

The actor who played Roger in the film is uncredited and unidentified.Whether the man seen with Roger in Kubrick's film is intended to be Derwent or not is unclear. Per the novel, Roger was hopelessly in love with Harry Derwent.Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. He was subsequently found dead the next morning, having drowned in his sleep. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. According to the prologue, Roger (going under the name Lewis Toner in the prologue) took several pills he finds in his hotel room while taking a bath in his bathtub. The means by which Roger died is revealed in the prologue Before the Play, later included in the 2017 special edition of the book.In the movie, he is seen wearing a bear costume and performing fellatio on another man. In the novel, Roger wore a dog costume.This party guest was identified as Roger in the novel only, and as Lewis Toner in the book prologue Before the Play.She saw the mysterious "dog man" in what appeared to be some form of sexual congress with another man, possibly even Horace Derwent himself. Thirty-some years later, Wendy Torrance - wife of the winter caretaker Jack Torrance, began seeing the various ghosts in the house. At some point, Roger must have died in the hotel, for his ghost remained behind, occupying one of the rooms. Roger attended the ball dressed in a dog costume. In 1945, the hotel's new owner, Horace Derwent, threw a lavish masquerade ball in honor of the hotel's re-opening. Roger was a guest at the Overlook Hotel in the 1940s. Very little is known about this individual save for that his name was Roger.
