Rogers graduated from Henry Clay High School and then attended Harvard University majoring in chemistry, but later after deciding he wanted to pursue a career as an actor, transferred to Transylvania University because it had a drama department; he would later graduate from there.[1][2]
Career
Rogers began acting as a child in Lexington Children's Theatre.[3][4]
Rogers received his equity card in 1955 while working in local theater in Lexington.[5] He would go on to perform in hundreds of plays in summer stock and regional theater.[2] His most notable theater roles include Broadway productions of The Great White Hope, The Corn is Green and for 2+1⁄2 years played Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.[3][6]
He is perhaps best known for his roles on several daytime dramas, most notably as Ray Gardner on All My Children and Hawk Shayne on Guiding Light.[3] He also starred in a series of Grape-Nuts cereal commercials that ran on television for 5 years.[7]
Rogers married actress Juliet Ribet in 1964, and they divorced in 1969. He married actress Margaret Hall in 1970, and they remained wed until her death in 2015. They had a daughter, actress Amanda Hall Rogers.[8]
Death
Rogers died in his sleep at his daughter's residence in Encinitas, California,[8] on March 2, 2021, at the age of 87.[9]
Filmography
Mr Percell. “Leave It To Beaver “ (12/17/1960)
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References
^ ab"Hall-Rogers". The Lexington Herald-Leader. December 6, 1970. p. 50. Retrieved August 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abDorsey, Tom (June 19, 1988). "Homemade Soap". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ abcdMcBain, Roger (July 10, 1998). "A New Challenge". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved November 30, 2018.