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Tristan Rogers

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Tristan Rogers
Rogers in 1982
Born(1946-06-03)3 June 1946
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died15 August 2025(2025-08-15) (aged 79)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1970–2025
Spouses
Barbara Meale
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(m. 1974; div. 1984)​
Teresa Parkerson
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(m. 1995)​
Children2

Tristan Rogers (3 June 1946 – 15 August 2025) was an Australian actor. He was best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures' The Rescuers Down Under.

Early career

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Rogers was born in Melbourne.[1] His early acting roles were on Australian television and he completed short stints in soap operas Bellbird, Number 96 (in 1974), and The Box (in 1975). He was a regular in the police drama series The Link Men (1970) which lasted for 13 episodes, and had guest roles in programs including Barrier Reef, Division 4, and the 1976 miniseries Power Without Glory. He also appeared in a few British films in the early 1970s, notably Four Dimensions of Greta (1972), The Flesh and Blood Show (1972) and Sex Farm (1973).

United States roles

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General Hospital

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Rogers originally appeared on General Hospital from December 1980 until February 1992. The popularity and longevity of the character Robert Scorpio came as a result of his involvement with the monumentally popular "supercouple" Luke and Laura, whose 1981 wedding brought in 30 million viewers and remains the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.[2][3]

While Rogers' Scorpio had been "killed with no body found" when he left the series in 1992, Rogers returned briefly in 1995 as Scorpio's spirit to comfort the character's daughter Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough), who is dealing with the death of her boyfriend to an AIDS-related illness and is herself HIV-positive.[4] He returned again in January 2006 for six weeks, this time with Scorpio being very much alive. Rogers reappeared in April 2006 and left again that November.

From 5 August 2008 through 21 October 2008, Rogers reprised the role of Robert Scorpio on the second season of SOAPnet's General Hospital: Night Shift, a primetime spin-off of General Hospital which stars Scorpio's daughter Robin.[5][6] He was featured in 12 of the season's 14 episodes, and Soap Opera Digest named the appearance their "Best Return" of 2008.[7] Rogers later reappeared on General Hospital for four episodes starting 22 December 2008 as Scorpio attends Robin's wedding.[8][9]

Rogers returned to General Hospital as Robert Scorpio on 29 February 2012 after Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) called him back to Port Charles to tell him that their daughter Robin Scorpio-Drake had been killed in a lab accident. After seven episodes, he left again on 8 March 2012. Rogers expressed disappointment. He later returned to the series on 15 November 2012 but later departed on 18 December 2012 as his character was drugged into a coma. Rogers reprised the role on 4 October 2013 as part of his on-screen daughter's return. However, on 14 November 2013 it was announced that he would be departing the series to return to The Young and the Restless as Colin Atkinson. He made his last appearance on 30 January 2014.

Rogers returned to the series as Robert Scorpio on 17 December 2015 but he was also portraying Colin on Y&R at the same time. He later left the series on 2 February 2016, although he briefly returned from 26 August to 9 September in the same year.

Rogers returned to General Hospital in April 2018 for a story arc in which he aids Anna Devane who is trying to locate her long lost son Henrik Faison. Henrik is the unknown child that she bore in secret with Cesar Faison.[10] After leaving the show on 1 June 2018, he later returned yet again from 27 July to 12 September in the same year for another story arc where Anna and Finn go missing. He exited the role when Robert left Port Charles on November 12, 2024.[11] He made an unannounced two-day guest return, from 17 to 18 July 2025.[12][13]

The Young and the Restless

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Rogers returned to daytime television on 8 December 2010 when he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Colin Atkinson.[14] He was placed on contract with the show in February 2011. However, Rogers' character was written out of the series in October 2011. He returned to the role briefly in 2012.[15] In 2025, following Rogers' death, the serial announced his final television appearance (as Colin) aired on 26 August of that year.[16]

Other roles

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Rogers starred in the CINE award-winning short Opportunity Knocks for which there are plans to develop into a feature-length film. [clarification needed]

He voiced Jake the kangaroo mouse in The Rescuers Down Under, and also gave his voice to the 2015 video game, Mad Max.[17]

From 1997 to 1998, Rogers played bar owner Harry in Fast Track, a series about stock car racing which was filmed in Canada. Since 2010, Rogers starred on the soap opera web series The Bay as Lex Martin.[18] In 2019 he played Doc in the Amazon series, Studio City, a role that garnered him an Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Digital Drama Series at the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.[19]

Rogers also did voice-over work representing restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse,[20] Foster's Lager, Reebok, Epson and others.

Personal life

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In 1974, Roger married Barbara Meale. They couple divorced in 1984. Following the divorce, he briefly dated his General Hospital co-star Emma Samms.[21] Rogers married to Teresa Parkerson in May 1995. They had two children: a daughter Sara Jane (born 1992/3) and son (born 1996/7).[22]

Illness and death

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In July 2025, it was announced Rogers had been diagnosed with lung cancer.[23][24] He died in Palm Springs, California, on 15 August 2025.[1][25]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1972 Four Dimensions of Greta Hans Wiemer Feature film
1972 The Flesh and Blood Show Tony Weller Feature film
1973 Sex Farm Robert Waitman
1990 The Rescuers Down Under Jake Voice[26]
1992 Soulmates Richard Wayborn
1993 Night Eyes 3 Jim Stanton Feature film
2000 A Piece of Eden Victor Hardwick Feature film
2008 Delgo Nohrin Officer Voice[26]
2008 Jack Rio Morton the Gallery Owner Feature film
2009 Opportunity Knocks Death Short film
2010 Raven Ancient Priest
2011 The Los Angeles Ripper Singing Class Member

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1970 The Link Men Detective Constable Ray Gamble TV series
1970–71 Barrier Reef TV series
1974 Number 96 Cain Carmichael TV series
1975 The Box Peter Kendall TV series
1976 Power Without Glory TV miniseries
1977 Bellbird TV series
1980–1992, 1995, 2006, 2008, 2012–2016, 2018–2025 General Hospital Robert Scorpio TV series
1984 Cover Up Eric Ducane Episode: "Death in Vogue"
1989 Mancuso, F.B.I. Dennis Grant Episode: "Betrayal"
1994 Babylon 5 Malcolm Biggs Episode: "The War Prayer"
1996 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Hawkins Voice, episode: "Ndovu's Last Journey"[26]
1997–98 Fast Track Harry TV series
1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Stig Snowden Voice, episode: "Showdown"[26]
2000 Batman Beyond Simon Harper Voice, episode: "Sentries of the Last Cosmos"[26]
2008 General Hospital: Night Shift Robert Scorpio TV series
2010 The Bay Lex Martin Web series
2010–2012, 2014–2017, 2019, 2025 The Young and the Restless Colin Atkinson TV series
2019 Studio City Doc

Voiceover work

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Video games

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ziegler, Hannah (16 August 2025). "Tristan Rogers, General Hospital Actor, Dies at 79". The New York Times. United States. eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on 16 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. ^ Wolf, Buck. "Luke and Laura: Still the Ultimate TV Wedding." ABC.com 16 November 2006.
  3. ^ West, Abby. "Luke and Laura: 17 Great Soap Supercouples". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  4. ^ Matheson, Whitney. "Recalling some of TV's dearly departed." USAToday.com 31 August 2005.
  5. ^ Logan, Michael. "Soaps News: Tristan Rogers Checks Back into GH." TVGuide.com Archived 4 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine 18 June 2008.
  6. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly. "SoapNet renews Night Shift." The Hollywood Reporter. 27 May 2008.
  7. ^ "The Best & Worst of 2008". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 33. 16 December 2008. p. 73.
  8. ^ "Scorpio Returns to GH". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 33. 16 December 2008. p. 4.
  9. ^ "Comings and Goings: Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio)". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 33. 16 December 2008. p. 16.
  10. ^ "Twitter-Status". Tristan Rogers. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  11. ^ Levinsky, Mara (12 November 2024). "Exclusive: Emma Samms Is 'Enormously Grateful' for Robert and Holly's GH Happily Ever". Soap Opera Digest. United States: A360media. ISSN 0164-3584. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  12. ^ Eades, Chris (17 July 2025). "Tristan Rogers Makes Surprise Return to GH After Cancer Announcement". Soap Opera Digest. United States: A360media. ISSN 0164-3584. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  13. ^ Sloane, Stephanie (18 July 2025). "Inside Tristan Rogers' Surprise GH Return After Cancer Diagnosis". TV Insider. United States: Fandom, Inc. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Exclusive: Tristan Rogers Joins The Young and the Restless". TVGuide.com. 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  15. ^ "Colin Is Back!". Soaps in Depth. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  16. ^ Lewis, Errol (25 August 2025). "The Young and the Restless Announces Final Television Appearance for Late Actor Tristan Rogers". United States: Soap Opera Network. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  17. ^ Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
  18. ^ Logan, Michael (18 February 2011). "Exclusive: Online Soap The Bay Looking For a TV Home". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  19. ^ "DIGITAL DRAMA WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS CEREMONY". The Emmys. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  20. ^ Johns, Howard. "Trouble in Little Tuscany", PalmSpringsLife.com, March 2004.
  21. ^ Edel, Victoria; Esquibias, Liza (15 August 2025). "Tristan Rogers, General Hospital Star, Dies at 79". People. United States: Dotdash Meredith. ISSN 0093-7673. OCLC 794712888. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  22. ^ Segarra, Edward (17 July 2025). "'General Hospital' star Tristan Rogers diagnosed with cancer". USA Today. United States: Gannett. ISSN 0734-7456. OCLC 8799626. [httpx://archive.today/20250831181624/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/07/17/tristan-rogers-cancer-general-hospital-robert-scorpio/85262408007/ Archived] from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025. Rogers has been married to Teresa Parkerson since 1995. The couple shares two children: daughter Sara, 32, and son Cale, 28. "They are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support and love from their friends and family," the statement continued.
  23. ^ Lewis, Errol (17 July 2025). "General Hospital Star Tristan Rogers Announces Cancer Diagnosis". United States: Soap Opera Network. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  24. ^ Brounstein, Diane (17 July 2025). "GH's Tristan Rogers Announces He Has Been Diagnosed with Cancer". Soap Opera Digest. United States: A360media. ISSN 0164-3584. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  25. ^ "Tristan Rogers, longtime General Hospital star, dies at 79 after battle with lung cancer". United States: KABC-TV. ABC News. 15 August 2025. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  26. ^ a b c d e "Tristan Rogers (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 4 July 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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