Fred Rogers

Known for ActingBorn 1928-03-20Died 2003-02-27Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA

Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), commonly known as Mister Rogers, was a European-American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001. Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS) television station WQED. He graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a bachelor's degree in divinity in 1962 and became a Presbyterian minister in 1963. He attended the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Child Development, where he began his 30-year collaboration with child psychologist Margaret McFarland. He also helped develop the children's shows The Children's Corner (1955) for WQED in Pittsburgh and Misterogers (1963) in Canada for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1968, he returned to Pittsburgh and adapted the format of his Canadian series to create Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It ran for 33 years, and was critically acclaimed for focusing on children's emotional and physical concerns, such as death, sibling rivalry, school enrollment, and divorce. Rogers died of stomach cancer on February 27, 2003, 3 weeks before the age of 75. His work in children's television has been widely lauded, and he received more than 40 honorary degrees and several awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1997. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. Rogers influenced many writers and producers of children's television shows, and his broadcasts have served as a source of comfort during tragic events, even after his death.Read more

Movies & web series

MRN

Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor

Butterfly in the Sky

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Haack ...The King of Techno

Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers & Me

Arthur

Casper

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Pursuing Light: The Bill Strickland Story

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

Speedy Delivery

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Kindness Collection

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Mister Rogers Meets New Friends Collection

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: It's A Beautiful Day Collection

Old Friends... New Friends

Butternut Square