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William Rose
Born December 12, 1914 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA · Died February 10, 1987 (aged 72)
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.
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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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Wrote 15
LearningFrankenstein's Castle of Freaks1974
LearningThe Secret of Santa Vittoria1970
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
LearningThe Flim-Flam Man1967
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!1966
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963
LearningThe Smallest Show on Earth1957
LearningThe Man in the Sky1957
The Ladykillers1955
LearningTouch and Go1955
LearningThe 'Maggie'1954
LearningGenevieve1953
LearningSong of Paris1952
LearningOnce a Jolly Swagman1949
LearningEsther Waters1948