Occupation Actor Years active 1937-1944 | Name Kent Rogers Role Actor | |
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Full Name Kent Byron Rogers Born July 31, 1923 ( 1923-07-31 ) Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. Cause of death Killed in training flight accident in World War Two Died July 9, 1944, Pensacola, Florida, United States Movies Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid, Bugs Bunny and the Three, Hollywood Steps Out, The Bashful Buzzard, The Squawkin' Hawk Similar People Bob Clampett, Mel Blanc, Treg Brown, Leon Schlesinger, Ben Hardaway | ||
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Kent Byron Rogers (July 31, 1923 – July 9, 1944) was an American actor and impressionist who appeared in several live-action shorts and features, and a voice actor for Warner Bros. and Walter Lantz Productions.
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Career
Rogers amassed an impressive resume of roles during his short career. For Warner Brothers he portrayed several Hollywood stars in Hollywood Steps Out, and lent his voice to The Heckling Hare, Porky's Pastry Pirates, Horton Hatches the Egg, The Squawkin' Hawk and Super-Rabbit. Rogers also provided the original voice of Beaky Buzzard in Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid and The Bashful Buzzard. He also provided the voice of Junior Bear in Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears, the initial 1944 entry of Chuck Jones' The Three Bears series, and the original voice of Henery Hawk in The Squawkin' Hawk.
For Walter Lantz Productions he voiced Woody Woodpecker in five theatrical cartoon shorts released from 1942 to 1943.
Death
Rogers died in the crash of a training flight at Pensacola, Florida, while he was an Ensign in the Navy during World War II. Stan Freberg and Mel Blanc replaced Rogers as the voice of Beaky Buzzard, though the character's appearances were limited after Rogers' death.
Rogers is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, HI.
Filmography
Actor
1945
The Bashful Buzzard (Short) as
Beaky Buzzard (voice, uncredited)
1944
Hare Force (Short) as
Sylvester the Dog (voice, uncredited)
1944
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (Short) as
Junyer Bear (voice, uncredited)
1943
What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (Short) as
Joe Buzzard / Rabbit (uncredited)
1943
Andy Panda's Victory Garden (Short) as
Caterpillar (uncredited)
1943
Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! (Short) as
Foy #1 / Foy #3 (voice)
1943
One Ham's Family (Short) as
Narrator / Junior (voice, uncredited)
1943
Ration Bored (Short) as
Woody Woodpecker / Gas Station Attendant / Police Officer (voice, uncredited)
1943
Who Killed Who? (Short) as
The Victim / Red Skeleton / Falling Body / ... (voice)
1943
The Dizzy Acrobat (Short) as
Woody Woodpecker / Carnival Barker / Lion / ... (uncredited)
1943
Red Hot Riding Hood (Short) as
Wolf (some lines) (voice, uncredited)
1943
Swing Your Partner (Short) as
Homer Pigeon / Hank Horse / Laughter (uncredited)
1943
Super-Rabbit (Short) as
Professor Canafrazz (voice, uncredited)
1943
Tortoise Wins by a Hare (Short) as
Rabbit Look-out (voice)
1943
The Screwball (Short) as
Woody Woodpecker / Great Gildersleeve Cop / Ouches / ... (uncredited)
1943
The Vitamin G-Man (Short) as
College President / Student / Mystery Voice / ... (uncredited)
1943
Slay It with Flowers (Short) as
Fox's Singing Voice (uncredited)
1942
Speaking of Animals in South America (Short) as
Male Parrot / Stork #1 / Anteater (uncredited)
1942
King Midas, Junior (Short) as
Dead End Kid Telegram Boy (uncredited)
1942
Road to Morocco as
Male Camel (voice, uncredited)
1942
The Loan Stranger (Short) as
Woody Woodpecker / Hudson C. Dann (voice, uncredited)
1942
The Hep Cat (Short) as
Various (voice, uncredited)
1942
The Early Bird Dood It! (Short) as
Worm (uncredited)
1942
Blitz Wolf (Short) as
Devils (uncredited)
1942
The Squawkin' Hawk (Short) as
Henery Hawk (voice, uncredited)
1942
Pigeon Patrol (Short) as
Homer Pigeon / Sergeant / Carrier Pigeon (uncredited)
1942
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (Short) as
Beaky Buzzard (Killer) (voice, uncredited)
1942
Wacky Blackout (Short) as
Woodpecker (voice, uncredited)
1942
Bats in the Belfry (Short) as
Bat #1 (uncredited)
1942
Ace in the Hole (Short) as
Woody Woodpecker / GI Sergeant (uncredited)
1942
Hobby Horse-Laffs (Short) as
Strongfort / Giggleswick / Potts
1942
Speaking of Animals and Their Families (Short) as
Hippo Baby (uncredited)
1942
Nutty Pine Cabin (Short) as
Beavers (uncredited)
1942
Puss n' Toots (Short) as
Bert Lahr Sound (uncredited)
1942
Horton Hatches the Egg (Short) as
Horton / A Friend / Giraffe / ... (voice)
1942
The Hams That Couldn't Be Cured (Short) as
Wolf / Pigs (voice, uncredited)
1942
The Hollywood Matador (Short) as
Woody Woodpecker / Bull (uncredited)
1942
Fraidy Cat (Short) as
Vocals (uncredited)
1942
Porky's Pastry Pirates (Short) as
James Cagney Bee (voice, uncredited)
1941
The Tangled Angler (Short) as
Fish (uncredited)
1941
Pantry Panic (Short) as
Woody Woodpecker (ending) / Old Codger / Top Hat Birds (uncredited)
1941
The Rookie Bear (Short) as
Tenor Mailman (uncredited)
1941
All-American Co-Ed as
Henry
1941
Speaking of Animals in the Zoo (Short) as
Monkey / Elephant / Lion / ... (voice)
1941
Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm (Short) as
White Mule (uncredited)
1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy as
Tough Boy (uncredited)
1941
The Heckling Hare (Short) as
Willoughby (voice)
1941
Hollywood Steps Out (Short) as
Jimmy Stewart / Mickey Rooney / Henry Fonda (voice, uncredited)
1941
Farm Frolics (Short) as
Female Red Ant (voice, uncredited)
1941
The Goose Goes South (Short) as
Male Cotton Picker / Rochester (uncredited)
1941
Goofy Groceries (Short) as
Gorilla (voice, uncredited)
1941
The Fighting 69½th (Short) as
Red Ant, Red Ant General (voice, uncredited)
1940
Syncopated Sioux (Short) as
Punchy / Cowboy / Durante Indian / ... (uncredited)
1940
Prehistoric Porky (Short) as
Ned Sparks Vulture (voice, uncredited)
1940
Military Academy as
Billings (uncredited)
1940
The Bookworm Turns (Short) as
Mr. Hyde (uncredited)
1940
Those Were the Days! as
Jimmy Skelton (uncredited)
1940
Slap Happy Pappy (Short) as
Eddie Cackler / Andy Devine Rooster / Bing Crosby Rooster (voice, uncredited)
1940
100 Pigmies and Andy Panda (Short) as
Effete Magic Mask / Witch Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Northwest Passage as
Odiorne Towne (uncredited)
1940
Adventures of Tom Thumb Jr. (Short) as
Happy Hopper (uncredited)
1940
Kittens' Mittens (Short) as
Orphan Kitten (uncredited)
1939
Fresh Fish (Short) as
Old Crab (voice, uncredited)
1939
Streets of New York as
Gang Member (uncredited)
1939
Wanted: No Master (Short) as
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1938
The Storm as
Young Cadet (uncredited)
1938
Boys Town as
Tailor (uncredited)
1938
Reformatory as
Inmate (uncredited)
1937
Headin' East as
Boy in Gym (uncredited)
1937
Boy of the Streets as
Gang Member 'Red' (uncredited)
1937
Make a Wish as
Summer Camp Kid (uncredited)
Soundtrack
1944
Hare Force (Short) (performer: "As Time Goes By" - uncredited)
1942
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (Short) (lyrics: "Blues in the Night") / (performer: "Blues in the Night")
Self
1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (Documentary short) as
Self - Party Guest (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2004
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (Video documentary short) as
James Cagney (uncredited)
2004
Behind the Tunes: Man from Wackyland - The Art of Bob Clampett (Video documentary short) as
Horton (uncredited)
1989
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (Video documentary) as
Professor Canafrazz (uncredited)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (TV Movie) as
Jimmy Stewart (clip from Hollywood Steps Out (1941)) (uncredited)
1948
Banquet Busters (Short) as
Woody Woodpecker's Snickering Laugh (uncredited)
References
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