---
name: "George Rose"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-rose"
fi1m_id: "george-rose"
imdb_id: "nm0741394"
tmdb_id: 87027
wikidata_id: "Q1480761"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 February 1920"
died: "5 May 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T08:16:33.405326+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# George Rose

## Identity

George Rose

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-rose
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** george-rose
- **IMDb ID:** nm0741394
- **TMDB ID:** 87027
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1480761
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rose_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1480761, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87027

Actor. Born 19 February 1920 in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, UK. Died 5 May 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 February 1920, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 5 May 1988
- **Active:** 1958–1971
- **Also known as:** George Walter Rose
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 85 (1), 1970s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rose_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1480761, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87027

## Biography

George Rose (19 February 1920 – 5 May 1988) was an English actor and singer known for his work in theatre and film. Born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, the son of a butcher, he studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. After wartime service and studies at Oxford, he made his Old Vic stage debut in 1946.

Rose spent four years with the Old Vic company and made his Broadway debut the same year. He appeared in numerous stage productions, winning Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for revivals of *My Fair Lady* (1976) and *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1985). His film credits include *A Night to Remember* (1958), *The Flesh and the Fiends* (1960), *Hawaii* (1966), *A New Leaf* (1971) as Harold, and *The Pirates of Penzance* (1983).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A New Leaf* (1971), Fi1m 83, as Harold — [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *A Night to Remember* (1958), Fi1m 85, as Chief Baker Charles Joughin — [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Broadway's Lost Treasures II* (2004), as Louis Greff (segment "Coco")
- *CBS Summer Playhouse* (1987), series, as Woods
- *The Saint in Manhattan* (1987), as Woods
- *You Can't Take it With You* (1984), as Boris Kolenkhov
- *The Pirates of Penzance* (1983), as Maj. Gen. Stanley
- *Blake: The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell* (1983), Actor
- *The Pirates of Penzance* (1980), as Major-General Stanley
- *Holocaust* (1978), series, as Lowy
- *The American Woman: Portraits of Courage* (1976), as Anthony Comstock
- *Beacon Hill* (1975), series, as Arthur Hacker
- *From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler* (1973), as Saxonburg
- *Hogan's Goat* (1971), as Quinn
- *A New Leaf* (1971), as Harold — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Quinn
- *The Littlest Angel* (1969), as The Celestial Psychopomp
- *The Tree* (1969), as Stuey Morgan
- *The Pink Jungle* (1968), as Captain Stopes
- *Hawaii* (1966), as Captain Janders
- *Eagle in a Cage* (1965), as Cipriani
- *Profiles in Courage* (1964), series, as Sen. Thomas Corwin
- *Hamlet* (1964), as First Gravedigger
- *Macbeth* (1964), as Porter
- *Pygmalion* (1963), as Alfred Doolittle
- *Cyrano De Bergerac* (1962), as Ragueneau
- *No Love for Johnnie* (1961), as Edward Collins
- *Captain Brassbound's Conversion* (1960), as Drinkwater
- *The Citadel* (1960), Actor
- *The Flesh and the Fiends* (1960), as William Burke
- *Back to Back* (1959), Actor
- *Jet Storm* (1959), as James Burlington Brock
- *The Devil's Disciple* (1959), as British Sergeant
- *The Heart of a Man* (1959), as Charlie
- *Jack the Ripper* (1959), as Clarke
- *Desert Mice* (1959), as Popados
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as George Lanyard McGraff
- *Cat & Mouse* (1958), as Clothes Dealer
- *A Night to Remember* (1958), as Chief Baker Charles Joughin — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md)
- *Barnacle Bill* (1957), as Bullen
- *The Dock Brief* (1957), Actor
- *The Shiralee* (1957), as Donny
- *The Good Companions* (1957), as Theatre Manager
- *Brothers in Law* (1957), as Frost
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Fred Sanderson
- *The Long Arm* (1956), as Slob
- *Port of Escape* (1956), as Publican
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, as Beggar
- *John and Julie* (1955), as Wilbury Policeman
- *Track the Man Down* (1955), as Rick Lambert
- *The Night My Number Came Up* (1955), as Bennett
- *The Sea Shall Not Have Them* (1954), as Tebbitt
- *The Good Die Young* (1954), as Bunny
- *The Beggar's Opera* (1953), as 1st Turnkey
- *The Square Ring* (1953), as Whitey Johnson
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Drinkwater, The Porter, Alfred Doolittle, Ragueneau, Cipriani, Chaplain de Stogumber

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1986: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1981: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1976: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1975: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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