Roger Radcliffe

Roger Radcliffe (or Roger Derek Dearly in the original book, live-action version and TV series) is a character from Disney's 1961 film One Hundred and One Dalmatians and its 2002 sequel. He is the husband of Anita and owner, best friend, and "pet" to Pongo. He is 50 years old.
He was voiced by the late Ben Wright, who also voiced Rama and Grimsby, in the first film and in the sequel and portrayed by Jeff Daniels in the live-action film and Frank Welker in 1997-2002.
==Biography==
At the start of the film, Roger and Pongo lived in a bachelor flat; however, Roger was married to his work, writing songs on love (something, according to Pongo, he knows absolutely nothing about). He's quite rational, but Pongo feels if looking for a mate was left up to his owner, they would be bachelors forever.
When Roger takes Pongo for a stroll in the park, he inadvertently gets tangled up with Anita and her dog Perdita. When they fall in the pond, the two of them develop a bond after Roger (unknowingly) offers a wet handkerchief to Anita, since her own one is wet too.
Soon, the two of them wed, along with their dalmatians and they move into a flat near the park. He creates a melody and when Anita's old school friend Cruella De Vil shows up, he thinks up of the lyrics, turning the melody into the song; "Cruella De Vil", which he teases Anita with.
When the puppies are born, Roger is just as agitated as Pongo is, easily getting startled in the wait. He is the first to congratulate Pongo on his puppies. However, Nanny presents them with a still-born pup, at first Roger is distraught over this, but he thinks of massaging the pup, which brings it back to life. When Cruella shows up to buy the puppies, her pen doesn't work, but after she shakes it about, ink splats in Roger's face giving him a dalmatian appearance too. Then, all of a sudden, he stands up to Cruella, with a stutter and states that they aren't selling the puppies.
When the Puppies are abducted, Roger puts Cruella as his #1 Suspect, when Cruella calls up, Roger assumes she's calling to confess before demanding down to the phone she tell them where the puppies are.
==Gallery==
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-49.jpg|Roger's first appearance.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-104.jpg|Roger smoking his pipe.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-108.jpg|Roger flicking his match to a pile of other burnt matches.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-143.jpg|Roger working on his music.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-409.jpg|Roger stops playing music when he hears Pongo barking.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-416.jpg|Roger looks at the clock on the mantle, which reads after five.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-420.jpg|Roger stretching.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-433.jpg|"After five already? Fancy that."
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-445.jpg|"Alright, Pongo. Alright, boy."
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-465.jpg|Roger getting ready to take Pongo on a walk.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-480.jpg|Roger smoking his pipe before Pongo drags him outside.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-501.jpg|"Pongo, boy! Take it easy! What's all the hurry?"
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-513.jpg|Roger being suddenly halted by Pongo who's walking in a rush.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-585.jpg|After Pongo stops walking, Roger smokes on his pipe.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-615.jpg|Roger walking past Anita.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-633.jpg|Roger and Pongo sitting by a pond.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-657.jpg|Roger about to have his hat taken by Pongo.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-664.jpg|Roger seeing that Pongo has taken his hat.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-695.jpg|Roger trying to get his hat back from Pongo.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-713.jpg|Roger confused when Pongo places his hat on a bench.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-741.jpg|"Come on, you old renegade. We're going home."
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-768.jpg|Roger being tied up to a woman named Anita.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-772.jpg|"I beg your pardon. I'm so sorry. Please excuse me."
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-783.jpg|Roger and Anita struggling to stand as their legs are tied together.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-801.jpg|Roger and Anita having fallen into a pond.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-827.jpg|Roger helping Anita.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-837.jpg|Roger apologizing to Anita for Pongo's antics.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-858.jpg|Roger seeing Anita's handkerchief is wet.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-864.jpg|"Here, take mine."
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-874.jpg|Roger giggling when realizing his handkerchief is also wet.
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-883.jpg|Roger and Anita laughing.
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==Trivia==
*In the novel, the surname of the Dalmatians' humans is "Dearly", but was changed to Radcliffe for the animated film; most likely because Disney has a number of families in previous films with similar names, such as the Darlings from Peter Pan and Jim Dear from Lady and the Tramp. Their surnames return to being Dearly in the live-action films.
*In the first animated film, Roger shares the same speaking voice actor with Grimsby in The Little Mermaid, known as Ben Wright, but his singing voice is done by Bill Lee of the Mellomen.
*Both of Roger's original voice actors participated in the movie version of The Sound of Music with Wright portraying Herr Zeller (meaning "Mr. Zeller" in German) and Lee dubbing over Christopher Plummer's singing as Captain Von Trapp.
*Hugh Grant was considered to play Roger for the live-action remake of the film before Jeff Daniels was cast as Roger instead.
*In the animated films, Roger is a habitual smoker, regularly seen smoking a pipe in addition to his home at the start of the film being littered with used cigarettes.
*For some unknown reason Roger isn't seen nor mentioned in 102 Dalmatians.
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