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''.

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

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''. 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'', '' The Mysterious Pilot'', '' Alias the Doctor'', '' The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'', ''

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'', '' New Faces of 1937'', '' House of Secrets'', ''

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'', '' 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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'' (1930, screenplay) - Slick (uncredited) *''

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'' (1930, screenplay) *'' Union Depot'' (1932) - Dr. Bernardi *'' Alias the Doctor'' (1932) - Dr. Franz von Bergman *'' Doctor X'' (1932) - Otto *'' 70,000 Witnesses'' (1932) - Ortello *''

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'' (1932) - Crooked Fight Manager (uncredited) *'' The Devil Is Driving'' (1932) - The Dummy *'' The Circus Queen Murder'' (1933) - John T. Rainey *'' Goodbye Love'' (1933, screenplay) *'' The Test'' (1935) - Trapper (uncredited) *'' House of Secrets'' (1936) - Hector Munson *'' The Case of the Black Cat'' (1936) - Charles Ashton *''

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'' (1936) - Uncle Ted Kedrich *''

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'' (1937) - Matt O'Shea *'' New Faces of 1937'' (1937) - Doorman *'' Super-Sleuth'' (1937) - Policeman *'' The Big Shot'' (1937) - Phillips - the Accountant (uncredited) *'' Jungle Menace'' (1937, Serial) - The Professor *'' The Mysterious Pilot'' (1937, Serial) - Fritz hs.3-5,9,14-15*'' Sh! The Octopus'' (1937) - Captain Hook *''

'' (1938, Serial) - Capt. Samuel Cuttle *'' The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' (1938, screenplay) *''

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

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'' (1939) - Klauber *''

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'' (1939) - Barney (uncredited) *'' In Name Only'' (1939) - Dr. Hastings at Hotel (uncredited) *''

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'' (1939) - Hobo in Park (uncredited) *'' The Great Commandment'' (1939) - Merchant *'' Hitler – Beast of Berlin'' (1939) - Wunderlich *'' Three Sons'' (1939) - Man Taking Cigarette Butt (uncredited) *'' Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President'' (1939) - Mr. Belknap (uncredited) *'' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' (1940) - Dr. Chandler *''

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'' (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'' (1941) - Custom Guard (uncredited) *'' Arkansas Judge'' (1941) - Mr. Beaudry * '' I'll Sell My Life'' (1941, screenplay) *'' City of Missing Girls'' (1941, screenplay) - Officer Dugan *'' In Old Cheyenne'' (1941) - Sam Drummond *'' Sheriff of Tombstone'' (1941) - Official (uncredited) (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosener, George 1884 births 1945 deaths American male screenwriters American male stage actors American circus performers Writers from Brooklyn 20th-century American male actors American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American screenwriters