Bob Rose

Bob Rose was born on Feb 04, 1901 in USA. Bob Rose's big-screen debut came with The Master Mystery directed by Harry Grossman in 1918. Bob Rose is known for The Flight of the Phoenix directed by Robert Aldrich, James Stewart stars as Frank Towns and Richard Attenborough as Lew Moran. The upcoming new movie Bob Rose plays is Rough Night in Jericho which will be released on Aug 01, 1967.

Stuntman and actor Robert Theodore Rose was born on February 4, 1901 in Jones County, Tennessee. Bob was a horse jockey prior to beginning his career as a stuntman in silent Westerns for producer Thomas H. Ince after he was discovered at a racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico by silent movie stars Francis Ford and Eddie Polo. Among the notable actors and actresses that Rose doubled for are Harry Houdini, Buster Keaton, Chico Marx, Mary Pickford, Jean Harlow, Buck Jones, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Attenborough, Eddie Cantor, Tom Mix, Fay Wray, and Maureen O'Sullivan. Moreover, Bob was quite versatile in the stunt profession: He was a licensed pilot, a car crasher, a wing walker, a high diver, a parachutist, a trick rider, and a barnstorming pilot. In addition, Rose helped found both the Pilots Union and the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures. Bob survived two harrowing mishaps during his career as a stuntman: He was one of only two stuntmen who avoided drowning in the icy Copper River rapids during the filming of La piste de 98 (1928) and suffered a broken shoulder and cracked skull after an airplane stunt for Le vol du Phénix (1965) went disastrously awry. Following his retirement from the film business Rose settled down on his ranch in Corey, Colorado. Bob died at age 92 on March 8, 1993 at a nursing home in Montrose, Colorado.