Russel Crouse was born on February 20, 1893 in Findlay, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The Sound of Music (1965), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and Anything Goes (1936). He was previously married to Anna Erskine and Dorothy Alison Greene (Alison Smith). He died on April 3, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.