Charles Rogers

Charles Rogers
in the film Wings (1927)
Born	Charles Edward Rogers August 13, 1904(1904-08-13) Olathe, Kansas, U.S.
Died	April 21, 1999 (aged 94) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Occupation	actor
Spouse(s)	Mary Pickford (m. 1937–1979) «start: (1937)–end+1: (1980)»"Marriage: Mary Pickford to Charles Rogers (actor)" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rogers_(actor)) her death Beverly Ricondo (m. 1981–1999) «start: (1981)–end+1: (2000)»"Marriage: Beverly Ricondo to Charles Rogers (actor)" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rogers_(actor)) his death

Charles Edward “Buddy” Rogers (13 August 1904 – 21 April 1999) was an American actor and jazz musician.

Life and career

Early years

At the 1988 Academy Awards

Rogers was born to Maude and Bert Henry Rogers in Olathe, Kansas. He studied at the University of Kansas where he became an active member of Phi Kappa Psi. In the mid-1920s he began acting professionally in Hollywood films. A talented trombonist skilled on several other musical instruments, Rogers performed with his own jazz band in motion pictures and on radio. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy as a flight training instructor.

Career

Nicknamed "Buddy", his most remembered performance in film was opposite Clara Bow in the 1927 Academy Award winning Wings, the first film ever honored as "Best Picture."

Respected by his peers for his work in film and for his humanitarianism, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored Rogers in 1986 with The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Charles "Buddy" Rogers has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 141 Hollywood Blvd.

A longtime resident and benefactor of California's Coachella Valley, Rogers was honored by having a children's symphony orchestra he and second wife, Beverley Ricondo, a real estate agent he married in 1981, helped found named after him. A street in Cathedral City, California is named after him as well.

UCLA Film and Television Archive has the only existing film negatives of his film Close Harmony (1929). Considered by film historians as one the most sought-after Rogers films, scenes from the movie are scheduled for screening at the non-profit film festival, the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in September 2008.

Personal life

In 1937, Rogers became the third husband of silent film legend Mary Pickford, a woman twelve years his senior. The couple had two children—Roxanne (born 1944, adopted in 1944) and Ronald Charles (born 1937, adopted in 1943)—and remained married for 42 years until Pickford's death in 1979.

Rogers died in Rancho Mirage, California in 1999 at the age of 94 of natural causes, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cathedral City near Palm Springs, California.

Filmography

Discography

• February 27, 1930 & March 4, 1930
• (I'd Like To be) A Bee In Your Boudoir/My Future Just Passed (Columbia 2193-D)

• March 4, 1930
• Any Time's the Time To Fall In Love/(Up On Top Of A Rainbow) Sweepin' The Clouds Away (Columbia 2143-D)

as Buddy Rogers and his California Cavaliers

• April 18, 1932
• You Fascinate Me/Hello,Gorgeous (Victor 24001)

• May 11, 1932
• In My Hideaway/Happy-Go-Lucky You (And Broken-Hearted Me) (Victor 24015)

• May 18, 1932
• I Beg Your Pardon, Mademoiselle/With My Sweetie In The Moonlight (Victor 24031)
• Please Handle With Care/Ask Yourself Who Loves You (Victor 24049)

as Buddy Rogers and his Famous Swing Band (vocals by Buddy Rogers, except # Bob Hannon, vocal or @ Joe Mooney, vocal, or $ Elizabeth Tilton, vocal)

• April 15, 1938
• Lovelight In The Starlight#/This Time It's Real# (Vocalion 4058)
• Moonshine Over Kentucky (v/BR)/Little Lady Make-Believe# (Vocalion 4071)

• June 29, 1938
• Figaro#/Meet The Beat Of My Heart# (Vocalion 4227)
• Happy As A Lark (v/BR)/The Sunny Side Of Things@ (Vocalion 4240)

• September 17, 1938
• You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's Too)$/While A Cigarette Was Burning$ (Vocalion 4408)
• This Is Madness (To Love Like This)#/Raindow 'Round The Moon (instrumental) (Vocalion 4422)

References

• "Charles Rogers Biography". filmreference. 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/84/Charles-Rogers.html. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Charles Rogers

• Charles Rogers at Find a Grave
• Charles Rogers at the Internet Broadway Database
• Charles Rogers at the Internet Movie Database
• Photographs and bibliography