Director

William Rose

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 21

TMDB ID: 21008

IMDb ID: nm0741740

Known for: Writing

Born: December 12, 1914

Died: February 10, 1987

Age: 72

Place of birth: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 2007

Years active: 60

Average TMDB rating: 6.59

Wikidata: Q506048

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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.

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