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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.
Early Life
Rogers was born in Melbourne, Australia. 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).
United States roles
General Hospital
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.
While Rogers' Scorpio had been "killed with no body
found" when he left the series in 1992, Rogers returned briefly in
1995 as Scorpio's spirit to comfort the character's daughter Robin Scorpio
(Kimberly McCullough), who is dealing with the death of her boyfriend to an
AIDS-related illness and is herself HIV-positive. He returned in January 2006
for six weeks, this time with Scorpio being very much alive. Rogers reappeared
in April 2006 and left again that November.
From 5 August 2008 through 21 October 2008, Rogers reprised
the role of Robert Scorpio on the second season of SOAPnet's General Hospital:
Night Shift, a primetime spin-off of General Hospital which stars Scorpio's
daughter Robin. He was featured in 12 of the season's 14 episodes, and Soap
Opera Digest named the appearance their "Best Return" of 2008.
Rogers later reappeared on General Hospital for four episodes starting 22
December 2008 as Scorpio attends Robin's wedding.
Rogers returned to General Hospital as Robert Scorpio on 29
February 2012 after Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) called him back to Port Charles
to tell him that their daughter Robin Scorpio-Drake had been killed in a lab
accident. After seven episodes, he left again on 8 March 2012. Rogers expressed
disappointment. He later returned to the series on 15 November 2012 but later
departed on 18 December 2012 as his character was drugged into a coma. Rogers
reprised the role on 4 October 2013 as part of his on-screen daughter's return.
However, on 14 November 2013, it was announced that he would be departing the
series to return to The Young and the Restless as Colin Atkinson. He made his
last appearance on 30 January 2014.
Rogers returned to the series as Robert Scorpio on 17
December 2015, but he was also portraying Colin on Y&R at the same time. He
later left the series on 2 February 2016, although he briefly returned from 26
August to 9 September in the same year.
Rogers returned to General Hospital in April 2018 for a
story arc in which he aids Anna Devane, who is trying to locate her long-lost
son, Henrik Faison. Henrik is the unknown child that she bore in secret with
Cesar Faison. After leaving the show on 1 June 2018, he later returned yet
again from 27 July to 12 September in the same year for another story arc where
Anna and Finn go missing. He exited the role when Robert left Port Charles on
November 12, 2024. He made an unannounced two-day guest return from 17 to 18
July 2025.
The Young and the Restless
Rogers returned to daytime television on 8 December 2010
when he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Colin Atkinson. He was
placed on contract with the show in February 2011. However, Rogers' character
was written out of the series in October 2011. He returned to the role briefly
in 2012. In 2025, following Rogers' death, the serial announced his final
television appearance (as Colin) aired on 26 August of that year.
Other roles
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 has 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.
Personal life
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.
Illness and death
In July 2025, it was announced that Rogers had been
diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in Palm Springs on 15 August 2025.
Filmography
Film
1972 Four Dimensions
of Greta Hans Wiemer Feature film
1972 The Flesh and
Blood Show Tony Weller Feature film
1973 Sex Farm Robert Waitman
1990 The Rescuers
Down Under Jake Voice
1992 Soulmates Richard Wayborn
1993 Night Eyes 3 Jim Stanton Feature
film
2000 A Piece of Eden Victor Hardwick Feature film
2008 Delgo Nohrin Officer Voice
2008 Jack Rio Morton, the Gallery Owner, Feature film
2009 Opportunity
Knocks Death Short film
2010 Raven Ancient Priest
2011 The Los Angeles
Ripper Singing Class Member
Television
1970 The Link Men Detective Constable Ray Gamble TV series
1970–71 Barrier
Reef TV series
1974 Number 96 Cain Carmichael TV series
1975 The Box Peter Kendall TV series
1976 Power Without
Glory TV miniseries
1977 Bellbird TV series
1980–1992, 1995, 2006, 2008, 2012–2016, 2018–2025 General Hospital Robert Scorpio TV
series
1984 Cover Up Eric Ducane Episode: "Death in Vogue"
1989 Mancuso, F.B.I. Dennis Grant Episode: "Betrayal"
1994 Babylon 5 Malcolm Biggs Episode: "The War Prayer"
1996 The Real
Adventures of Jonny Quest Hawkins Voice, episode: "Ndovu's Last
Journey"
1997–98 Fast
Track Harry TV series
1997 Aaahh!!! Real
Monsters Stig Snowden Voice, episode: "Showdown"
2000 Batman Beyond Simon Harper Voice, episode: "Sentries of the Last Cosmos"
2008 General
Hospital: Night Shift Robert
Scorpio TV series
2010 The Bay Lex Martin Web series
2010–2012, 2014–2017, 2019, 2025 The Young and the Restless Colin Atkinson TV
series
2019 Studio City Doc
Voiceover work
Outback Steakhouse
Foster's Lager
Reebok
Epson
Video games
Mad Max (2015) – Voice
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