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William Rose (1914-1987)

Born:
December 12, 1914

Died:
February 10, 1987

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Adaptation:
1952  Gift Horse

Original Film Writer:
1952  Gift Horse
2004  The Ladykillers

Original Story:
1952  Gift Horse
2004  The Ladykillers
2007  Dhamaal

Screenplay:
1948  Esther Waters
1949  Once a Jolly Swagman
1950  My Daughter Joy
1951  I'll Get You for This
1952  Gift Horse
1953  Genevieve
1954  The 'Maggie'
1955  The Ladykillers
1955  Touch and Go
1957  The Man in the Sky
1957  The Smallest Show on Earth
1958  Davy
1963  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1966  The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1967  The Flim-Flam Man
1970  The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1974  Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
2004  The Ladykillers
2007  Dhamaal

Story:
1948  Esther Waters
1949  Once a Jolly Swagman
1950  My Daughter Joy
1951  I'll Get You for This
1952  Gift Horse
1952  Song of Paris
1953  Genevieve
1954  The 'Maggie'
1955  The Ladykillers
1955  Touch and Go
1957  The Man in the Sky
1957  The Smallest Show on Earth
1958  Davy
1963  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1966  The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1967  The Flim-Flam Man
1970  The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1974  Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
2004  The Ladykillers
2007  Dhamaal

Writer:
1948  Esther Waters
1949  Once a Jolly Swagman
1950  My Daughter Joy
1951  I'll Get You for This
1952  Gift Horse
1952  Song of Paris
1953  Genevieve
1954  The 'Maggie'
1955  The Ladykillers
1955  Touch and Go
1957  The Man in the Sky
1957  The Smallest Show on Earth
1958  Davy
1963  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1966  Island Splendor
1966  The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1967  Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967  The Flim-Flam Man
1970  The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1974  Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
2004  The Ladykillers
2007  Dhamaal

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