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George Rosener

{{Short description|American actor and writer (1884–1945)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = George Rosener

| image = George Rosener in City of Missing Girls (1941).jpg

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| caption = Rosener in City of Missing Girls (1941)

| birth_name = George Michael Rosener

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|05|26|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|03|29|1884|05|26|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| other_names =

| nationality = American

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer}}

| yearsactive = 1930–1941

| known_for = Work with Frank Buck

| spouse = Adele Oswald Rosener

| children = George M. Rosener (1926–1988)

}}

George Michael Rosener (May 26, 1884 – March 29, 1945) was an American film actor and writer. He also wrote and acted in the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace.{{cite book

| last = Lehrer

| first = Steven

| title = Bring 'Em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck

| publisher = Texas Tech University press

| year = 2006

| pages = x-xi

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UNnhbq9gwTUC&q=frank+buck+steven+lehrer

| isbn = 0-89672-582-0

}}

Career

Rosener began his acting career at age 19 as a circus clown, followed by stints in tent and medicine shows, vaudeville, and stock companies. He was a playwright whose 1927 play Speakeasy (written with Edward Knoblock) was adapted for film in 1929. Rosener acted in or directed more than 200 plays, including My Maryland."An actor turns playwright." New York Times. October 23, 1927. He was on the news staff of the New York World.[http://www.answers.com/topic/george-rosener Hans J. Wollstein. George Rosener. Answers.com]

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He worked for the Shubert family, operators of the Broadway theater district, for more than seven years as an actor, director, and writer. He also acted in 38 films and wrote 14 more, including Doctor X, Union Depot, The Secret of Treasure Island, City of Missing Girls, The Mysterious Pilot, Alias the Doctor, The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Sinners' Holiday, New Faces of 1937, House of Secrets, The Carson City Kid, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, and The Great Commandment.Eileen S. Quigley. International Motion Picture Almanac, Volume 48. Quigley Publications, 1938

=Work with Frank Buck=

In 1937, Rosener wrote and acted in the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace.

Final years

Rosener's last film credit was in 1941. His wife, Adele, died in June 1942. George Rosener died three years later.

Partial filmography

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Category:1884 births

Category:1945 deaths

Category:American male screenwriters

Category:American male stage actors

Category:American circus performers

Category:Writers from Brooklyn

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male dramatists and playwrights

Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights

Category:20th-century American male writers

Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)

Category:20th-century American screenwriters

Category:Male actors from Brooklyn