William Rose
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 12, 1914, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
- Died
- February 10, 1987
- Movies
- 19
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.
Best-Known Movies
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
The Ladykillers
1955
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
Genevieve
1953
The 'Maggie'
1954
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
The Flim-Flam Man
1967
Filmography
| 1986 | Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios | Interviewee |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1974 | Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks | Screenplay |
| 1970 | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Screenplay |
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Writer |
| 1967 | The Flim-Flam Man | Screenplay |
| 1966 | The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! | Screenplay |
| 1966 | Island Splendor | Writer |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Screenplay |
| 1958 | Davy | Screenplay |
| 1957 | The Smallest Show on Earth | Screenplay |
| 1957 | The Man in the Sky | Screenplay |
| 1955 | The Ladykillers | Screenplay |
| 1955 | Touch and Go | Screenplay |
| 1954 | The 'Maggie' | Screenplay |
| 1953 | Genevieve | Screenplay |
| 1951 | I'll Get You for This | Screenplay |
| 1950 | My Daughter Joy | Screenplay |
| 1949 | Once a Jolly Swagman | Screenplay |
| 1948 | Esther Waters | Screenplay |
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