Editing Wayne Rogers (section)

==Career==
===Early career===
Rogers appeared on television in both dramas and sitcoms such as ''[[The Invaders]],'' ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]],'' ''[[Combat!]],'' ''[[Gunsmoke]],'' ''[[Have Gun Will Travel]],'' ''[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted Dead or Alive]],'' ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]],'' and ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]],'' and had a small supporting role in the 1967 movie ''[[Cool Hand Luke]].'' He also appeared on ''[[The Big Valley]]'' in 1968.

He played Slim Davis on the soap opera ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' in 1959. He also played a role in ''[[Odds Against Tomorrow]],'' which was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] in 1960 as Best Film Promoting International Understanding. He guest starred on an episode of the CBS western ''[[Johnny Ringo (TV series)|Johnny Ringo]].''

Rogers co-starred with [[Robert Bray]] and [[Richard Eyer]] in the western series ''[[Stagecoach West (TV series)|Stagecoach West]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from 1960 to 1961.

Rogers was cast as [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] Lieutenant [[Richard Henry Pratt]] in 1965 in ''[[Death Valley Days]].''

He appeared on the ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' episode "Call Unicorn" in 1971.

=== ''M*A*S*H'' (1972–1975) ===
When Rogers was approached for ''M*A*S*H,'' he planned to audition for the role of Hawkeye Pierce. He found the character too cynical, however, and asked to screen test as Trapper John, whose outlook was brighter. Rogers was told that Trapper and Hawkeye would have equal importance as characters. That changed after [[Alan Alda]], whose acting career and résumé up to that point had outshone that of Rogers, was cast as Hawkeye and proved to be more popular with the audience. Rogers enjoyed working with Alda and the rest of the cast as a whole (Alda and Rogers quickly became close friends), but eventually chafed that the writers were devoting the show's best humorous and dramatic moments to Alda.{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}} 

When the writers took the liberty of making Hawkeye a [[thoracic surgery|thoracic surgeon]] in the episode "[[Dear Dad]]" (December 17, 1972), even though Trapper was the unit's only thoracic surgeon in the movie and the novel, Rogers felt Trapper had been stripped of his credentials. He decided to leave the show between production of the third and fourth seasons, making his last on-screen appearance in the episode [[Abyssinia, Henry]], which was also the final episode for fellow cast member [[McLean Stevenson]] who had portrayed Lieutenant Colonel [[Henry Blake (M*A*S*H)|Henry Blake]].{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}} 

On the ''M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion Television Special'' aired by Fox-TV in 2002, Rogers spoke on the differences between the Hawkeye and Trapper characters, saying, "Alan [Alda] and I both used to discuss ways on how to distinguish the differences between the two characters as to where there would be a variance.... My character [Trapper John McIntyre] was a little more impulsive [than Hawkeye]." Rogers considerably reduced his Alabama accent for the character of Trapper.<ref>Comments made by Rogers on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]].''</ref>

He succeeded [[Elliott Gould]], who had played the character in the [[Robert Altman]] movie [[MASH (film)|''MASH'']], and was himself succeeded by [[Pernell Roberts]] on the ''M*A*S*H'' spin-off ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' After three seasons, Rogers left the show after a contract dispute with the producers.

===Post-''M*A*S*H'' work ===
After leaving ''M*A*S*H'', Rogers appeared as an FBI agent in the 1975 NBC-TV movie ''[[Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan]],'' as Michael Stone in the 1980 miniseries ''Top of the Hill'', and as [[civil rights]] attorney [[Morris Dees]] in 1996's ''[[Ghosts of Mississippi]].'' He also starred in the short-lived 1976 period detective series ''[[City of Angels (1976 TV series)|City of Angels]]'' and the 1979–1982 CBS series ''[[House Calls (TV series)|House Calls]],'' first with [[Lynn Redgrave]] (both were nominated for Golden Globes in 1981, as best actor and best actress in TV comedy, but did not win) and then later with actress [[Sharon Gless]].  Rogers also appeared in the 1980s miniseries ''[[Chiefs (miniseries)|Chiefs]]''.

Rogers then was a guest star five times in a recurring role on CBS's ''[[Murder, She Wrote]].'' He has served as an executive producer and producer in both [[television producer|television]] and [[film producer|film]], and as a screenwriter, and a director.

Rogers also starred in several other movies. In 1981, he played the role of an [[art forger]] in [[Roger Vadim]]'s ''[[The Hot Touch]].'' Then, in the movie ''The Gig'' (1985), alongside [[Cleavon Little]], he was a jazz musician-hobbyist whose group has an opportunity to play a [[Catskill Mountains|Catskills]] resort and must confront failure. Also in 1985, he starred opposite [[Barbara Eden]] in the televised reunion movie ''[[I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later]]'' based on the 1960s situation comedy ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]].'' Rogers took on the role of Major Tony Nelson, which was originally portrayed by [[Larry Hagman]] in the television series when Hagman was unavailable to reprise the character he had originated. In 1986, Rogers hosted the short-lived CBS television series ''[[High Risk (TV series)|High Risk]]''. He also starred as Walter Duncan in the 1987 movie ''Race Against the Harvest.''
In 1990, Rogers co-starred with [[Connie Selleca]] in the CBS made-for-television movie ''Miracle Landing'' based on the true story of the 1988 [[Aloha Airlines Flight 243]] crash landing after an explosive cabin depressurization.

===Financial career===
Rogers began to test the stock and real estate markets during his tenure as a ''M*A*S*H'' cast member and became a successful [[money manager]] and investor. In 1988 and 1990, he appeared before the [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary]] as an expert witness, testifying in favor of retaining the banking laws enacted under the [[Glass–Steagall Legislation]] act of 1933.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/wayne-rogers-trapper-john-on-mash-dies-at-82/2015/12/31/b5681704-b02a-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101040454/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/wayne-rogers-trapper-john-on-mash-dies-at-82/2015/12/31/b5681704-b02a-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2016|title=Wayne Rogers, Trapper John on 'M.A.S.H.,' dies at 82|author=Andrew Dalton – AP|date=January 1, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> He appeared regularly as a panel member on the [[Fox Business Network]] cable TV stocks investment/stocks news program ''Cashin' In,'' hosted since 2013 by [[Fox News]] anchor [[Eric Bolling]]. In August 2006, Rogers was elected to the board of directors of [[Vishay Intertechnology|Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://people.forbes.com/profile/wayne-m-rogers/94094| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100515204535/http://people.forbes.com/profile/wayne-m-rogers/94094| url-status = dead| archive-date = May 15, 2010| title = Wayne M. Rogers Profile&| work = [[Forbes]]| access-date=May 2, 2010}}</ref> a [[Fortune 1000]] manufacturer of [[semiconductor]]s and [[electronic component]]s. He was also the head of Wayne Rogers & Co., a stock trading investment corporation.

On April 23, 2012, Rogers signed as the new spokesman for Senior Home Loans, a direct [[reverse mortgage]] lender headquartered in [[Long Island]], New York.

=== Awards ===
Rogers received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title='M-A-S-H' star Wayne Rogers gets star on Hollywood walk of fame |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-12-13-rogers_x.htm |date=December 13, 2005 |access-date=August 15, 2009 |agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>