Veteran Actor and General Hospital Star Tristan Rogers Dead at 79
Actor Tristan Rogers, best known for his role as wisecracking Australian lawman Robert Scorpio on General Hospital, passed away on Friday, Aug. 15. He was 79 years old. ABC's New York affiliate ABC 7 broke the news, which was confirmed by Rogers' manager, Meryl Soodak; she revealed the actor succumbed to lung cancer and was not a smoker.
Last month, the actor's publicist revealed he was battling cancer, and he and his family remained optimistic about the treatment. Rogers was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on June 3, 1946, and began his acting career on television in his native land, appearing in soaps such as Bellbird, Number 96, and The Box. He had become a series regular in the procedural The Link Men in 1970, which lasted for 13 episodes, and appeared in films such as Four Dimensions of Greta, The Flesh and Blood Show, and Sex Farm.
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He got his break in American television when he signed on to play Robert Scorpio in 1980 until 1992, when he left the series. Rogers made guest appearances on GH in 1995 and returned full-time on the show in 2006, after the presumed-dead Robert returned to Port Charles and reunited with his daughter Robin (Kimberly McCullough).
He returned to the GH universe when he starred on the now-defunct spin-off series General Hospital: Night Shift for its second season in 2008 and later returned to GH that year. In 2010, it was announced he would be starring on as Colin Atkinson, the long-lost father of Cane Ashby (then-Daniel Goddard), on The Young and the Restless. He would star on the show for two years and return in 2014-2017 and 2019.
Rogers would also play double duty on GH and Y&R throughout the years, with him last being on GH from 2018 for a more extended stint and then in 2019; he appeared in recurring stints until November 2024, when viewers watched Robert and Holly (Emma Samms) reunite and leave town together. Rogers made his final appearance on GH in July when Sasha () came to stay with Robert with her newborn baby, Daisy.
Rogers also made appearances on streaming soaps The Bay and Studio City, and he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Digital Drama Series for Studio City in 2020. Rogers is survived by his wife, Teresa Parkerton, children Sara Jane and Cale, and his grandchildren.
This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Aug 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
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