- Adam Cartwright
Adam Cartwright is a
fictional character : the oldest child ofBen Cartwright on the1960 s television show "Bonanza ". Adam Cartwright was played byPernell Roberts .The character Adam Cartwright was born in 1830, the first son of
Ben Cartwright and Elizabeth Cartwright inNew England . Adam is the oldest Cartwright son, the only to attend college. He became an engineer/architect and built the Ponderosa ranch house as well as some Nevada mines.When Pernell Roberts left the show in 1965, it was explained briefly that Adam left the Ponderosa to become a seaman (a profession held by his maternal grandfather and once held by his father. Adam would later have a son named A.C. who would appear in the 1995 "Bonanza" TV movies "Bonanza: The Return", and "".
Adam was portrayed as a young man by
Matthew Carmody in theprequel television series "Ponderosa", which ran for twenty episodes in 2001-02 (and available on DVD).External links
* [http://bonanza1.com/adam/ Adam at Bonanza1.com]
* [http://ponderosascenery.homestead.com/files/castbios/adam.html Adam at PonderosaScenery.Homestead.com]ee also
*
Bonanza
*Pernell Roberts
*1959 in television
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