After retiring from UBC, Rogatnick began a new career as an actor playing roles—"usually dying old men"—in a variety of Hollywood movies and local plays including Fiddler on the Roof at The Vancouver Playhouse. He directed and played his own roles in his Vancouver Fringe Festival show, 'Stories that could not be Told', about his World War II experiences, and the role of Dante and The Grim Reaper in 'Descent to the Underworld'  which he performed at the Western Front.