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Rocky the Flying Squirrel

Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Rocket J. Squirrel) is the Jay Ward cartoon flying squirrel, partner of Bullwinkle J. Moose, voiced by June Foray, starring in Rocky and His Friends (1959) and The Bullwinkle Show (1961-64), 326 episodes.

Rocky V

Rocky V is a 1990 American sports drama film, the fifth in the Rocky series, directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone.

Rocsi Diaz

Rocsi Diaz (Raquel Roxanne Diaz), Honduran-born American TV and radio host, born 1983 in Tegucigalpa. Co-hosted BET's 106 & Park (2006–2012) with Terrence J, was an Entertainment Tonight correspondent (2013–2021) on a Daytime Emmy-winning show, and hosts Tubi's We Got Time Today with Deion Sanders and the 2026 Prime Video American Gladiators reboot.

Rod Hallett

Rod Hallett is a British actor known for Constantin in The Last Kingdom and Seven Kings Must Die, Dr. Malcolm Wallace in Terra Nova, and Sir Richard Rich in The Tudors, with film roles in Ant-Man and 5000 Blankets.

Rod Hull

Rod Hull (Rodney Stephen Hull, 1935–1999) was an English comedian and children's entertainer whose Emu puppet, found in an Australian props room in 1969, attacked celebrities and TV hosts; he died falling from a roof adjusting his TV aerial.

Rod Roddenberry

Rod Roddenberry (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Jr., born 1974) is an American producer, son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, executive producer of recent Star Trek series, and founder of the Roddenberry Foundation.

Rod Roddy

Rod Roddy (Robert Ray Roddy, 1937-2003) was an American game show announcer, famous for The Price Is Right (1986-2003), Soap, Press Your Luck, Love Connection, and his Thai silk jackets.

Rod Serling

Rod Serling (1924–1975), American screenwriter and creator, host, and principal writer of The Twilight Zone (1959–1964); also known for Playhouse 90's Patterns, Night Gallery, Planet of the Apes, and record Emmy wins for dramatic writing.

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger (1925-2002), American Method actor; won the Best Actor Oscar as Sheriff Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967); known for On the Waterfront, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago.

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor (Rodney Sturt Taylor, 1930-2015), Australian-born Hollywood leading man of The Time Machine (1960), Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), and the voice of Pongo in 101 Dalmatians; final role as Churchill in Inglourious Basterds.

Rodan (ラドン)

Rodan (ラドン) is a 1956 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda, about a giant flying monster that devastates Kyushu before perishing in the eruption of Mount Aso.

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall (Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall, 1928-1998), English-born actor and photographer; child star of How Green Was My Valley, played Cornelius and Caesar in Planet of the Apes, published the Double Exposure photography books.

Rodger Bumpass

Rodger Bumpass, also known as Rodger Albert Bumpass, is an American voice actor born in 1951 who has voiced Squidward Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999.

Rodger Corser

Rodger Corser (born 1973, Melbourne) is an Australian actor and producer, lead in Rent, Underbelly, Rush, Doctor Doctor (Dr Hugh Knight), and Thai Cave Rescue; host of The Traitors Australia and The Floor.

Rodman Flender

Rodman Flender (born 1962, New York City) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. Directed The Unborn, Leprechaun 2, Idle Hands, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, and Eat, Brains, Love; uncle of Timothée Chalamet.

Rodney A. Grant

Rodney A. Grant (Rodney Arnold Grant, born 1959) is an Omaha-tribe American actor, best known as Wind In His Hair in Dances with Wolves, with Western roles such as Crazy Horse and Mangas.

Rodney Bewes

Rodney Bewes (1937-2017), English actor, played Bob Ferris in The Likely Lads (1964-66) and its sequel (1973-74) with James Bolam; also created Dear Mother... Love Albert and toured one-man shows.

Rodney Carrington

Rodney Carrington, American stand-up comedian, singer, and actor from Longview, Texas; debut album Hangin' with Rodney (1998), ABC sitcom Rodney (2004–2006), Beer for My Horses with Toby Keith, Netflix special Here Comes the Truth.

Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield (Jacob Cohen, 1921-2004), American stand-up comedian and actor famous for "I don't get no respect"; opened Dangerfield's club, starred in Caddyshack, Easy Money, and Back to School, won a 1981 Grammy.

Rodney Trotter

Rodney Trotter (Rodney Charlton Trotter, "Rodders") is the younger brother of Del Boy in BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst 1981–2003 and 2014; married Cassandra, Trigger calls him Dave.

Rodolfo Gucci

Rodolfo Gucci (Maurizio D'Ancora), Italian film actor and businessman, youngest son of Gucci founder Guccio Gucci; joined the family firm after WWII, ran its Italian operations, and died in 1983 leaving half of Gucci to his son Maurizio.

Rodrigo de la Serna

Rodrigo de la Serna (Lionel Rodrigo de la Serna, born 1976) is an Argentine actor and musician, star of Okupas, Alberto Granado in The Motorcycle Diaries, and Palermo in Money Heist.

Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro (Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro), born 1975 in Petrópolis, is a Brazilian actor known for Brainstorm, Carandiru, Xerxes in 300, Lost, Westworld, and the Venice-honored 7 Prisoners.

Rodrigo Teixeira (producer)

Rodrigo Abreu Teixeira (born 1976), Brazilian film producer and founder of RT Features in São Paulo; producer of I'm Still Here (Oscar, Best International Feature 2025), Call Me by Your Name, Frances Ha, The Witch, and Ad Astra.

Roe v. Wade (film)

Roe v. Wade (2021 film), also shot under the alias 1973, is an American anti-abortion political drama by Nick Loeb and Cathy Allyn about the 1973 Supreme Court case, starring Loeb, Stacey Dash, and Jon Voight; released April 2, 2021, it grossed $23,561 and drew 17% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Roger (American Dad!)

Roger Smith is the pansexual gray alien voiced by Seth MacFarlane in American Dad! (2005), living with the Smith family in Langley Falls and known for dozens of disguised personas such as Ricky Spanish.

Roger & Me

Roger & Me is Michael Moore's 1989 Warner Bros. documentary about GM's Flint, Michigan plant closings and his failed quest to interview chairman Roger Smith; a docucomedy that became the highest-grossing documentary to its time.

Roger Ailes

Roger Ailes (1940–2017), American television executive and Republican media strategist; Nixon 1968 adviser, CNBC president 1993–96, founding chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel 1996–2016, resigned amid harassment allegations.

Roger Allam

Roger Allam (born 1953, Bow, London) is a British stage, TV, film, and radio actor, three-time Olivier winner, originating Javert in Les Misérables 1985; known for Peter Mannion in The Thick of It, Fred Thursday in Endeavour, and Cabin Pressure's Douglas Richardson.

Roger Avary

Roger Avary (born 1965) is a Canadian-born screenwriter, director, and producer who shared the 1994 Best Original Screenplay Oscar with Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction, directed Killing Zoe and The Rules of Attraction, and hosts the Video Archives Podcast.