Arthur Rosson

Career Overview

Arthur Rosson has 84 screen credits in a career dating back to 1912. Signature works include The Ten Commandments, Red River, The Greatest Show on Earth. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

84

Birth Date

1886-08-24

Birth Place

Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Known For

• 

  The Ten Commandments
• 

  Red River
• 

  The Greatest Show on Earth
• 

  Unconquered
• 

  Reap the Wild Wind
• 

  Ball of Fire

Frequent Collaborators

• Julia Faye (4 collaborations)
• Cecil B. DeMille (4 collaborations)
• Davison Clark (4 collaborations)
• Henry Wilcoxon (3 collaborations)
• Dorothy Adams (3 collaborations)
• Frank Wilcox (3 collaborations)
• Lane Chandler (3 collaborations)
• Charlton Heston (2 collaborations)
• Eric Alden (2 collaborations)
• Robert Carson (2 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (67 credits)

  • Heller in Pink Tights

    second unit director

    directing
    1960
  • The Ten Commandments

    assistant director

    directing
    1956
  • Living It Up

    second unit director

    directing
    1954
  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    second unit director

    directing
    1952
  • The Cariboo Trail

    second unit director

    directing
    1950
  • Red River

    co-director

    directing
    1948
  • Unconquered

    second unit director

    directing
    1947
  • The Outlaw

    second unit director

    directing
    1943
  • Reap the Wild Wind

    second unit director

    directing
    1942
  • Ball of Fire

    second unit director

    directing
    1941
  • North West Mounted Police

    second unit director

    directing
    1940
  • Union Pacific

    second unit director

    directing
    1939
  • King of the Sierras

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Trailing Trouble

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Boots of Destiny

    director

    directing
    1937
  • The Plainsman

    second unit director

    directing
    1936
  • Flaming Guns

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Hidden Gold

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Women Who Play

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Ebb Tide

    director

    directing
    1932
  • The Wide Open Spaces

    director

    directing
    1931
  • The Concentratin' Kid

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Trailing Trouble

    director

    directing
    1930
  • The Mounted Stranger

    director

    directing
    1930
  • The Long, Long Trail

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Points West

    director

    directing
    1929
  • The Winged Horseman

    director

    directing
    1929
  • The Farmer's Daughter

    director

    directing
    1928
  • The Play Girl

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Silk Legs

    director

    directing
    1927
  • The Last Outlaw

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Set Free

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Stranded in Paris

    director

    directing
    1926
  • The Soapsuds Lady

    director

    directing
    1926
  • You'd Be Surprised

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Wet Paint

    director

    directing
    1926
  • A Sweet Pickle

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Over Thereabouts

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Meddler

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Fighting Demon

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Burning Trail

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Tearing Through

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Straight Through

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Taming the West

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Ridin' Pretty

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Measure of a Man

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Condemned

    director

    directing
    1923
  • The Satin Girl

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Little Johnny Jones

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Garrison's Finish

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Always the Woman

    director

    directing
    1922
  • The Fighting Streak

    director

    directing
    1922
  • The Fire Bride

    director

    directing
    1922
  • For Those We Love

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Prisoners of Love

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Polly of the Storm Country

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Rough-Riding Romance

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Sahara

    director

    directing
    1919
  • The Coming of the Law

    director

    directing
    1919
  • 100% American

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Headin' South

    assistant director

    directing
    1918
  • Cassidy

    director

    directing
    1917
  • A Successful Failure

    director

    directing
    1917
  • American - That's All

    director

    directing
    1917
  • The Man Who Made Good

    director

    directing
    1917
  • Her Father's Keeper

    director

    directing
    1917
  • Panthea

    assistant director

    directing
    1917

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Jayhawkers!

    second unit

    crew
    1959

• writing (9 credits)

  • Boots of Destiny

    screenplay

    writing
    1937
  • Trailing Trouble

    novel

    writing
    1930
  • The Mounted Stranger

    adaptation

    writing
    1930
  • Always the Woman

    writer

    writing
    1922
  • The Fighting Streak

    writer

    writing
    1922
  • For Those We Love

    adaptation

    writing
    1921
  • The Coming of the Law

    scenario writer

    writing
    1919
  • Discord and Harmony

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Picket Guard

    writer

    writing
    1913

• production (2 credits)

  • The Scoundrel

    general manager

    production
    1935
  • Crime Without Passion

    general manager

    production
    1934

• actors (5 credits)

  • The Wall of Money

    Rosson - Factory Employee

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Gratitude of Wanda

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

    Rosson - Reid's Brother

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Spirit of the Flag

    Bonita's Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Cure for Pokeritis

    actor

    actors
    1912