---
name: "Rogers Turrentine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rogers-turrentine"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T20:36:14.435875+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rogers Turrentine

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1974–1993
- **Works often with:** Alexander Singer, Charles S. Dubin, Christian I. Nyby II, David Chase, Henry Bromell, Jackie Cooper

## Biography

Rogers Turrentine is an American television writer. He contributed two episodes to the series *The Rockford Files* in 1979.

His other credits include episodes of *Magnum, P.I.* (four episodes, 1981–1984), *Hunter* (seven episodes, 1985–1988), *Northern Exposure* (1993), *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1995) and *Dead Man's Gun* (1999). He received the Western Heritage Award in 2000 for the episode "The Regulator" of *Dead Man's Gun*.

*Sources: imdb.com, nationalcowboymuseum.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Teleplay
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), Writer

## Also known for

- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Writer
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), Teleplay, Story
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), Writer

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