William Rose
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.
Crew
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Screenplay
The Ladykillers
Screenplay, Story
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Screenplay, Story
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Screenplay
The Smallest Show on Earth
Screenplay
The Flim-Flam Man
Screenplay
Genevieve
Story, Screenplay
The Man in the Sky
Story, Screenplay
The 'Maggie'
Screenplay
Once a Jolly Swagman
Screenplay
Davy
Screenplay
Song of Paris
Story
Esther Waters
Screenplay
Touch and Go
Screenplay
My Daughter Joy
Screenplay
Dhamaal
Original Story
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Screenplay
Gift Horse
Adaptation
Island Splendor
Writer
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Writer
I'll Get You for This
Screenplay
The Ladykillers
Original Film Writer