Paul Rogers (actor)

Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers
	Paul Rogers (left) and Keith Baxter in the Broadway production of Sleuth (1971)
Born	22 March 1917; Plympton, Devon, England
Died	6 October 2013 (aged 96); London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932–1997
Spouses	; Muriel Jocelyn Maire Wynne (m. 1939; div. 1955) ; Rosalind Mary Boxall (m. 1955; died 2004)
Children	4

Paul Rogers (22 March 1917 – 6 October 2013) was an English actor of film, stage and television.

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The Homecoming

in 1967.

Early life and career

Paul Rogers was born in Plympton, Devon, and attended Newton Abbot Grammar School. He later trained at the Michael Chekhov Theatre Studio at Dartington Hall. From 1940 to 1946 he served in the Royal Navy during World War II, before returning to acting at the Bristol Old Vic.

He went on to appear in many

Tony for Best Actor for his role in Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming in 1967. He played the role of Sir in the first Broadway production of Ronald Harwood's play The Dresser.^[2]

Later career

Rogers was a long-serving member of the

Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV parts 1 and 2

.

His film appearances include

Three Into Two Won't Go (1969), The Looking Glass War (1970), The Homecoming (1973) and Oscar and Lucinda

(1997).

He also appeared frequently on television, in productions such as Romeo and Juliet on Producers' Showcase and Public Eye.

Personal life

Paul Rogers was married to Muriel Jocelyn Maire Wynne, by whom he had two children. His second marriage was to Rosalind Boxall, by whom he also had two children. He and Rosalind remained married until her death in 2004. He died in London in 2013, aged 96.

Selected filmography

Murder in the Cathedral
(1951)
The Beachcomber (1954) - Rev. Owen Jones
Beau Brummel (1954) - William Pitt
Svengali (1954) - Taffy
Our Man in Havana (1959) - Hubert Carter
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) - Frank Harris
A Circle of Deception
(1960) - Maj. William Spence
No Love for Johnnie (1961) - Sydney Johnson
The Mark (1961) - Roy Milne
The Pot Carriers (1962) - Governor
Life for Ruth (1962) - Counsel Hart Jacobs
The Wild and the Willing (1962) - Prof. George Chown
Billy Budd (1962) - Philip Seymour - First Lieutenant
Stolen Hours (1963) - Dr. Eric McKenzie
The Third Secret (1964) - Dr. Milton Gillen
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) - Supt. Taylor
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) - Chief Warder
The Shoes of the Fisherman
(1968) - Augustinian
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) - Bottom
Three Into Two Won't Go
(1969) - Jack Roberts
The Looking Glass War (1970) - Haldane
The Reckoning
(1970) - John Hazlitt
I Want What I Want (1972) - Mr. Waites
The Homecoming (1973) - Max
Lost in the Stars (1974) - James Jarvis
The Abdication (1974) - Altieri
Mister Quilp (1975) - Single Gent / Henry Trent
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984) - Hugo
Oscar and Lucinda (1997) - Gambling Steward (final film role)

References

^ The Independent obituary for Paul Rogers; accessed 10 October 2013.
^ "Paul Rogers, Shakespearean Actor and Tony Winner, Dies at 96". The New York Times. 14 October 2013.

External links

[1] The Independent obituary for Paul Rogers; accessed 10 October 2013.

[2] "Paul Rogers, Shakespearean Actor and Tony Winner, Dies at 96". The New York Times. 14 October 2013.

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