Background
Rogers, Paul was born on March 22, 1917 in Plympton, Devon. Son of Edwin and Dulcie Myrtle Rogers.
Rogers, Paul was born on March 22, 1917 in Plympton, Devon. Son of Edwin and Dulcie Myrtle Rogers.
Newton Abbot Grammar School, Devon and Michael Chekhov Theatre Studio.
The Merchant of Venice 1952, The Confidential Clerk 1953, Macbeth 1954, The Taming of the Shrew; toured Australia as Hamlet 1957; The Elder Statesman 1958, King Lear 1958, Mr. Fox of Venice 1959, The Merry Wives of Windsor 1959, A Winter’s Tale 1959, One More River 1959, JB 61, Photo Finish 1962, The Seagull 1964, Season of Goodwill 1964, The Homecoming 1965, 1968, "iimon of Athens (Stratford) 1965, The Government Inspector 1966, Henry -IV (Stratford) 1966, Plaza Suite 1969, The Happy Apple 1970, Sleuth (London 1970, New York 1971), Othello (Old Vic) 1974, Heartbreak House (National Theatre) 1975, The Marrying of Ann Leete (Aldwych) 1975, The Return of A. J. Raffles (Aldwych) 1975, The Zykovs (Aldwych) 1976, Volpone, The Madras House (National Theatre) 1977, Half Life (National Theatre), Eclipse (Royal Court Theatre) 1978, Merchant of Venice (Birmingham Repertory Company) 1979, You Never Can Tell (Lyric, Hammersmith) 1979, The Dresser (New York) 1981-1982, The Importance of Being Earnest (National Theatre) 1982, A Kind of Alaska (National Theatre) 1982, The Applecart (Haymarket) 1986, Danger: Memory! 1986, King Lear 1989. Films include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1968, The Looking-Glass War 1969, The Reckoning 1969, The Homecoming 1973, The Abdication 1975, Mr. Quilp 1975. television film: Porterhouse Blue 1986.Inspector 1966, Henry -IV (Stratford) 1966, Plaza Suite 1969, The Happy Apple 1970, Sleuth (London 1970, New York 1971), Othello (Old Vic) 1974, Heartbreak House (National Theatre) 1975, The Marrying of Ann Leete (Aldwych) 1975, The Return of A. J. Raffles (Aldwych) 1975, The Zykovs (Aldwych) 1976, Volpone, The Madras House (National Theatre) 1977, Half Life (National Theatre), Eclipse (Royal Court Theatre) 1978, Merchant of Venice (Birmingham Repertory Company) 1979, You Never Can Tell (Lyric, Hammersmith) 1979, The Dresser (New York) 1981-1982, The Importance of Being Earnest (National Theatre) 1982, A Kind of Alaska (National Theatre) 1982, The Applecart (Haymarket) 1986, Danger: Memory! 1986, King Lear 1989.
Rogers was a long-serving member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Married 1st Jocelyn Wynne in 1939 (divorced in 1955), two son. Married 2nd Rosalind Boxall in 1955, two daughter.