Gil Rogers


Gil Rogers is an American actor.

Early life

On February 4, 1934, Rogers was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky as John Veach Rogers Jr.

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 and would later graduate from there.

Career

Rogers began acting as a child in Lexington Children's Theatre.
Rogers received his equity card in 1955 while working in local theater in Lexington. He would go on to perform in hundreds of plays in summer stock and regional theater. His most notable theater roles include Broadway productions of The Great White Hope, The Corn is Green and for 2 1/2 years played Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
He is perhaps best known for his roles on several daytime dramas, most notably as Ray Gardner on All My Children and Hawk Shayne on Guiding Light. He also starred in a series of Grape-Nuts cereal commercials as that ran on television for 5 years.
His film roles include Eddie Macon's Run, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings and the cult horror film The Children.

Filmography