George Michael Rosener (May 26, 1884 – March 29, 1945) was an American film actor and writer.

[1] 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 Speakeasy (written with Edward Knoblock) was adapted for film in 1929.

[3] He worked for the Shubert family, 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, The Secret of Treasure Island, City of Missing Girls, The Mysterious Pilot, Alias the Doctor, The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Sinners' Holiday, New Faces of 1937, House of Secrets, The Carson City Kid, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, and The Great Commandment.