William Rose


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Actor | Writer | Story | Screenplay | Adaptation

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 wel...

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Date of Birth: Dec 12, 1914

Date of Death: Feb 10, 1987


Filmography

Actor (1 Known Credits)


Writer (2 Known Credits)


Story (4 Known Credits)


Genevieve

Story

Story
Story
Genevieve (1953)
Story
Song of Paris (1952)
Story

Screenplay (14 Known Credits)


Screenplay
Screenplay
Davy (1958)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Touch and Go (1955)
Screenplay
The Maggie (1954)
Screenplay
Genevieve (1953)
Screenplay
Screenplay

Adaptation (1 Known Credits)


Gift Horse

Adaptation

Gift Horse (1952)
Adaptation

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