---
name: "Reginald Rose"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reginald-rose"
fi1m_id: "reginald-rose"
imdb_id: "nm0741627"
tmdb_id: 5246
wikidata_id: "Q1934890"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 December 1920"
died: "19 April 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T08:14:03.871187+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."
---

# Reginald Rose

## Identity

Reginald Rose

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reginald-rose
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reginald-rose
- **IMDb ID:** nm0741627
- **TMDB ID:** 5246
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1934890
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Rose, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1934890, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741627/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5246

Writer. Born 10 December 1920 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Died 19 April 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 December 1920, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 19 April 2002
- **Active:** 1957–1959
- **Also known as:** Ed Tashley
- **Frequently works with:** [Lee J. Cobb](https://film.one/person/lee-j-cobb.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Rose, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1934890, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741627/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5246

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*12 Angry Men*](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md) (91)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Twilight Zone*](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) (84)
- **Tubi:** [*Man of the West*](https://film.one/film/man-of-the-west.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Reginald Rose was an American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for live television anthology series from the early 1950s and adapted several of his works for film.

Rose was born in Manhattan, New York City, on 10 December 1920. He attended Townsend Harris High School and briefly studied at City College before serving in the US Army from 1942 to 1946, where he reached the rank of first lieutenant. He began writing for television in 1951.

He is best known for the teleplay *Twelve Angry Men*, first broadcast on *Studio One* in 1954 and adapted as the 1957 film *12 Angry Men*, on which he received screenplay, story and producer credits. Other credits include episodes of *The Twilight Zone*, the series *The Defenders*, and screenplays for *Man of the West* (1958), *The Wild Geese* (1978) and *Escape from Sobibor* (1987). Rose died on 19 April 2002 in Norwalk, Connecticut.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Man of the West* (1958), Fi1m 79, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-the-west.md)
- *12 Angry Men* (1957), Fi1m 91, Screenplay, Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei* (2025), Original Story
- *O veredicto* (2019), Writer
- *Douze hommes en colère* (2010), Author
- *12* (2007), Story
- *12 Angry Men* (1997), Teleplay
- *Escape from Sobibor* (1987), Teleplay
- *Ek Ruka Hua Faisla* (1986), Original Story
- *My Two Loves* (1986), Writer
- *Wild Geese II* (1985), Screenplay
- *Who Dares Wins* (1982), Screenplay
- *Twelve Angry Men* (1982), Original Film Writer
- *The Rules of Marriage* (1982), Writer
- *Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov* (1982), Original Story
- *Whose Life Is It Anyway?* (1981), Screenplay
- *The Sea Wolves* (1980), Writer
- *Studs Lonigan* (1979), series, Writer
- *Somebody Killed Her Husband* (1978), Writer
- *The Wild Geese* (1978), Screenplay
- *The Zoo Gang* (1974), series, Writer, Creator
- *Doce hombres sin piedad* (1973), Writer
- *Monday's Theater* (1972), series, Writer
- *Stranger on the Run* (1967), Original Story
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, Writer
- *The Twelve Jurors* (1963), Screenplay
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, Writer, Creator
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, Writer
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *The Man in the Net* (1959), Writer
- *Tragedy in a Temporary Town* (1959), Writer
- *A Marriage of Strangers* (1959), Writer
- *Man of the West* (1958), Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-the-west.md)
- *Thunder on Sycamore Street* (1957), Writer
- *Dino* (1957), Screenplay
- *12 Angry Men* (1957), Producer, Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md)
- *The Defender (Studio One)* (1957), Writer
- *Playhouse 90* (1956), series, Writer
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer
- *Crime in the Streets* (1956), Screenplay, Story
- *Tragedy in a Temporary Town* (1956), Writer
- *The Alcoa Hour* (1955), series, Writer
- *The Challenge* (1955), Writer
- *The Elgin Hour* (1954), series, Writer
- *Twelve Angry Men* (1954), Writer
- *The Kill* (1952), Screenplay
- *Goodyear Television Playhouse* (1951), series, Writer
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1958: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *12 Angry Men*
- 1958: Best Picture (nominated), for *12 Angry Men*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edgar Awards 1958: Edgar Awards (won)

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

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