David Rogers was an American playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. Rodgers began his career in entertainment as a child actor on the radio program "Rainbow House". He made his Broadway debut in 1945 at age 17 in As You Like It. During the same year, he was published for the first time in Gourmet Magazine. He wrote and contributed to revues including The Ziegfield Follies and Young At Heart. Soon, Rodgers began writing plays and musicals including The Hobbit, Flowers for Algernon, Tom Jones, Here and Now, Soft Soap, The Dream on Royal Street, Charlie and Algernon, JOY!, May the Farce Be With You, Never Mind What Happened, and How Did It End.
Rodgers returned to acting in the 1980s, performing in the Broadway productions of Broadway, Doubles, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
