He is best known for producing the act known as Rose's Royal Midgets, who performed in vaudeville and toured internationally between the early 1900s and 1950s, in later years managed by his widow.
[1] Rose worked as a theatrical agent, for his wife and also for other clients including Harry Houdini, Ruth St. Denis, the Hilton Sisters, and Chung Ling Soo.
He also led a cowboy-themed troupe, Ike Rose's Historical Wild West Show, which toured Australia in the early 1910s.
[2] Their act included acrobatics, dancing, juggling, music, and magic tricks, and audiences and critics were generally impressed by the spectacle.
His wife Carla, often credited as Mrs. Ike Rose, continued to manage the troupe, who performed mainly at fairs, carnivals and circuses.