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 ''

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''.

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 ''

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'' (written with

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) was adapted for film in 1929. Rosener acted in or directed more than 200 plays, including ''

My Maryland ''My Maryland'' is a "musical romance" with book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly and music by Sigmund Romberg, based on the play ''Barbara Frietchie'' by Clyde Fitch. Production ''My Maryland'' was staged by J. C. Huffman. Produced by Lee Shubert ...

''. He was on the news staff of the ''

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''. He worked for the

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, 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'', ''

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'', ''

City of Missing Girls ''City of Missing Girls'' is a 1941 American film directed by Elmer Clifton. Plot The police led by Captain McVeigh and the Assistant District Attorney James J. Horton are baffled by the disappearances of several young girls with some being fou ...

'', ''

The Mysterious Pilot ''The Mysterious Pilot'' is a 15-episode 1937 Columbia Pictures, Columbia Serial (film), movie serial based on the book by William Byron Mowery and starring the record-breaking aviator Frank Hawks. This was the second serial produced by Columbia ...

'', '' Alias the Doctor'', ''

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ''The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' (1938) is a Columbia Pictures movie serial. It was the fourth of the 57 serials released by Columbia and the studio's first Western serial. The serial was the first to be produced by Columbia personn ...

'', ''

Sinners' Holiday ''Sinners' Holiday'' is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking crime drama film starring Grant Withers and Evalyn Knapp, and featuring James Cagney (in his film debut), Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the 1930 play ''Penny ...

'', ''

New Faces of 1937 ''New Faces of 1937'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Joe Penner, Milton Berle and Harriet Hilliard. Its plot is similar to '' The Producers'' (1968). Intended as the first film of an annual RKO Pictures revu ...

'', '' House of Secrets'', ''

The Carson City Kid ''The Carson City Kid'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane starring Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Bob Steele. Plot The Carson City Kid (Roy Rogers) is a stagecoach robber seeking vengeance on Morgan Reynolds ( B ...

'', '' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'', and ''

The Great Commandment ''The Great Commandment'' is a 1939 American Christian film directed by Irving Pichel, which portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good ...

''.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 ''

''.

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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'' (1930, screenplay) - Slick (uncredited) *'' She Got What She Wanted'' (1930, screenplay) *'' Union Depot'' (1932) - Dr. Bernardi *'' Alias the Doctor'' (1932) - Dr. Franz von Bergman *'' Doctor X'' (1932) - Otto *''

70,000 Witnesses ''70,000 Witnesses'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Ralph Murphy, written by Garrett Fort, Robert N. Lee, Allen Rivkin and P.J. Wolfson, and starring Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, Charlie Ruggles, Johnny Mack Brown, J ...

'' (1932) - Ortello *''

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'' (1932) - Crooked Fight Manager (uncredited) *'' The Devil Is Driving'' (1932) - The Dummy *''

The Circus Queen Murder ''The Circus Queen Murder'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cook and Greta Nissen. It is the sequel to the 1932 film '' The Night Club Lady'' in which Menjou had also s ...

'' (1933) - John T. Rainey *'' Goodbye Love'' (1933, screenplay) *''

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'' (1935) - Trapper (uncredited) *'' House of Secrets'' (1936) - Hector Munson *''

The Case of the Black Cat ''The Case of the Black Cat'' is a 1936 American mystery film directed by William C. McGann and an uncredited Alan Crosland, based on the 1935 Perry Mason novel '' The Case of the Caretaker's Cat'' by Erle Stanley Gardner. The film stars Ricardo ...

'' (1936) - Charles Ashton *''

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'' (1936) - Uncle Ted Kedrich *'' Park Avenue Logger'' (1937) - Matt O'Shea *''

'' (1937) - Doorman *''

Super-Sleuth ''Super-Sleuth'' is a 1937 comedy film directed by Ben Stoloff. It was an early lead role for Jack Oakie. ''Super Sleuth'' was a remade in 1946 as '' Genius at Work'', with comedy team of Wally Brown and Alan Carney. Plot A film detective believe ...

'' (1937) - Policeman *'' The Big Shot'' (1937) - Phillips - the Accountant (uncredited) *''

'' (1937, Serial) - The Professor *''

'' (1937, Serial) - Fritz hs.3-5,9,14-15*''

Sh! The Octopus ''Sh! The Octopus'' is a 1937 comedy-mystery film produced by Warner Bros., directed by William McGann and starring Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins and Marcia Ralston. While contract players Herbert and Jenkins frequently appeared in the same picture ...

'' (1937) - Captain Hook *''

'' (1938, Serial) - Capt. Samuel Cuttle *''

'' (1938, screenplay) *''

Flying G-Men ''Flying G-Men'' is a 15-episode 1939 adventure film Film serial, directed by James W. Horne and Ray Taylor. The serial was the sixth of the 57 serials released by Columbia. Four "Flying G-Men" battle with enemy saboteurs intent on destroying A ...

'' (1939, Serial) - Hopkins (uncredited) *''

Confessions of a Nazi Spy ''Confessions of a Nazi Spy'' is a 1939 American spy political thriller film directed by Anatole Litvak for Warner Bros. It was the first explicitly anti-Nazi film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio, being released in May 1939, several m ...

'' (1939) - Klauber *''

They All Come Out ''They All Come Out'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Jacques Tourneur, written by John C. Higgins, and starring Rita Johnson, Tom Neal, Bernard Nedell, Edward Gargan, John Gallaudet and Addison Richards. It was released on August 4, ...

'' (1939) - Barney (uncredited) *''

In Name Only ''In Name Only'' is a 1939 romantic film starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, and Kay Francis, directed by John Cromwell. It was based on the 1935 novel ''Memory of Love'' by Bessie Breuer. The fictional town where it is set, Bridgefield, Con ...

'' (1939) - Dr. Hastings at Hotel (uncredited) *''

5th Ave Girl ''Fifth Avenue Girl'', sometimes stylized as ''5th Ave Girl'', is a 1939 RKO Radio Pictures comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, and James Ellison. The screenplay was written by Al ...

'' (1939) - Hobo in Park (uncredited) *''

'' (1939) - Merchant *''

Hitler – Beast of Berlin ''Hitler—Beast of Berlin'' (1939) was one of the most popular "hiss and boo" films of the World War II era, based on the novel ''Goose Step'' by Shepard Traube (1907–1983). Production history The film was the first production of Producer ...

'' (1939) - Wunderlich *''

Three Sons ''Three Sons'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Hively using a screenplay by John Twist, based on the novel, ''Sweepings'' by Lester Cohen. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, and released on October 13, 1939, it is a re ...

'' (1939) - Man Taking Cigarette Butt (uncredited) *''

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President ''Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Melville Baker. The film stars Ann Sothern, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, William Gargan, Marsha Hunt and Tom Neal. It was ...

'' (1939) - Mr. Belknap (uncredited) *'' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' (1940) - Dr. Chandler *'' Florian'' (1940) - Riding School Inspector (uncredited) *''

'' (1940) - Judge Tucker *''

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'' (1940) - Secret Service Official (uncredited) *''

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'' (1940) - Dutch Clerk (uncredited) *''

So Ends Our Night ''So Ends Our Night'' is a 1941 drama directed by John Cromwell and starring Fredric March, Margaret Sullavan and Glenn Ford. The screenplay was adapted by Talbot Jennings from the novel ''Flotsam'' by German exile Erich Maria Remarque, who rose ...

'' (1941) - Custom Guard (uncredited) *''

Arkansas Judge '' Arkansas Judge '' is a 1941 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Frank McDonald (director), Frank McDonald and starring Roy Rogers, Spring Byington, and Veda Ann Borg. Premise Tom Martel, a judge's son, returns to town out Wes ...

'' (1941) - Mr. Beaudry * ''

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'' (1941, screenplay) *''

'' (1941, screenplay) - Officer Dugan *'' In Old Cheyenne'' (1941) - Sam Drummond *''

Sheriff of Tombstone '' Sheriff of Tombstone '' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes. Plot Lawman Brett Starr leaves his job in Dodge City to take up a sheriff's job in Tombstone, Arizona ...

'' (1941) - Official (uncredited) (final film role)

References

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