Roger the Dog Man

Roger the Dog Man is a fictional minor character featured in the 1977 horror novel The Shining by author Stephen King. He also made a brief appearance in one of the bizarre "WTF?" scenes in the 1980 adaptation of The Shining by director Stanley Kubrick.

Biography
Very little is known about this individual save for that his name was Roger. Roger was a guest at the Overlook Hotel in the 1940s.

In 1945, the hotel's new owner, Horace Derwent, threw a lavish masquerade ball in honor of the hotel's re-opening. Roger attended the ball dressed in a dog costume. At some point, Roger must have died in the hotel, for his ghost remained behind, occupying one of the rooms.

Thirty-some years later, Wendy Torrance - wife of the winter caretaker Jack Torrance, began seeing the various ghosts in the house. She saw the mysterious "dog man" in what appeared to be some form of sexual congress with another man, possibly even Horace Derwent himself.

Notes & Trivia

 * This party guest was identified as Roger in the novel only. He is not identified in the movie.


 * In the novel, Roger wore a dog costume. In the movie, he is seen wearing a bear costume and performing fellatio on another man.


 * The means by which Roger died is unknown.


 * Per the novel, Roger was hopelessly in love with Harry Derwent. Whether the man seen with Roger in Kubrick's film is intended to be Derwent or not is unclear.


 * The actor who played Roger in the film is uncredited and unidentified.

Appearances

 * Shining, The (novel)
 * Shining, The (1980)