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Russell Rouse

Russell Rouse

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born November 20, 1913 in New York City, New York, USA

Died October 2, 1987

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Russell Rouse (20 November 1913 – 2 October 1987) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer who is noted for the "offbeat creativity and originality" of his screenplays and for film noir movies and television episodes produced in the 1950s.

Rouse was the son of film pioneer Edwin Russell. His first employment in films was in the prop department at Paramount Studios, where he began writing screenplays. His play, Yokel Boy, was filmed in 1942 and became his first film writing credit.

Rouse has 18 credits as a screenwriter between 1942 and 1988.. Commencing with his third writing credit, The Town Went Wild (1944), Rouse co-wrote many stories and scripts with Clarence Greene. The partners are noted for their work on a series of six film noir movies commencing with D.O.A (directed by Rudolph Maté-1950). With the second film in the series, The Well (1951), they also took on directing and producing: Rouse as director, and Greene as producer. This collaboration continued through the noir series (The Thief (1952), Wicked Woman (1953), New York Confidential (1955), and House of Numbers (1957)) and beyond. In the late 1950s Greene and Rouse formed a production company, Greene-Rouse Productions, which created the film noir television series Tightrope that ran for one season (1959-60) as well as two films in the 1960s.

In addition to their noir work, Rouse and Greene produced two westerns (The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) and Thunder in the Sun (1959). The 1959 film, Pillow Talk, was based on their story. Their careers drew to a close shortly after the unsuccessful film, The Oscar (1966).

Rouse and Greene were nominated for the Academy Award for writing The Well (1951). They received the Academy Award for Pillow Talk (1959) (with Maurice Richlin and Stanley Shapiro). D.O.A. has been preserved in the National Film Registry; the film has been remade several times, and Rouse was credited as a writer on two: Color Me Dead (1969) and D.O.A (1988).

Rouse's son Christopher Rouse is a noted film editor.

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The 32nd Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 32nd Annual Academy Awards TV Special1960Self - Winner

Writer

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Type

Year

D.O.A. Feature Film1988

Color Me Dead Poster

Color Me Dead Feature Film1969

The Oscar Poster

The Oscar Feature Film1966

A House Is Not a Home Poster

A House Is Not a Home Feature Film1964

Pillow Talk Poster

Pillow Talk Feature Film1959

Thunder in the Sun Poster

Thunder in the Sun Feature Film1959

Tightrope Poster

Tightrope TV Series1959

House of Numbers Poster

House of Numbers Feature Film1957

The Fastest Gun Alive Poster

The Fastest Gun Alive Feature Film1956

New York Confidential Poster

New York Confidential Feature Film1955

Wicked Woman Poster

Wicked Woman Feature Film1953

The Thief Poster

The Thief Feature Film1952

The Well Poster

The Well Feature Film1951

The Great Plane Robbery Poster

The Great Plane Robbery Feature Film1950

D.O.A. Feature Film1949

Nothing But Trouble Poster

Nothing But Trouble Feature Film1944

The Town Went Wild Poster

The Town Went Wild Feature Film1944

Yokel Boy Poster

Yokel Boy Feature Film1942

Producer

5

Type

Year

Steptoe and Son TV Movie1965

Tightrope Poster

Tightrope TV Series1959

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers Poster

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers Documentary1956

General Electric Theater Poster

General Electric Theater TV Series1953

The Town Went Wild Poster

The Town Went Wild Feature Film1944

Director

11

Type

Year

The Caper of the Golden Bulls Poster

The Caper of the Golden Bulls Feature Film1967

The Oscar Poster

The Oscar Feature Film1966

A House Is Not a Home Poster

A House Is Not a Home Feature Film1964

Thunder in the Sun Poster

Thunder in the Sun Feature Film1959

Tightrope Poster

Tightrope TV Series1959

House of Numbers Poster

House of Numbers Feature Film1957

The Fastest Gun Alive Poster

The Fastest Gun Alive Feature Film1956

New York Confidential Poster

New York Confidential Feature Film1955

Wicked Woman Poster

Wicked Woman Feature Film1953

The Thief Poster

The Thief Feature Film1952

The Well Poster

The Well Feature Film1951

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