{{Short description|American actor (1934–2021)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Gil Rogers | image = Gil_Rogers_in_The_Children_1980.jpg | alt = | caption = Gil Rogers in The Children in 1980 | birth_name = John Veach Rogers Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|02|04}} | birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. | death_place = Encinitas, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|03|02|1934|2|4}} | other_names = | education = Transylvania University | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1960–2010 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Juliet Ribet|1964|1969|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Margaret Hall|1970|2015|end=died}} }} | children = 1 | partner = | website = }}
'''Gil Rogers''' (born '''John Veach Rogers Jr.'''; February 4, 1934 – March 2, 2021) was an American television actor.
== Early life == Rogers was born John Veach Rogers Jr.<ref name="LH">{{cite news |title=Hall-Rogers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/129883759/ |access-date=August 12, 2023 |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |date=December 6, 1970 |page=50|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>
== Education == 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.<ref name="LH"/><ref name="TCJ">{{cite news |last1=Dorsey |first1=Tom |title=Homemade Soap |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30282376/ |accessdate=21 April 2019 |publisher=The Courier-Journal |date=19 June 1988}}</ref>
== Career == Rogers began acting as a child in Lexington Children's Theatre.<ref name="ECP">{{cite news |last1=McBain |first1=Roger |title=A New Challenge |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0D3AD1B2083D2FE0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EAE4E1B82900B35 |accessdate=November 30, 2018 |publisher=Evansville Courier & Press |date=July 10, 1998 }}</ref><ref name="AC">{{cite news |title=Rogers a popular villain |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0D3AD1B2083D2FE0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A1252FEAF2D2D3A44%2540EANX-K12-128E5BE4B66CBF37%25402445041-128E5BE5004BC3DE%254059-128E5BE5004BC3DE%2540/hlterms%3A |accessdate=November 30, 2018 |work=Augusta Chronicle |date=March 12, 1982}}</ref>
Rogers received his equity card in 1955 while working in local theater in Lexington.<ref name="GDN">{{cite news |last1=McAllister |first1=Jim |title=Tall Actor's Problem |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0D3AD1B2083D2FE0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A11EA68DA9EC1533C%2540EANX-K12-14A9D32EEDBF39A7%25402439541-14A1065B0ACD2508%254043-14A1065B0ACD2508%2540/hlterms%3A |accessdate=November 30, 2018 |publisher=Greensboro Daily News |date=February 19, 1967}}</ref> He would go on to perform in hundreds of plays in summer stock and regional theater.<ref name="TCJ"/> His most notable theater roles include Broadway productions of ''The Great White Hope'', ''The Corn is Green'' and for {{frac|2|1|2}} years played Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd in ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas''.<ref name="ECP"/><ref name="people">{{cite web |last1=Kunen |first1=James S. |title=The Plot Thickens When Soap Stars Perish, but Death Isn't Necessarily a Grave Condition |url=https://people.com/archive/the-plot-thickens-when-soap-stars-perish-but-death-isnt-necessarily-a-grave-condition-vol-19-no-11/ |website=People |accessdate=November 30, 2018 }}</ref>
He is perhaps best known for his roles on several daytime dramas, most notably as Ray Gardner on ''All My Children'', Hawk Shayne on ''Guiding Light'' and as Dr. Martin Brandt on ''The Doctors''. He also starred in a series of Grape-Nuts cereal commercials that ran on television for 5 years.<ref name="THM">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Teri |title=Rogers a light on stage and the small screen |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0D3AD1B2083D2FE0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F139C2CF2DB8764D0 |accessdate=November 30, 2018 |work=The Herald-Mail |date=July 10, 1997}}</ref>
His film roles include ''Eddie Macon's Run'', ''W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings'' and the cult horror film ''The Children''.<ref name="ECP"/><ref name="THM"/>
== Personal life == 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.<ref name="ci" />
== Death == Rogers died in his sleep at his daughter's residence in Encinitas, California,<ref name=ci>{{cite journal |title=Gil Rogers, 87 |journal=Classic Images |date=January 2022 |issue=557 |pages=45–46}}</ref> on March 2, 2021, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Charlie |title=Soap-Hopper Who Played One of Daytime's Vilest Baddies Dead at 87: He Was a 'Shameless Flirt and a Fierce Protector' |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/593608/soap-star-dead-gil-rogers-all-my-children-guiding-light/ |website=Soaps.com |access-date=5 March 2021 |date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0736889|name=Gil Rogers}} *{{ibdb name|id=58203|name=Gil Rogers}}
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