Paul Rogers (actor)

English actor (1917–2013)

Paul Rogers

Paul Rogers (left) and Keith Baxter in the Broadway production of Sleuth (1971)

Born| (1917-03-22)22 March 1917

Plympton, Devon, England

Died| 6 October 2013(2013-10-06) (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.[1] He was the first winner of the BAFTA TV Award Best Actor in 1955 and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The Homecoming in 1967.

## Early life and career

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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 West End and Broadway productions, and won the 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

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Rogers was a long-serving member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His most notable performances with the Company included Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV parts 1 and 2.

His film appearances include Beau Brummel (1954), Our Man in Havana (1959), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), Billy Budd (1962), The Third Secret (1964), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), 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

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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

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* 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

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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.

## External links

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* Paul Rogers at IMDb
* Notice of Paul Rogers' death
* Obituary - Telegraph
* Obituary - New York Times

Awards for Paul Rogers

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BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor

1955–1975|

* Paul Rogers (1955)
* Peter Cushing (1956)
* Michael Gough (1957)
* Michael Hordern (1958)
* Donald Pleasence (1959)
* Patrick McGoohan (1960)
* Lee Montague (1961)
* Rupert Davies (1962)
* Harry H. Corbett (1963)
* Alan Badel (1964)
* Patrick Wymark (1965)
* Alan Badel (1966)
* Warren Mitchell (1967)
* Eric Porter (1968)
* Roy Dotrice (1969)
* Edward Woodward (1970)
* Keith Michell (1971)
* John Le Mesurier (1972)
* Anthony Hopkins (1973)
* Frank Finlay (1974)
* Peter Barkworth (1975)

1976–2000|

* John Hurt (1976)
* Derek Jacobi (1977)
* Peter Barkworth (1978)
* Edward Fox (1979)
* Alec Guinness (1980)
* Denholm Elliott (1981)
* Anthony Andrews (1982)
* Alec Guinness (1983)
* Alan Bates (1984)
* Tim Pigott-Smith (1985)
* Bob Peck (1986)
* Michael Gambon (1987)
* David Jason (1988)
* Ray McAnally (1989)
* John Thaw (1990)
* Ian Richardson (1991)
* Robert Lindsay (1992)
* John Thaw (1993)
* Robbie Coltrane (1994)
* Robbie Coltrane (1995)
* Robbie Coltrane (1996)
* Nigel Hawthorne (1997)
* Simon Russell Beale (1998)
* Tom Courtenay (1999)
* Michael Gambon (2000)

2001–present|

* Michael Gambon (2001)
* Michael Gambon (2002)
* Albert Finney (2003)
* Bill Nighy (2004)
* Rhys Ifans (2005)
* Mark Rylance (2006)
* Jim Broadbent (2007)
* Andrew Garfield (2008)
* Stephen Dillane (2009)
* Kenneth Branagh (2010)
* Daniel Rigby (2011)
* Dominic West (2012)
* Ben Whishaw (2013)
* Sean Harris (2014)
* Jason Watkins (2015)
* Mark Rylance (2016)
* Adeel Akhtar (2017)
* Sean Bean (2018)
* Benedict Cumberbatch (2019)
* Jared Harris (2020)
* Paul Mescal (2021)
* Sean Bean (2022)
* Ben Whishaw (2023)
* Timothy Spall (2024)

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Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play

1947–1975|

* José Ferrer / Fredric March (1947)
* Henry Fonda / Paul Kelly / Basil Rathbone (1948)
* Rex Harrison (1949)
* Sidney Blackmer (1950)
* Claude Rains (1951)
* José Ferrer (1952)
* Tom Ewell (1953)
* David Wayne (1954)
* Alfred Lunt (1955)
* Paul Muni (1956)
* Fredric March (1957)
* Ralph Bellamy (1958)
* Jason Robards Jr. (1959)
* Melvyn Douglas (1960)
* Zero Mostel (1961)
* Paul Scofield (1962)
* Arthur Hill (1963)
* Alec Guinness (1964)
* Walter Matthau (1965)
* Hal Holbrook (1966)
* Paul Rogers (1967)
* Martin Balsam (1968)
* James Earl Jones (1969)
* Fritz Weaver (1970)
* Brian Bedford (1971)
* Cliff Gorman (1972)
* Alan Bates (1973)
* Michael Moriarty (1974)
* John Kani and Winston Ntshona (1975)

1976–2000|

* John Wood (1976)
* Al Pacino (1977)
* Barnard Hughes (1978)
* Tom Conti (1979)
* John Rubinstein (1980)
* Ian McKellen (1981)
* Roger Rees (1982)
* Harvey Fierstein (1983)
* Jeremy Irons (1984)
* Derek Jacobi (1985)
* Judd Hirsch (1986)
* James Earl Jones (1987)
* Ron Silver (1988)
* Philip Bosco (1989)
* Robert Morse (1990)
* Nigel Hawthorne (1991)
* Judd Hirsch (1992)
* Ron Leibman (1993)
* Stephen Spinella (1994)
* Ralph Fiennes (1995)
* George Grizzard (1996)
* Christopher Plummer (1997)
* Anthony LaPaglia (1998)
* Brian Dennehy (1999)
* Stephen Dillane (2000)

2001–present|

* Richard Easton (2001)
* Alan Bates (2002)
* Brian Dennehy (2003)
* Jefferson Mays (2004)
* Bill Irwin (2005)
* Richard Griffiths (2006)
* Frank Langella (2007)
* Mark Rylance (2008)
* Geoffrey Rush (2009)
* Denzel Washington (2010)
* Mark Rylance (2011)
* James Corden (2012)
* Tracy Letts (2013)
* Bryan Cranston (2014)
* Alex Sharp (2015)
* Frank Langella (2016)
* Kevin Kline (2017)
* Andrew Garfield (2018)
* Bryan Cranston (2019)
* Andrew Burnap (2020/21)
* Simon Russell Beale (2022)
* Sean Hayes (2023)
* Jeremy Strong (2024)

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