9, 2002 ...

Bonanza and its cast members quickly became a fan favorites when the show aired on September 12, 1959. One of NBC ‘s longest-running western TV series went on for 14 seasons and over 430 episodes.

Roberts became a star as Adam Cartwright, the heir apparent of the fictional Ponderosa ranch, a role he filled from the show’s debut in 1959 until 1965, when he left the cast despite the series ...

Roberts played the oldest Cartwright son, Adam, from 1959 to 1965. He chose to leave the show due to creative differences. Roberts told the Washington Post, "I was in the series for six years.I ...

From 1959 to 1973, he played Ben Cartwright, the patriarch of the "Bonanza" family whose sprawling, 1,000-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch was set in the high Sierra between Tahoe and Virginia City.