In the
aftermath of World War II, he set up his own orchestra, playing in the Orchid Room at the
London Trocadero. As his reputation grew, he was offered many conducting jobs for films. Most notably, he composed the music for 22
Carry On films. He also conducted the music for the first
James Bond film
Dr. No under the name Eric Rogers. He would later go on to compose many film scores himself, most notably
Carry On Cabby in 1963,
Carry On Matron in 1972 and a hoard of other
Carry On films. His final
Carry On score was for
Carry On Emmannuelle in 1978. Rogers emigrated to America in 1975, after working intermittently in the UK and America from 1970, and became in demand for composing various film and TV series. By this point he had struck up an alliance with DePatie and Freleng productions, who were at the time making a number of animated series for children, such as
Return to the Planet of the Apes and ''
What's New, Mr. Magoo?. He worked for the company for four years, conducting scores for What's New, Mr. Magoo?
and Pink Panther in a Pink Christmas
, and providing scores for Return to the Planet of the Apes
and Spider-Woman'', for which he composed and conducted the theme and all the incidental music. He also conducted
Dean Elliott's score for
The New Fantastic Four animated series in 1978. In 1981, he conducted the music for
Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother. ==Personal life==