Wally Rose (18 May 1911 – 15 March 2000; age 88) was a stuntman and actor who worked along with Chuck Madalone for Stunt Coordinator Dennis Madalone on the Star Trek: Voyager first season episode "Caretaker". Madalone and Rose provided Stunt Safety for the stairway stunt performed by stunt doubles David Balcorta and Hubie Kerns, Jr. on Thursday 13 October 1994 on Paramount Stage 16. He received no screen credit for this work but is listed on the call sheet for that day.
Born as one of six children to costume designer Lena and Rabbi Harris Rose in 1911 in New York City, Wally Rose started his career in the entertainment industry in the late 1930s. Throughout his 60 years in the entertainment industry, Rose worked as actor and stuntman.
Among his earlier acting and stunt work are films such as Hawk of the Wilderness (1938), Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941, with David Sharpe and Carey Loftin), Crash Goes the Hash (1944), Strife of the Party (1944), Heather and Yon (1944), Together Again (1944), Leave It to Blondie (1945), Ten Cents a Dance (1945), Blonde from Brooklyn (1945), Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945), Life with Blondie (1945, with Marc Lawrence), A Hit with a Miss (1945), Spook to Me (1945), Mr. Noisy (1946), Night Editor (1946, with Anthony Caruso), The Man Who Dared (1946, with Richard Hale), The Return of Rusty (1946), Three Loan Wolves (1946), The Blonde Stayed On (1946), The Killers (1946, with Jeff Corey and Gil Perkins), Boston Blackie and the Law (1946), Alias Mr. Twilight (1946, with Peter Brocco), The Thirteenth Hour (1947), For the Love of Rusty (1947), Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947, with Leonard Mudie), The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947), Johnny O'Clock (1947, with Carl Saxe), and Brute Force (1947, with Jeff Corey, John Hoyt, Whit Bissell, and Tom Steele).
Further film work in the late 1940s and in the 1950s include Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948), Flat Feat (1948), The Street with No Name (1948, with Phillip Pine), Billie Gets Her Man (1948), Whiplash (1948, with Paul Baxley), Slightly French (1949), The Undercover Man (1949, with Anthony Caruso, Peter Brocco, and Arthur Tovey), Bodyhold (1949), Hugs and Mugs (1950), Kill the Umpire (1950, with Noble Chissell and Lois Hall), The Milkman (1950, with Dick Crockett, Carey Loftin, and Tom Steele), I, the Jury (1953, with Biff Elliot, Elisha Cook, and Gil Perkins), World in My Corner (1956, with Arthur Tovey), The Harder They Fall (1956, with Nehemiah Persoff, Roy Jenson, Joseph Mell, and Arthur Tovey), Back from Eternity (1956), High School Big Shot (1959, with Stanley Adams), and The Flying Fontaines (1959, with Bill Couch, Sr. and Bill Quinn).
Rose worked as stunt double for actor David Bond on the short comedy Hokus Pokus (1949) and also appeared in television series such as Front Page Detective (1951), Waterfront (1954), Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1955), Telephone Time (1956, with Robert Ellenstein and Gil Perkins), Dragnet (1956), The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958, with Larry Dobkin), and M Squad (1959).
In the 1960s and 1970s he appeared in episodes of Angel (1960, with Don Keefer, Dick Crockett, and Meg Wyllie), Alcoa Premiere (1963, with Roger Perry, Marianna Hill, and Gil Perkins), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964, with Paul Baxley), Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964, with Marc Lawrence), Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965, with Warren Stevens and Paul Baxley), The Jean Arthur Show (1966, with Lou Wagner), The Felony Squad (1966, with Don Eitner), Mayberry R.F.D. (1970), Bearcats! (1971, with Kevin Scott Allen and stunt coordination by Lou Elias), Future Cop (1977, with Irene Tsu and Gene LeBell and stunt coordination by George Sawaya), and Kojak (1978, with Tige Andrews, Antoinette Bower, Mark Russell, and Victor Paul).
He also performed stunts in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960, with Joseph Ruskin, Paul Comi, Robert Herron, Roy Jenson, Carey Loftin, William Meader, Monty O'Grady, and Grace Lee Whitney), Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960, with Victor Lundin, Rex Holman, Paul Power, and Bill Couch, Sr.), Spartacus (1960, with Jean Simmons), Pirates of Tortuga (1961, with Stanley Adams, Paul Stader, and Victor Paul), The George Raft Story (1961, with Frank Gorshin, Roy Jenson, William Meader, Troy Melton, Monty O'Grady, Paul Stader, Roy N. Sickner, and Seamon Glass), Donovan's Reef (1963, with Branscombe Richmond, Hal Needham, Charles Seel, Jeffrey Byron, and Ron Veto), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Young Dillinger (1965, with John Hoyt and Anthony Caruso), The Great Race (1965, with Bill Borzage, Bill Catching, Noble Chissell, Robert Herron, Chuck Hicks, Clegg Hoyt, Roy Jenson, Carey Loftin, Hal Needham, Gil Perkins, Charles Seel, Tom Steele, and Arthur Tovey), Batman (1966, with Lee Meriwether, Frank Gorshin, Gil Perkins, Dick Crockett, George Sawaya, Lou Elias, Eddie Hice, Ed McCready, Monty O'Grady, Charles Picerni, and Arthur Tovey), Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966), Hot Rods to Hell (1966), The Wrecking Crew (1968), The Undefeated (1969), The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970, with Pamelyn Ferdin and Bill Erwin), Flap (1970), Octaman (1971), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), What's Up, Doc? (1972), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), Cleopatra Jones (1973), The Don Is Dead (1973), Blazing Saddles (1974, with David Huddleston, Benjie Bancroft, Jimmie Booth, Bill Catching, Dave Cadiente, Dick Crockett, Kenny Endoso, Seamon Glass, Bill McTosh, Troy Melton, Beans Morocco, Hal Needham, Monty O'Grady, Jack Perkins, George Sawaya, David Sharpe, Tom Steele, Jerry Summers, and Bill Zuckert), Mame (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Front Page (1974), The Day of the Locus (1975, with Grainger Hines, Robert Pine, Benjie Bancroft, Bob Harks, Shep Houghton, and John Hugh McKnight), The Gumball Rally (1976), Exo-Man (1977, with Greg Barnett, Bob Harks, Max Kleven, John Moio, Alan Oliney, John Robotham, and Robert Bralver), Zero to Sixty (1978, with Joan Collins, David Huddleston, Troy Melton, Paul Baxley, Alan Gibbs, Gary Baxley, Bob Orrison, Jim Halty, Henry Kingi, Sr., Jerry Summers, and Christine Anne Baur), Movie Movie (1978, with Clay Hodges, George Wilbur, Robert Herron, Jimmy Nickerson, Mic Rodgers, Tom Morga, and Chuck Hicks), and The Champ (1979, with Elisha Cook, Stefan Gierasch, Allan Miller, Tom Steele, and Jerry Summers).
In the 1980s, Rose performed stunts in The Blues Brothers (1980), The Man with Bogart's Face (1980, with Michelle Phillips, Jay Robinson, Ed McCready, and Bill Catching), Where the Buffalo Roam (1980, with René Auberjonois, Mark Metcalf, Bruce Barbour, Jerry Maren, John Moio, Nancy Parsons, and Paul Willson), In God We Tru$t (1980, with Paul Baxley, Chuck Hicks, Christine Anne Baur, Kane Hodder, Gary Baxley, Kenny Endoso, Gary Epper, Pete Kellett, Pat McGroarty, Bob Orrison, Mic Rodgers, and Jerry Summers), Dempsey (1983, with Sally Kellerman, Peter Mark Richman, John McLiam, Mark L. Taylor, Jimmy Nickerson, Walker Edmiston, Clay Hodges, Estee Chandler, and David LeBell), Carpool (1983), the television comedy Last of the Great Survivors (1984), Runaway Train (1985, with John Bloom, Dennis Ott, Don Pugsley, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Jr., Loren Janes, John-Clay Scott, Tony Epper, and Marshal Silverman), Gotcha! (1985, with Christopher Rydell, Greg Karas, Gene LeBell, Bruce Barbour, John Eskobar, Dana Dru Evenson, Terry Jackson, and Mario Roberts), Better Off Dead (1985, with David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Vincent Schiavelli, and Joe W. Davis), Harry and the Hendersons (1987, with Kevin Peter Hall, William Frankfather, and John Bloom), Throw Momma from the Train (1987, with Kate Mulgrew, Raye Birk, Peter Brocco, Karen Westerfield, Kelly Gallant, Vince Deadrick, Jr., Donna Garrett, Marguerite Happy, Peter Horak, and Jim Wilkey), Action Jackson (1988), Split Decisions (1988), Alien Nation (1988, with Leslie Bevis, Jeff Kober, Roger Aaron Brown, Brian Thompson, Keone Young, Earl Boen, Frank Collison, Tom Morga, and Debra Dilley), The 'Burbs (1989), Beverly Hills Brats (1989), and Kill Me Again (1989, with Nick Dimitri, Bibi Besch, Jim Boeke, Jeff Smolek, and Cherie Tash) as well as episodes of Hill Street Blues (1982, with James B. Sikking, Barbara Bosson, Franklyn Seales, Betty McGuire, Marco Rodriguez, Nick Dimitri, Alan Oliney, and Ilona Wilson), L.A. Law (1986, with Corbin Bernsen, Kenneth Tigar, Jerry Hardin, and Ron Fassler), 'Beauty and the Beast (1987, starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman, Robin Gammell, Louis Giambalvo, Edward Laurence Albert, Branscombe Richmond, Herta Ware, Jeanette Miller, Tom Morga, Leslie Neale, and Charlie Picerni), and Sledge Hammer! (1987, with Christine Healy, Leslie Morris, Patti Tippo, David Michael Graves, and Bill Zuckert).
In the last decade prior to his death, the 1990s, Rose performed stunts in Wild at Heart (1990, coordinated by Jeff Smolek), Peacemaker (1990), the television comedy Partners in Life (1990), Rich Girl (1991, with Christine Anne Baur, George Colucci, B.J. Davis, Gary Jensen, Alan Oliney, Monty Rex Perlin, Jerry Spicer, Ben Jensen, and stunt coordination by Dennis Madalone), Boris and Natasha: The Movie (1992, with Sally Kellerman and Andrea Martin), Unlawful Entry (1992, with Eddie Braun, Phil Chong, Eugene Collier, Nick Dimitri, Joy Hooper, Rita Minor, John Moio, and George Wilbur), Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), Sidekicks (1992), Trouble Bound (1993), Joshua Tree (1993), Bitter Harvest (1993, with Hal Burton, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Maria Kelly, Michelle Sebek, and Gene LeBell), Private Wars (1993), Magic Kid 2 (1994, coordinated by Red Horton and Joe Murphy), Direct Hit (1994), Zero Tolerance (1994), Blown Away (1994), Lion Strike (1994), Murder in the First (1995, coordinated by Doug Coleman), Spy Hard (1996), Mars (1997, with L.L. Ginter, Jeff Wolfe, Ed Anders, Chuck Borden, Ken Clark, Leslie Hoffman, Ken Lesco, and coordinated by Scott Leva), Double Tap (1997, coordinated by Michael J. Sarna), and Mouse Hunt (1997) and episodes of Tales from the Crypt (1990, with John Kassir, Michael Harris, Victor Paul, and Steve Picerni) and Men Behaving Badly (1996, with Bruce French).
Rose died of cancer at the age of 88 on 15 March 2000.