William Rose
Writing
- Born
- December 12, 1914 · Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
- Died
- February 10, 1987 (age 72)
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.
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He retired to Jersey, where he died in 1987 at the age of 72.
Known for
The Ladykillers
March 25, 2004
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
December 11, 1967
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
November 7, 1963
The Ladykillers
December 8, 1955
Dhamaal
September 7, 2007
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
May 25, 1966
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
January 2, 1970
Genevieve
May 28, 1953
The 'Maggie'
February 25, 1954
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
February 19, 1974
The Smallest Show on Earth
April 9, 1957
The Flim-Flam Man
August 22, 1967
Behind the camera22
- 2007Dhamaal Original Story
- 2004The Ladykillers Original Film Writer
- 1974Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks Screenplay
- 1970The Secret of Santa Vittoria Screenplay
- 1967Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Writer
- 1967The Flim-Flam Man Screenplay
- 1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Screenplay
- 1966Island Splendor Writer
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Screenplay, Story
- 1958Davy