Wayne Rogers

Wayne M. Rogers, one of the stars of the television series M*A*S*H*, a Broadway producer and now a news contributor to the Fox Network, is an entertainment icon. As an entrepreneur, he has been involved in investment activities for over forty years, including real estate development, business management of a number of motion picture personalities, as well as co-ventures with other prominent individuals and institutions.

Rogers became one of Hollywood's most popular stars by portraying immensely affable leads in such programs as House Calls and M*A*S*H. When TV Guide saluted the 50th anniversary of CBS-TV with a national survey, an American audience poll selected Rogers and co-star Alan Alda as their favorite comedy duo of all time.

But Rogers has always been an inveterate risk-taker and has never shied from a good “bad guy” role. Always relying on his certainty that no man is a villain to himself, he created one of TV's most memorable villains when he portrayed a dangerously immoral child molester in the critically honored One Terrific Guy.

His portrayal made headlines when it prompted a young California girl to confront a molester whose abuse she had feared to expose. The man was convicted and sent to prison. Also powerful were his depiction of an insensitive but redeemable auto dealer and jazz musician in The Gig, a corrupt politician in the mini-series Bluegrass and a wife-rapist in The Killing Time with Kiefer Sutherland.

Rogers’ activities have included starring in top series, theatrical films and producing such films as Once in Paris, the award-winning HBO films Age-Old Friends and Perfect Witness and, on Broadway, in many of Neil Simons' biggest hits. His business and economic expertise has evolved into his business management of other top Hollywood talents, running banks, heading major investment firms, and appearing as expert witness before the House Banking Committee.

His real estate ventures have included: subdivisions and commercial office developments in Florida, Arizona, California and Utah. Among his other investments, Rogers is a principal owner of Delta Pacific Transportation Co., a barge company on the Mississippi River. He is also the Chairman of Wayne M. Rogers & Co, an investment strategy firm, and C.E.O. and Chairman of Stop-N-Save, LLC, which owns and operates convenience stores. Rogers also serves as Chairman of the Board of Kleinfeld, the famous wedding dress emporium in New York.