- Known for
- Writing
- Credits
- 148 films
- Born
- February 28, 1894
- Died
- April 18, 1964 (aged 70)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Writing
Ben Hecht
Biography
Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A successful journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films.
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Known for
Acting 4
- 1952Actors and Sin · Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
- 1940Angels Over Broadway · Man in Night Court (uncredited)
- 1935The Scoundrel · Flop House Bum
- 1934Crime Without Passion · Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
Writing 113
- 1995Kiss of Death · Original Film Writer
- 1988Switching Channels · Writer
- 1986I Hate Actors · Novel
- 1983Scarface · Original Film Writer
- 1974The Front Page · Theatre Play
- 1969Gaily, Gaily · Novel
- 1964Circus World · Screenplay
- 1962Billy Rose's Jumbo · Theatre Play
Crew 12
- 19647 Faces of Dr. Lao · Additional Writing
- 1955The Man with the Golden Arm · Additional Writing
- 1951The Secret of Convict Lake · Additional Writing
- 1949Love Happy · Additional Writing
- 1949We Were Strangers · Additional Writing
- 1948Rope · Additional Writing
- 1946Gilda · Additional Writing
- 1940Foreign Correspondent
Directing 11
- 1952Actors and Sin · Director
- 1950The Pink Hussar · Director
- 1949Concerning a Woman of Sin · Director
- 1949Miracle in the Rain · Director
- 1948The Front Page · Director
- 1946Specter of the Rose · Director
- 1940Angels Over Broadway · Director
- 1936Soak the Rich
Production 8
- 1952Actors and Sin · Producer
- 1946Specter of the Rose · Producer
- 1942China Girl · Producer
- 1940Angels Over Broadway · Producer
- 1936Soak the Rich · Producer
- 1935Once in a Blue Moon · Producer
- 1935The Scoundrel · Producer
- 1934Crime Without Passion
