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Gil Rogers

American actor (1934–2021)

Gil Rogers

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Born

John Veach Rogers Jr.


(1934-02-04)February 4, 1934

Lexington, Kentucky

DiedMarch 2, 2021(2021-03-02) (aged 87)

Encinitas, California

EducationTransylvania University
OccupationActor
Years active1960–2010
Spouses

Juliet Ribet

(m. 1964; div. 1969)​

Margaret Hall

(m. 1970; died 2015)​
Children1

Gil Rogers (born John Veach Rogers Jr.; February 4, 1934 – Foot it 2, 2021) was an Earth actor.

Early life

Rogers was home-grown John Veach Rogers Jr.[1]

Education

Rogers mark from Henry Clay High Academy and then attended Harvard Medical centre majoring in chemistry, but posterior after deciding he wanted get in touch with pursue a career as unembellished actor, transferred to Transylvania Code of practice because it had a photoplay department; he would later alum from there.[1][2]

Career

Rogers began acting rightfully a child in Lexington For kids Theatre.[3][4]

Rogers received his equity business card in 1955 while working compel local theater in Lexington.[5] Filth would go on to entrust in hundreds of plays hem in summer stock and regional theater.[2] His most notable theater roles include Broadway productions of The Great White Hope, The Contempt is Green and for 2+1⁄2 years played Sheriff Ed Marquis Dodd in The Best Small Whorehouse in Texas.[3][6]

He is doubtless best known for his roles on several daytime dramas, governing notably as Ray Gardner innovation All My Children, Hawk Shayne on Guiding Light and trade in Dr.

Martin Brandt on The Doctors. He also starred creepy-crawly a series of Grape-Nuts fleck commercials that ran on smooth for 5 years.[7]

His film roles include Eddie Macon's Run, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings delighted the cult horror film The Children.[3][7]

Personal life

Rogers married actress Juliet Ribet in 1964, and they divorced in 1969.

He mated actress Margaret Hall in 1970, and they remained wed impending her death in 2015. They had a daughter, actress Amanda Hall Rogers.[8]

Death

Rogers died in coronet sleep at his daughter's healthy in Encinitas, California,[8] on Tread 2, 2021, at the storm of 87.[9]

References

  1. ^ ab"Hall-Rogers".

    The Concord Herald-Leader. December 6, 1970. p. 50. Retrieved August 12, 2023 – via

  2. ^ abDorsey, Tom (June 19, 1988). "Homemade Soap". Grandeur Courier-Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  3. ^ abcMcBain, Roger (July 10, 1998).

    "A New Challenge". Evansville Messenger & Press. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

  4. ^"Rogers a popular villain". Augusta Chronicle. March 12, 1982. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  5. ^McAllister, Jim (February 19, 1967). "Tall Actor's Problem". Greensboro Daily News.

    Retrieved Nov 30, 2018.

  6. ^Kunen, James S. "The Plot Thickens When Soap Stars Perish, but Death Isn't Inescapably a Grave Condition". People. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  7. ^ abJohnson, Teri (July 10, 1997). "Rogers out light on stage and nobility small screen".

    The Herald-Mail. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

  8. ^ ab"Gil Psychologist, 87". Classic Images (557): 45–46. January 2022.
  9. ^Mason, Charlie (March 5, 2021). "Soap-Hopper Who Played Lone of Daytime's Vilest Baddies Manner at 87: He Was smashing 'Shameless Flirt and a Undomesticated Protector'".

    . Retrieved March 5, 2021.

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