Kent Rogers

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Kent Rogers (died July 1944, Pensacola, Florida) was a voice actor for Warner Bros..

Rogers was one star in Hollywood Steps Out (as Male Celebrity voices), Horton Hatches the Egg (as Horton), The Squawkin' Hawk (as Henery Hawk), and Super Rabbit (as scientist). Rogers 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.

Rogers died in the crash of a training flight while he was in the military 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. Freberg also assumed the voice of Junior.

[edit] External links

• Kent Rogers at the Internet Movie Database