Where to watch William Rose in the UK
Find every William Rose film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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 …
William Rose films streaming in the UK
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- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Screenplay
- The Ladykillers (2004) Original Film Writer
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) Writer
- The Ladykillers (1955) Screenplay
- The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) Screenplay
- Gift Horse (1952) Adaptation
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) Screenplay
- The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Screenplay
- The Flim-Flam Man (1967) Screenplay
- Dhamaal (2007) Original Story
- Esther Waters (1948) Screenplay
- Genevieve (1953) Story
- The Man in the Sky (1957) Screenplay
- Davy (1958) Screenplay
- I'll Get You for This (1951) Screenplay
- Touch and Go (1955) Screenplay
- The 'Maggie' (1954) Screenplay
- Bachelor in Paris (1952) Story
- Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) Screenplay
- My Daughter Joy (1950) Screenplay
- Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974) Screenplay
- Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios (1986) as Interviewee
- Island Splendor (1966) Writer
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