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Russell Rouse

Born
Nov 20, 1913 · Aged 73
Died
Oct 2, 1987
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
0
TV credits
0
Directing credits
11

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…