Will Rogers Jr. Commission on Indian Affairs during the Johnson administration (1967–1969). Rogers had a minor career as an actor and was most noted for playing his father (whom he closely resembled), particularly in "The Story of Will Rogers" (1952), "Wild Heritage" (1958) in which he played a judge, and in 1982 (in voice only) in "The American Adventure" at Disney's Epcot in Florida. He also appeared frequently in the 1950s television anthology series, "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars." Rogers starred as "Tom Brewster" in "The Boy from Oklahoma", a 1954 Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, the basis for the 1957 television series
Kingston Norman Rogers Airport Kingston Norman Rogers Airport Kingston Airport , also known as Norman Rogers Airport, is an airport located west of the core of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The airport is named after former MP Norman McLeod Rogers (Kingston City 1935–1940), Minister of Labour and then National Defence in Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's cabinet. Rogers died in a plane crash on June 10, 1940 while flying from Ottawa to Toronto for a speaking engagement. Before 1940, Kingston was served only by the Kingston Airfield, a grass strip just north of the city's downtown, which closed in 1942. In 1940, during the