Peter Rogers

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{{short description|English film producer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Rogers
| image = Peter Rogers.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|2|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rochester, Kent]], [[England]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|4|14|1914|2|20|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]
| spouse = [[Betty Box]] (m. 1948; died 1999)
}}

'''Peter Rogers''' (20 February 1914 – 14 April 2009) was an [[English people|English]] film producer. He is best known for his involvement in the making of the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] series of films.

==Life and career==
Rogers began his career as a journalist for his local paper, before graduating to scriptwriting religious informational films. He progressed to film production, working with director [[Gerald Thomas]], the first work being a production for the [[Children's Film Foundation]]. Rogers is best known as producer of the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] series of British comedy films, beginning with ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' in 1958. There were 31 films in all. Rogers had also been linked with a further instalment, ''[[Carry On London]]'', which has been in pre-production for several years, but since his death seems unlikely to be made.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3564519.ece|title=''Carry On London''|publisher=Timesonline.co.uk|access-date=2012-06-13|first=Sadie|last=Gray}}</ref>

The majority of Rogers' work, including all the ''Carry On'' films, were made at [[Pinewood Studios]] in [[Iver Heath]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England. His other credits included ''[[Appointment with Venus (film)|Appointment with Venus]]'' starring [[David Niven]], and ''[[Time Lock]]'' in which [[Sean Connery]] made one of his earliest film appearances.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book
|last= Stevens
|first= Christopher
|title= Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams
|publisher= John Murray
|year= 2010
|isbn = 1-84854-195-3
|page=368
}}</ref>

Rogers' other production ventures include the television series ''[[Ivanhoe (1958 TV series)|Ivanhoe]]'' with [[Roger Moore]] and the film adaptation of the long-running [[sitcom]] ''[[Bless This House (UK TV series)|Bless This House]]'' with ''Carry On'' regular [[Sid James]].

His wife was the film producer [[Betty Box]], responsible for the ''[[Doctor Series|Doctor]]'' series of films. They did not have any children, but their [[godson]] was actor and theatre producer [[Marc Sinden]] (who appeared in ''[[Carry On Columbus]]''), the son of [[Donald Sinden|Sir Donald Sinden]], who starred for Betty Box in, amongst other films, ''[[Doctor in the House]]'', ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]'' and ''[[Mad About Men]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801790/bio|title=Marc Sinden|publisher=IMDb|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref> Peter and Betty lived for many years at a large home in [[Beaconsfield]], "Drummers Yard"[https://www.beaconsfieldhistory.org.uk/content/beaconsfield-history/places/drummers-yard-], that had been purchased from the actor [[Dirk Bogarde]].

An authorized biography, ''Mr Carry On: The Life and Work of Peter Rogers'' (BBC) by Morris Bright and Robert Ross (author of ''The Carry On Companion'' and the ''Monty Python Encyclopedia'') was published in 2000, with extensive input from Rogers. It attempted to defend him against charges that he exploited the cast of the ''Carry On'' films, by paying the lead actors an unchanged £5,000 per film, from the first in 1958 to the penultimate movie.

Rogers attended the 50th [[anniversary]] of the ''Carry On'' films held at Pinewood Studios in March 2008. He died on 14 April 2009, having been ill for several months.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8000111.stm |title=Entertainment | 'Carry On' producer Rogers dies |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-04-15 |access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0737127|name=Peter Rogers}}
*[http://www.carryon.org.uk What a Carry On]
*[http://www.thewhippitinn.com Carry On Films at The Whippit Inn]
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/5160097/Peter-Rogers.html Obituary], ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 15 April 2009
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6100349.ece Obituary], ''[[The Times]]'', 16 April 2009

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