Wally Rose (Actor)

Wally Rose ( May 18,  1911 - March 15, 2000 ) was an American actor and stuntman .

Life

Rose was born in 1911 as one of six children to costume designer Lena and Rabbi Harris Rose. He played his first stunt at the age of 32.

Wally Rose was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild  and the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures .

He was the longest-serving stuntman in the world and shortly before his death it was planned to honor him with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records .

Rose died of cancer shortly before the age of 89.

Filmography

actor

• 1970: The Chistine Jorgensen Story (The Chistine Jorgensen Story)
• 1971: Octaman - The Beast from the Deep (Octaman)
• 1978: The Crash Company (Zero To Sixty)
• 1980: Blast - Where the Buffalo Roam
• 1985: Runaway Train
• 1993: Beret - The Law of Vengeance (Joshua Tree)

Stunts

• 1980: Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers)
• 1988: Action Jackson  (Action Jackson)
• 1989: Kill Me Again (Kill Me Again)
• 1990: Wild at Heart - The Story of Sailor and Lula (Wild Heart)
• 1992: Unlawful Entry (Unlawful Entry)
• 1997: Cypher (Double Tap)

Web links

• Wally Rose in the Internet Movie Database (English)