William Rose
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 12, 1914
- Died
- February 10, 1987 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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
Dhamaal
Movie · Original Story
The Ladykillers
Movie · Original Film Writer
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Movie · Screenplay
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Movie · Screenplay
The Flim-Flam Man
Movie · Screenplay
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Movie · Writer
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Movie · Screenplay
Island Splendor
Movie · Writer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Davy
Movie · Screenplay
The Smallest Show on Earth
Movie · Screenplay
The Man in the Sky
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Ladykillers
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Touch and Go
Movie · Screenplay
The 'Maggie'
Movie · Screenplay
Genevieve
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Song of Paris
Movie · Story
Gift Horse
Movie · Adaptation
I'll Get You for This
Movie · Screenplay
My Daughter Joy
Movie · Screenplay
Once a Jolly Swagman
Movie · Screenplay
Esther Waters
Movie · Screenplay