Roger Converse

 Roger Converse (June 26, 1911 – September 21, 1994)

Converse was a motion picture actor and MGM contract player of the late 1930s, who made a name for himself portraying gentlemen, boyfriends, and blue collar guys. In 1936, he was teaching an exercise class one day and was discovered by a talent scout who brought him to MGM Studios to be screen and wardrobe tested for motion pictures, the scout describing him, a blue-eyed, brown-haired man, who was 5 feet 8 inches in height, as appearing to be a "fine figure of masculinity with a nice round face". He began his career in 1937, in the motion picture The Bad Guy and went on to appear in 20 more films, some of which were My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937), The Shopworn Angel (1938), Snow Gets in your Eyes (1938), Marie Antoinette (1938), and Calling Dr. Kildare (1939). He tested for the role of Rhett Butler for Gone With The Wind but was one of many man who lost out to Clark Gable. He retired in 1939 to focus on marriage and fatherhood. He was financially secure from wise investments and was married to Wilhelmina Schulte from 1939 until his death in 1994. He died from natural causes on September 21, 1994, and is interred at Forest Lawn-Glendale.