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George Rose (actor) (George Walter Rose) was born on 19 February, 1920 in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, is an English actor and singer (1920–1988). Discover George Rose (actor)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As George Walter Rose
Occupation Actor, singer
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 19 February, 1920
Birthday 19 February
Birthplace Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Date of death 5 May, 1988
Died Place Sosúa, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
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1920

George Walter Rose (19 February 1920 – 5 May 1988) was an English actor and singer in theatre and film.

He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for roles in My Fair Lady and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, the son of a butcher, Rose studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

After graduation, he was briefly a farmer and secretary.

1946

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 in a 1946 production of Henry IV, Part I and continued to play in New York City and London's West End for the remainder of the decade.

1949

Rose made his screen debut in Midnight Frolics in 1949 and went on to make more than 30 films.

1950

He spent most of the 1950s appearing in broad comedy roles in the UK, later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.

1952

Notable film credits include The Pickwick Papers (1952), Track the Man Down (1955), A Night to Remember (1958), The Flesh and the Fiends (1959), Hawaii (1966), and A New Leaf (1971).

1959

He returned to Broadway to portray Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing in 1959.

Two years later, he co-starred to much acclaim in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, first in London and then in New York.

This included Variety naming him best supporting actor for his portrayal of the Common Man.

From then on he appeared primarily in American plays and films.

1964

On Broadway, among other roles, he played the First Gravedigger in John Gielgud's 1964 production of Hamlet starring Richard Burton, a suspicious storekeeper in William Hanley's Slow Dance on the Killing Ground (1964), a bitter soldier in Peter Shaffer's Royal Hunt of the Sun (1965), and the detective in Joe Orton's Loot (1968).

1969

His first Tony Award nomination was for his portrayal of Louis Greff, Coco Chanel's friend, in the musical Coco in 1969.

1974

In the 1974 comedy My Fat Friend, opposite Lynn Redgrave, he won a Drama Desk Award and received another Tony nomination.

1975

Rose starred in the 1975 television series Beacon Hill, an Americanised version of Upstairs, Downstairs.

1976

In 1976, he finally won a Tony as Alfred P. Doolittle in the 20th anniversary Broadway revival of My Fair Lady.

1978

Other television credits include Naked City, Trials of O'Brien, the mini-series Holocaust (1978), and several appearances on the Hallmark Hall of Fame.

1979

He received further acclaim in the role of General Burgoyne in The Devil's Disciple, as Mr. Darling and Captain Hook in Peter Pan and as one of Rex Harrison's co-stars in The Kingfisher; he won a 1979 Drama Desk Award for the last.

1980

In 1980, he appeared as Major General Stanley in the hit Joe Papp adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance, co-starring Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt, being nominated for another Tony award.

1983

He also starred in the film adaptation of the production, released in 1983.

1984

In 1984, he purchased a holiday home in Sosúa, Dominican Republic where he spent much of his time between his performances.

Rose was homosexual, and had no immediate family or permanent partner.

He reportedly longed to have an heir.

Shortly after moving, he took in a 14 year old boy whom he supported financially and to whom he planned to leave his estate.

1986

Rose won his second Tony in 1986, for Rupert Holmes' musical adaptation of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

1988

Rose was appearing in a national tour of Drood at the time of his death in 1988.

His last film role was Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, in which he voiced the villain Marvin McNasty (and also sang one of the film's songs).

Rose owned a pet lynx, birds, and other exotic creatures.

He had a music collection numbering around 17,000 records.

He officially adopted the boy in January 1988.

On 5 May 1988, during a two-week hiatus from the national tour of Drood, Rose was tortured and beaten to death by his adopted son, the boy's biological father, an uncle, and a friend of the father.

The assailants tried to make the death look like a car accident, but soon confessed.

Though all four were charged and spent time in prison, no trial was ever held; and eventually all were released.

Rose is buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery near his Sosúa home.