William Rose
72
years
Biography
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.
Acting (1 movie)
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| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Esther Waters | 1948 | Screenplay |
| Once a Jolly Swagman | 1949 | Screenplay |
| My Daughter Joy | 1950 | Screenplay |
| I'll Get You for This | 1951 | Screenplay |
| Genevieve | 1953 | Screenplay |
| The 'Maggie' | 1954 | Screenplay |
| Touch and Go | 1955 | Screenplay |
| The Ladykillers | 1955 | Screenplay |
| The Man in the Sky | 1957 | Screenplay |
| The Smallest Show on Earth | 1957 | Screenplay |
| Davy | 1958 | Screenplay |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | 1963 | Screenplay |
| Island Splendor | 1966 | Writer |
| The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! | 1966 | Screenplay |
| The Flim-Flam Man | 1967 | Screenplay |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 1967 | Writer |
| The Secret of Santa Vittoria | 1970 | Screenplay |
| Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks | 1974 | Screenplay |