Russell Rouse

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-11-20 (74 years old)

Deathday

1987-10-02

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Russell Rouse

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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, Th...

Production

1956

1956

1944

Nothing But Trouble

as Screenplay

1953

Wicked Woman

as Director

1953

Wicked Woman

as Writer

1955

1951

The Well

as Director

1951

The Well

as Writer

1952

The Thief

as Director

1952

The Thief

as Writer

1957

House of Numbers

as Director

1957

1966

The Oscar

as Director

1949

D.O.A.

as Screenplay

1959

1959

1969

Color Me Dead

as Screenplay

1964

1959

Pillow Talk

as Story

1988

D.O.A.

as Story

1942

Yokel Boy

as Theatre Play

1966

The Oscar

as Screenplay

1944

1949

D.O.A.

as Story

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