Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers ( born April 7, 1933, Birmingham, Alabama ) is an American actor. In German-speaking Rogers was known in the television series M * A * S * H as a performer of Captain John Francis Xavier " Trapper " McIntyre.
Career
Rogers attended the Webb School in Bell Buckle in Bedford County, Tennessee. His university degree in history he made in 1954 at Princeton University. He then served in the U.S. Navy and worked in the 1960s in New York as a waiter and bouncer before he decided to become an actor. He was influenced by his friend Peter Falk, the future star of the series Columbo, with whom he shared an apartment. He had in the television series Stagecoach West in which he played the cowboy Luke Perry His first leading role. There were a few movies before 1972 he was cast as Captain McIntyre for M * A * S * H. He went there expecting to be the star of the series. As was shown in the episode that his colleague Alan Alda as Captain " Hawkeye " Pierce moved more and more into the focus of the series, Rogers left after three seasons of the series on his own request. After reports of his M * A * S * H Larry Linville colleagues, also played a role that Rogers with financial transactions already earned a lot more money than the work as an actor. The main role in the spin -off series Trapper John, MD he refused.
Financial Advice
When some of his friends lost in the 70s a lot of money through financial speculation, Rogers began to increasingly interested in investment strategies. He founded the financial advisory firm Wayne Rogers & Co., with whom he discussed, among other things Falk and James Caan. He is very successful as a businessman and as a Vice - President of Swifty Serve, a supermarket chain with more than 500 stores, produced several successful films and stage plays and has its own vineyard. He is regularly seen at Cashin ' in on Fox News, where he gives investment advice.
Private life
From 1960 to 1983 Wayne Rogers was married to actress Mitzi Mcwhorter, with whom he has two children. Since 1988 he has been married to his second wife, the TV producer Amy Hirsh.