American writer-director of the 1950s, a graduate of UCLA. Entered films as a prop man at Paramount. He often worked in tandem with writer-producer
Clarence Greene. Rouse is best remembered for the classic film noir
D.O.A. (1949) and for the sex comedy
Pillow Talk (1959). Rouse and Greene also released the short-lived TV series
Tightrope (1959) through their company, Greene-Rouse Productions,.