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Charles Edward "Buddy" Rogers (August 13, 1904 – April 21, 1999) was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was publicized as "America's Boyfriend".
Rogers himself played the trombone. The band debuted on Broadway in 1932 (in Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. 's "Hot-Cha!"). Rogers himself also enjoyed a reasonably successful solo career in vaudeville, theatre and on radio.
- August 13, 1904
- April 21, 1999
CHARLES "BUDDY" ROGERS will be remembered primarily because he succeeded Douglas Fairbanks as husband to Mary Pickford. But he had an impressive career in his own right.
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers. Actor: Wings. "America's Boyfriend" Buddy Rogers was born in Olathe Kansas and became a talented musician on several instruments. He began acting in Hollywood in the 1920's and is probably best remembered as Clara Bow's love interest in "Wings".
- January 1, 1
- Olathe, Kansas, USA
- January 1, 1
- Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Paramount Pictures silent star Buddy Rogers sat with TCM's Head Researcher in 1995 to discuss his start in the movies and how he came from Kansas to Hollywoo...
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When Mary PIckford's marriage to Douglas Fairbanks fell apart, she increasingly turned to her friend and former co-star Buddy Rogers for support. He proposed to her and they married in 1937.
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Apr 22, 1999 · Charles “Buddy” Rogers, the affable actor in the first best picture Oscar winner “Wings,” along with many musical comedies, died Wednesday at age 94. Rogers, married to actress Mary...
