Roger Terry

born: 01 May 1930 Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

died: 31 March 1972 Los Angeles County, California, United States of America (age 41)

American child actor who continued working as a film and television extra into adulthood. His half-brother, Richard Terry (né Skinner, 1925-2018), was also a child actor. There are sources that list his dates as 1921-2009, but this relates to a completely different (black) person!

Real name: Rodger Gillies Terry

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1938 Came The Brawn Wise fella Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLJS-TGT (CA Birth Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C6-1C7 (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XG7-DRZ4 (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DR-386 (1951 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6FT-GZ9 (1961 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6X3-W86 (1961 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPYT-CR5 (1968 divorce) [?] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPYT-CRG (1971 divorce) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPN6-7JX (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB31-L25 (Social Security Death Index) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85531654 (Find a Grave) https://archive.org/details/childrens-casting-directory-1936-12/childrens-casting-directory-1936-12_images/childrens-casting-directory-1936-12_032.jpeg (Children's Casting Directory, Dec 1936-Feb 1937) https://archive.org/details/childrens-casting-directory-1937-03_092/childrens-casting-directory-1937-03_images/childrens-casting-directory-1937-03_038.jpeg (Children's Casting Directory, Mar-May 1937) https://archive.org/details/screenactor0014vari/page/17/mode/1up?q=%22roger+g+terry%22 (Screen Actor, Jul 1972) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 18 September 2026