This article is about the screenwriter. For the country music pioneer, see Clarence Horton Greene.Clarence Greene (August 10, 1913 – June 17, 1995) was an American screenwriter and film 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.
American writer-producer of thrillers and films noir, usually in collaboration with Russell Rouse. Their best work consists of the films D.O.A. (1950), The Thief (1952) and New York Confidential (1955). Tightrope (1959), a TV series in the noir genre, produced by Greene-Rouse Productions, lasted only one season.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967
producer
The Oscar
1966
producer
A House Is Not a Home
1964
producer
Tightrope
1959-1960
TV Series producer - 37 episodes
Thunder in the Sun
1959
producer
The Gun Runners
1958
producer
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
producer
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
1956
Documentary producer
New York Confidential
1955
producer
Wicked Woman
1953
producer
General Electric Theater
1953
TV Series producer - 1 episode
The Thief
1952
producer
The Well
1951
producer
The Town Went Wild
1944
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
D.O.A.
1988
story
Color Me Dead
1969
writer
The Oscar
1966
screenplay
A House Is Not a Home
1964
screenplay
Tightrope
TV Series 2 episodes, 1959 creator - 29 episodes, 1959 - 1960 written by - 1 episode, 1959
Pillow Talk
1959
story
New York Confidential
1955
original screenplay
Wicked Woman
1953
written for the screen by
The Thief
1952
written for the screen by
The Well
1951
written for the screen by
D.O.A.
1950
screenplay / story and screenplay
The Great Plane Robbery
1950
story
The Town Went Wild
1944
story and screenplay
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 32nd Annual Academy Awards
1960
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1960
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Pillow Talk (1959)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1953
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Screenplay
The Thief (1952)
1952
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
The Well (1951)
1952
WGA Award (Screen)
Writers Guild of America, USA
The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene)
$800,000
