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William Rose
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2007
Dhamaal
Movie Original Story
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2004
The Ladykillers
Movie Original Film Writer
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1986
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Movie Interviewee
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1974
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Movie Screenplay
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1970
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Movie Screenplay
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1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Movie Writer
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1967
The Flim-Flam Man
Movie Screenplay
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1966
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Movie Screenplay
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1966
Island Splendor
Movie Writer
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1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie Screenplay
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1958
Davy
Movie Screenplay
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1957
The Smallest Show on Earth
Movie Screenplay
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1957
The Man in the Sky
Movie Screenplay
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1955
The Ladykillers
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Touch and Go
Movie Screenplay
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1954
The 'Maggie'
Movie Screenplay
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1953
Genevieve
Movie Story
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1952
Gift Horse
Movie Adaptation
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1952
Song of Paris
Movie Story
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1951
I'll Get You for This
Movie Screenplay
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1950
My Daughter Joy
Movie Screenplay
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1949
Once a Jolly Swagman
Movie Screenplay
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1948
Esther Waters
Movie Screenplay
