Paul Rogers (actor)
Paul Rogers ( born March 22, 1917 in Plympton, Devon, † October 6, 2013 in London) was an award-winning British actor in film, television and theater. In his long career as an actor, he played 1951-1997 in over 70 roles in British theater and television productions, including films such as Beau Brummell, Our Man in Havana, Billy Budd, The Shoes of the Fisherman or 2 by 3 does not go.
Life and career
Paul Rogers, born 1917 in Plympton, Devon, studied drama in 1938 at Dartington Michael Chekhov. In 1949, he joined as a stage actor in the Old Vic Company, where he played numerous roles in Shakespeare plays, including that of the bottom or that of Sir John Falstaff. Among the highlights of his career is his performance as Max in Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming, 1967 staged for the Royal Shakespeare Company by Peter Hall to count, won the Paul Rogers the Tony Award for Best Actor. In addition, he played the role of an aging actor in Ronald Harwood's The Dresser in his first Broadway production.
His film career began in Rogers in 1951 with a small supporting role in George Hoellerings drama Murder in the Cathedral. This was followed in the 1950s, numerous distinctive supporting roles in British movies. Among other things, he was seen in such films as To paradise condemned by Muriel Box, in the drama Svengali director Noel Langley, in Curtis Bernhardt's Costume Beau Brummell film or in Carol Reed's spy film Our Man in Havana alongside Alec Guinness.
In the 1960s, he had screen appearances in Ken Hughes Oscar Wilde Biography The man with the green carnation, in Ralph Thomas Drama And tomorrow everything in Peter Ustinov's film adaptation of Herman Melville's classic Billy Budd, in Daniel Petrie's drama The happiness in his poor, in Charles Crichton's thriller Who rides a Tiger, in Michael Anderson's historical film the Shoes of the fisherman, or in the drama 2 by 3 is not directed by Peter Hall.
In the 1970s and 1980s, his movie appearances were rare. 1974 saw him among others in the musical Lost in the Stars by director Daniel Mann or in Anthony Harvey historical drama Christina - Between throne and love alongside Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann and Cyril Cusack.
In 1955, Paul Rogers had also turned to British television and played in episodes of successful series. Among his appearances in the new medium Tales from Soho (1956 ), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre ( 1956-1958 ), secret mission for John Drake ( 1961), Thursday Theatre ( 1965), Public Eye (1972 ), Little Lord Fauntleroy ( 1976), Rumpole of the Bailey ( 1979), Struggle (1983 /84), Police Rescue - Dangerous use (1991-1993 ) and Kavanagh QC (1995).
In 1997 he ended his film career with a small guest role in Gillian Armstrong's romantic drama Oscar and Lucinda.
His biography of Paul Rogers author Audrey Williamson was published in 1957. Rogers married after his divorce from Muriel Jocelyn Maire Wynne in 1955 Rosalind Mary Boxall. The marriage lasted until her death in 2004. The couple had two children.
Paul Rogers died on October 6, 2013 at the age of 96 years in London.