Roger Climpson OAM (born 18 October 1931) is an English-born Australian retired media personality who served a lengthy career in both radio and television, as a journalist and reporter, announcer, newsreader, weather presenter and host.
The son of a butcher, he aimed to become a pilot in the Royal Air Force, until a rugby union accident at the age of 14 punctured his lung, leading him to take up acting instead of flying.
[2] Climpson started his career locally in theatre radio appearing in numerous radio series including Caltex theatre, The General Motors Hour, When a Girl Marries and Life Can Be Beautiful and Portia Faces Life as well as narrator of Tarzan Kingdom of the Apes, he also appeared in numerous theatre plays at the ABC Climpson had guest roles in early television serials like Homicide and You Can't See Round Corners.
[2] He left Channel Nine in 1965 after chairman Sir Frank Packer refused to grant him a five-pound pay rise.
[5] Climpson found himself briefly unemployed and worked at his father's butcher shop, until he was asked to fill a temporary newsreader role at Channel Seven – where he stayed for fifteen years.