Gil Rogers | |
---|---|
Born | John Veach Rogers Jr. February 4, 1934 |
Died | March 2, 2021 | (aged 87)
Education | Transylvania University |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1960–2010 |
Spouses | Juliet Ribet
(
m. 1964;
div. 1969)Margaret Hall
(
m. 1970; died 2015) |
Children | 1 |
Gil Rogers (born John Veach Rogers Jr.; February 4, 1934 – March 2, 2021) was an American actor.
Rogers was born John Veach Rogers Jr. [1]
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]
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]
His film roles include Eddie Macon's Run, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings and the cult horror film The Children. [3] [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]
Rogers died in his sleep at his daughter's residence in Encinitas, California, [8] on March 2, 2021, at the age of 87. [9]
Mr Percell. “Leave It To Beaver “ (12/17/1960)
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