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William Rose

William Rose

Known For Writing
Birthday Dec 12, 1914
Died Feb 10, 1987 (72)
Birthplace None
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date May 05, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

2004

Original Film Writer

The Flim-Flam Man

The Flim-Flam Man

1967

Screenplay

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

Screenplay, Story

Davy

Davy

1958

Screenplay

The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

Screenplay

The Man in the Sky

The Man in the Sky

1957

Screenplay, Story

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

1955

Screenplay, Story

Touch and Go

Touch and Go

1955

Screenplay

The 'Maggie'

The 'Maggie'

1954

Screenplay

Genevieve

Genevieve

1953

Screenplay, Story

Gift Horse

Gift Horse

1952

Adaptation

Song of Paris

Song of Paris

1952

Story

I'll Get You for This

I'll Get You for This

1951

Screenplay

My Daughter Joy

My Daughter Joy

1950

Screenplay

Once a Jolly Swagman

Once a Jolly Swagman

1949

Screenplay

Esther Waters

Esther Waters

1948

Screenplay

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