By Bianca Sierra
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
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.
Rogers was born in Melbourne. 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).
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.
Rogers starred in the CINE award-winning short Opportunity Knocks for which there are plans to develop into a feature-length film.
He voiced Jake the kangaroo mouse in The Rescuers Down Under, and also gave his voice to the 2015 video game, Mad Max.
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. 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.
Rogers also did voice-over work representing restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse, Foster’s Lager, Reebok, Epson and others.
Rogers was married to Teresa Parkerson from 21 May 1995. They had two children: daughter Sara Jane (born 25 August 1992) and son Cale (born August 1996). He bought a home in Palm Springs, California, in 1997. He had been married to Barbara Meale from 7 June 1973 until 1983 when they divorced.
In July 2025, it was announced Rogers had been diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on 15 August 2025.
