Clarence Greene (August 10, 1913 – June 17, 1995) was an American

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and film producer who is noted for the "offbeat creativity and originality of his screenplays and for films noir and television episodes produced in the 1950s.

Career

Starting with the 1944 film '' The Town Went Wild'', Greene co-wrote many stories and scripts with Russell Rouse. The partners are noted for their work on a series of six film noirs, starting with '' D.O.A.'' (directed by Rudolph Maté-1949). With ''

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'' (1951), they took on directing and producing: Rouse as director and Greene as producer. This collaboration continued with '' The Thief'' (1952), '' Wicked Woman'' (1953), '' New York Confidential'' (1955), and '' House of Numbers'' (1957). In the late 1950s, Greene and Rouse formed Greene-Rouse Productions, which created the television series ''

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'' that ran for one season (1959–1960) 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

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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

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. That film has been remade several times, and they were credited as writers on two of them: the Australian remake '' Color Me Dead'' from 1969 and the '' D.O.A'' remake of 1988.

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* 1913 births 1995 deaths Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners Film producers from New York City American male screenwriters 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1910s-stub