George Rose was born on February 19, 1920 in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. He was an actor, known for A New Leaf (1971), The Pirates of Penzance (1983) and A Night to Remember (1958). He died on May 5, 1988 in Rio Plata, Dominican Republic.
Following three years of service with the British Army during World War II, he studied acting and first performed on stage with the Old Vic in London.
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Quit school at sixteen to work as a secretary at Oxford University.
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Twice played the father of "Eliza Doolittle", in the 1976 Broadway revival of "My Fair Lady" and George Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion", for Pygmalion (1963) in 1963.
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He was nominated for a 1978 Joseph Jefferson Award for Guest Artist for his performance in "What the Butler Saw", at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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Won two Tony Awards as Best Actor (Musical): in 1976, for a revival of "My Fair Lady," and in 1986, for "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." He was also nominated for a Tony thre other times: as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical), in 1970 for "Coco;" as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "My Fat Friend," and again as Best Actor (Musical), in 1981 for "The Pirates of Penzance."
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Beaten to death by his adopted son, the young man's natural father, an uncle and a fourth man.
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A British Music Hall star, he created the roles of Hobson in "Walking Happy" and The Chairman in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hamlet
1964/I
First Gravedigger
Back to Back
1963
TV Movie
Pygmalion
1963
TV Movie
Alfred Doolittle
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
TV Movie
Ragueneau
Naked City
1962
TV Series
George Lanyard McGraff
The Andromeda Breakthrough
1962
TV Series
Local
Top Secret
1961
TV Series
Salinus
No Love for Johnnie
1961
Edward Collins
Macbeth
1960/III
TV Movie
Porter
ITV Play of the Week
1956-1960
TV Series
Mr. Wilson
The DuPont Show of the Month
1959-1960
TV Series
Ben Gunn
Magistrate Fang
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
TV Movie
Drinkwater
The Citadel
1960
TV Movie
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
William Burke
Buick-Electra Playhouse
1960
TV Series
Desert Mice
1959
Popados
Play of the Week
1959
TV Series
Fowle / Arthur Louden
Jet Storm
1959
James Brock
The Devil's Disciple
1959
British Sergeant
The Heart of a Man
1959
Charlie
Jack the Ripper
1959
Clarke
Theatre Night
1958
TV Series
The Desperate Men
1958
Second-hand Clothes Dealer
A Night to Remember
1958
Chief Baker Charles Joughin
Law and Disorder
1958
Warden in Charge of Cell Under the Court (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
Roger Cly (uncredited)
All at Sea
1957
Bullen
Armchair Theatre
1957
TV Series
Fred Sanderson
No Time for Tears
1957
Dobbie
The Shiralee
1957
Donny
The Good Companions
1957
Theatre manager
Brothers in Law
1957
Mark Frost
Panic in the Parlor
1956
Waiter at Banfield's
Reach for the Sky
1956
Squadron Leader Edwards (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1956
TV Series
Beggar
The Third Key
1956
Slob
Port of Escape
1956
Publican
ITV Television Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Eddy
Tales from Soho
1956
TV Series
Cober
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955
TV Series
James Grigson
John and Julie
1955
Wilbury Policeman
Track the Man Down
1955
Rick Lambert
The Night My Number Came Up
1955
Bennett
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954
Tebbitt
The Face of Love
1954
TV Movie
Philo, a Troan Sergeant
Stage by Stage
1954
TV Series
Lissardo
Devil on Horseback
1954
Blacksmith
The Good Die Young
1954
Bunny
The Secret Storm
1954
TV Series
Dr. Ira Bloomfield (1973-1974)
The Square Ring
1953
Whitey Johnson
The Beggar's Opera
1953
1st Turnkey
Wicked Wife
1953
Plainclothes Detective
Wednesday Theatre
1953
TV Series
Noah
The Pickwick Papers
1952
uncredited
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
1988
Marvin McNasty / Sir McNasty (voice)
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
TV Series
Woods
Great Performances
1971-1984
TV Series
Boris Kolenkhov / Quinn
The Pirates of Penzance
1983
Maj. Gen. Stanley
The Pirates of Penzance
1980
TV Movie
Major-General Stanley
Saturday Night Live
1980
TV Series
Major-General Stanley - Musical Guest
Holocaust
1978
TV Mini-Series
Franz Lowy / Lowy
The Andros Targets
1977
TV Series
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
TV Movie
Anthony Comstock
Beacon Hill
1975
TV Series
Arthur Hacker
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1973
Saxonburg
A New Leaf
1971
Harold
The Littlest Angel
1969
TV Movie
Celestial Psychopomp
The Tree
1969
Stuey Morgan
The Pink Jungle
1968
Captain Stopes
NET Playhouse
1967
TV Series
Saint Joan
1967
TV Movie
Chaplain de Stogumber
New York Television Theatre
1966-1967
TV Series segment "Swan Song" / Joe segment: "Eh, Joe?"
- The Proposal/Swan Song 1967 ... segment "Swan Song"
Hawaii
1966
Capt. Janders
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
TV Series
James Thurlow Gedney
Eagle in a Cage
1965
TV Movie
Cipriani
Profiles in Courage
1965
TV Series
Sen. Thomas Corwin
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 40th Annual Tony Awards
1986
TV Special performer: "There You Are", "Don't Quit While You're Ahead"
Saturday Night Live
1980
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 41st Annual Tony Awards
1987
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Best Leading Actress in a Musical
The 40th Annual Tony Awards
1986
TV Special
Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1985
TV Special
Himself
The 35th Annual Tony Awards
1981
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Musical
Macy's 54th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade
1980
TV Movie
Himself
The 30th Annual Tony Awards
1976
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Musical
The 29th Annual Tony Awards
1975
TV Special
Himself
The 24th Annual Tony Awards
1970
TV Special
Himself
The David Frost Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The 16th Annual Tony Awards
1962
TV Special
Himself - Accepting Award for Best Direction of a Play