Rogers, Wayne 1933- (Juan Rogero, Wayne M. Rogers)

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Rogers, Wayne 1933- (Juan Rogero, Wayne M. Rogers)

PERSONAL

Full name, William Wayne McMillan Rogers III; born April 7, 1933, in Birmingham, AL; married Mitzi McWhorter (an actress), 1960 (divorced, 1983); married Amy Hirsh (an actress), December 8, 1988; children: (first marriage) Laura, Billy. Education: Princeton University, B.A., history, 1954; studied acting with Sanford Meisner; studied dance with Martha Graham, Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City.

Addresses:

Agent—Beacon Talent Agency, 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 727, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Actor, producer, and screenwriter. Appeared in television commercials for IBM Personal Computers; Fox News, expert guest correspondent, 2008; Stop-N-Save (a convenience food chain), managing director, c. 1983—; Wayne M. Rogers & Co., financier and CEO, 2000 Kleinfel bridal store, New York City, investor, 2005—; Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., member of board of directors, 2006—; also works in real estate. Military service: U.S. Navy.

Awards, Honors:

Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a TV-series—musical or comedy, 1981, for House Calls; TV Land Award nomination, classic television doctor of the year, 2003, for M*A*S*H; Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2005.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) Solider in bar, Odds Against Tomorrow, United Artists, 1959.

Lieutenant Mike Moyan, The Glory Guys, United Artists, 1965.

Sergeant Jim Albertson, Chamber of Horrors, Warner Bros., 1966.

Gambler, Cool Hand Luke, Warner Bros., 1967.

Calvin Minter, WUSA, Paramount, 1970.

Stretch Russell, Pocket Money, National General, 1972.

Michael Moore, Once in Paris …, Leigh and McLaughlin, 1978.

Danny Fairchild, Hot Touch (also known as Coup de maitre and Peter Dion), Transworld Entertainment, 1981.

Marty Flynn, The Gig, The Gig Company, 1985.

Jake Winslow, The Killing Time (also known as A Perfect Stranger), New World Pictures, 1987.

Ray Whitney, The Goodbye Bird, Worldvision Home Video, 1993.

Morris Dees, Ghosts of Mississippi (also known as Ghosts from the Past), Columbia, 1996.

Inspector Abberline, Love Lies Bleeding, TriPictures, 1999.

Charles Sullivan, Frozen with Fear, World International Network, 2000.

Business man, 3 Days of Rain, Cassian Elwes, 2000.

Coo Coo Cafe, 2000.

Gun Schnook, Nobody Knows Anything, Stargazer Entertainment, 2003.

Film Work:

Executive producer, Dr. Sex (also known as Dr. S- and Strange Loves of Dr. Sex), 1964.

Executive producer, Astro-Zombies (also known as Space Vampires and Space Zombies), Wizard Video, 1969.

Producer, Nobody Knows Anything!, Stargazer Entertainment, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Slim Davis, Search for Tomorrow, 1959.

Luke Perry, Stagecoach West, ABC, 1961.

Captain John Francis Xavier "Trapper John" McIntyre, M*A*S*H, CBS, 1972-75.

Jake Axminster, City of Angels, NBC, 1976.

Dr. Charley Michaels, House Calls, CBS, 1979-82.

Host, High Risk, CBS, 1988.

Host, AMC's Hollywood Report, AMC, 1995.

Also appeared in The Edge of Night.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Don Foster, Attack on Terror: The F.B.I. vs. the Klu Klux Klan (also known as Attack on Terror), CBS, 1975.

Michael Stone, The Top of the Hill, syndicated, 1980.

Will Henry Lee, Chiefs (also known as Once Upon a Murder), CBS, 1983.

Lowell Shipleigh, Bluegrass, CBS, 1988.

Raymond Schindler, Passion and Paradise, ABC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jake Axminster, The November Plan, NBC, 1976.

George Hatch, It Happened One Christmas, ABC, 1977.

Lou Plotkin, Having Babies II, ABC, 1977.

Vic Tannehill, Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery, NBC, 1978.

Alex Greer, He's Fired, She's Hired, CBS, 1984.

Craig Weston, The Lady from Yesterday, CBS, 1985.

Major Anthony Nelson, I Dream of Jeannie … 15 Years Later, NBC, 1985.

George Thrash, The Girl Who Spelled Freedom (also known as The Story of Linn Yann and Disney Sunday Movie), ABC, 1986.

Charlie Brennan, One Terrific Guy, CBS, 1986.

Walter Duncan, American Harvest (also known as Above the Fruited Plain, Golden Harvest, and Race Against the Harvest), CBS, 1987.

Jack Cromwell, Drop-Out Mother (also known as Goodbye, Supermom), CBS, 1988.

Bob Schornstheimer, Miracle Landing, CBS, 1990.

Dr. Marchant, Miracle Dogs, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Mitzi Zings Into Spring, 1977.

Circus of the Stars, 1977.

Circus of the Stars #5, 1980.

Making "M*A*S*H," 1981.

Host, Famous Lives, NBC, 1983.

We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala, CBS, 1987.

Host, Surviving a Heart Attack (also known as Lifetime Informathon), Lifetime, 1988.

Memories of M*A*S*H, CBS, 1991.

The 10th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame, The Disney Channel, 1994.

Host, Where Are They Now? Part II, CBS, 1996.

Alan Alda: More Than Mr. Nice Guy, Arts and Entertainment, 1997.

"I Dream of Jeannie …: The E! True Hollywood Story (documentary), 2000.

"TV Guide"'s Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 3, Fox, 2000.

"M*A*S*H": TV Tales, 2002.

"M*A*S*H": 30th Anniversary Reunion, Fox, 2002.

CBS at 75, CBS, 2003.

Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses, Comedy Central, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Tom Morey, "False Witness," Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon), CBS, 1959.

"The Lonely Gun," Zane Grey Theater (also known as Dick Powell's "Zane Grey Theater" and The Westerner), CBS, 1959.

Frank Anderson, "Full Circle," Law of the Plainsman (also known as The Westerners), 1959.

Deputy Billy Lordan, "Calculated Risk," Law of the Plainsman (also known as The Westerners), 1960.

Deputy Billy Lordan, "Dangerous Barriers," Law of the Plainsman (also known as The Westerners), 1960.

Ash Langford, "Angela," Wanted: Dead or Alive, CBS, 1960.

Allan Merrick, "Millionaire Sylvia Merrick," The Millionaire (also known as If You Had a Million), 1960.

Luke Perry, "The Unwanted," Stagecoach West, 1960.

Luke Perry, "The Storm," Stagecoach West, 1960.

Luke Perry, "The Marker," Stagecoach West, 1961.

Here's Hollywood, 1961.

Kenneth Redmond, "The Big Kick," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1962.

Brach, "Cody's Code," Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon), CBS, 1962.

John Bowers, "The Clocks," The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), 1962.

Daniel, "Debutante," Have Gun-Will Travel, 1963.

Tombs, "The Hunley," The Great Adventure, 1963.

"Run, Little Man, Run," Arrest and Trial, 1963.

Captain, "A Date for the Colonel's Daughter," Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., 1964.

Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt, "The Journey," Death Valley Days (also known as Call of the West, The Pioneers, Trails West, and Western Star Theater), 1965.

Stretch Morgan, "Taps for Old Jeb," Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon), CBS, 1965.

Jerry, the photographer, "Invitation to Limbo," Honey West, ABC, 1965.

"Boys Will Be Playboys," The Smothers Brothers Show, 1965.

Curley Beeman, "A Stranger to the House," The Long, Hot Summer, ABC, 1965.

Curley Beeman, "A Time to Die," The Long, Hot Summer, ABC, 1966.

Reiser, "The Gun," Combat!, ABC, 1966.

Logan Dupree, "The Tormentors," The F.B.I., ABC, 1966.

Fred Bragin, "The Chinese Sunset," The Fugitive, 1966.

Lieutenant Fredericks, "A Distant Cry," 12 O'Clock High, 1966.

Jim, "The Big Fifty," Shane, 1966.

Police lieutenant John Mattson, "The Spores," The Invaders, 1967.

Frank Rim, "The Legend of John Rim," The F.B.I., ABC, 1967.

Tyler Cary, "The Extortionist," The F.B.I., ABC, 1967.

George Peters, "The Ninth Man," The F.B.I., ABC, 1968.

Don Jarvis, "The Jonah," The Big Valley, ABC, 1968.

Lewis, "The Escape," Lancer, 1968.

Bryan Carlson, "The Traitor," The F.B.I., ABC, 1970.

Ronald Brimlow, "Deadfall," The F.B.I., ABC, 1971.

Jim Wade, "Superstition Rock," The F.B.I., ABC, 1971.

Steve, "Call Unicorn," Cannon, CBS, 1971.

District attorney Tom Yorba, "The View from the Top," Storefront Lawyers (also known as Men at Law), 1971.

Password, 1973.

Gil Atkens, "Echo of a Murder," Barnaby Jones, 1973.

Celebrity Bowling, 1975.

Cher, 1975.

The Mike Douglas Show, 1976.

The Sonny and Cher Show, 1976.

The Merv Griffin Show, 1976, 1977.

Dinah! (also known as Dinah! & Friends), 1977.

A Conversation with Dinah, TNN, 1989.

The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992.

Charlie Garrett, "Dead Eye," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1993.

Charlie Garrett, "Deadly Assets," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1994.

Charlie Garrett, "Fatal Paradise," Murder She Wrote, CBS, 1994.

Himself, "Hank's Divorce," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1994.

Charlie Garrett, "A Quaking in Aspen," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1995.

Charlie Garrett, "Deadly Bidding," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1995.

Dr. Kent Morrissey, "Physician, Murder Thyself," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997.

Hollywood Squares (also known as H2 and H2: Hollywood Squares), 1999.

"Barbara Eden: Out of the Bottle," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Cashin' In, Fox News, 2001.

"Casting and Character Creation," TV Land Confidential (also known as TV Land Confidential: The Untold Stories), TV Land, 2005.

"Writing, Rehearsing & Recording," TV Land Confidential (also known as TV Land Confidential: The Untold Stories), TV Land, 2005.

"Changing Times and Trends," TV Land Confidential (also known as TV Land Confidential: The Untold Stories), TV Land, 2005.

The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 2005, 2008.

"Finales," TV Land Confidential (also known as TV Land Confidential: The Untold Stories), TV Land, 2007.

Your World With Neil Cavuto, 2007.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T.), syndicated, 2007.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

AMC's Hollywood Report, AMC, 1995.

Television Producer; Movies:

Money Play$ (also known as Money Plays), The Movie Channel, 1997.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

Perfect Witness, HBO, 1989.

Age-Old Friends, HBO, 1989.

Night of Twisters, Family Channel, 1996.

Money Play$ (also known as Money Plays), The Movie Channel, 1997.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Officer Needs Assistance," House Calls, CBS, 1981.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in Misalliance; Bus Stop; Under the Yum Yum Tree.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As Juan Rogero) Dr. Sex (also known as Dr. S- and Strange Loves of Dr. Sex), 1964.

Astro-Zombies (also known as Space Vampires and Space Zombies), Wizard Video, 1969.

Television Episodes:

"Bye, Bye American Spy," House Calls, 1981.

"Alien Food," House Calls, 1982.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Fortune, October 6, 2003, p. 44.

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