About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1914-12-12
Place of birth:
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Website:
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William Rose

Overview

William Rose was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, and travelled to Canada at the outbreak of World War II, while the US was still neutral, in order to join up and fight the Nazis. This took him to Britain, where he decided to stay after the war.  

He spent his demobilisation money on a course in screenwriting, and then became a writer of British and American comedies such as Ladykillers, Genevieve, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, and The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!, as well as more serious films such as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. 

He retired to Jersey, where he died in 1987 at the age of 72.

Known for

Acting
1986 Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios Actor Interviewee 59
Average

Writing
2007 Dhamaal Writing Original Story 60
Fair
2004 The Ladykillers Writing Original Film Writer 60
Fair
1974 Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks Writing Screenplay 57
Average
1970 The Secret of Santa Vittoria Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Writing Writer 69
Fair
1967 The Flim-Flam Man Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1966 The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1966 Island Splendor Writing Writer N/A
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1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Writing Story 64
Fair
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
1958 Davy Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1957 The Smallest Show on Earth Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1957 The Man in the Sky Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1957 The Man in the Sky Writing Story 59
Average
1955 The Ladykillers Writing Story 65
Fair
1955 The Ladykillers Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1955 Touch and Go Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1954 The 'Maggie' Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 Genevieve Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 Genevieve Writing Story 59
Average
1952 Gift Horse Writing Adaptation 59
Average
1952 Song of Paris Writing Story 59
Average
1951 I'll Get You for This Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1950 My Daughter Joy Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A
1949 Once a Jolly Swagman Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1948 Esther Waters Writing Screenplay 59
Average