Ben Hecht
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 28, 1894 (132 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Hecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf | |
| 1952 | Actors and SinNarrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice) | |
| 1940 | Angels Over BroadwayMan in Night Court (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | The ScoundrelFlop House Bum | |
| 1934 | Crime Without PassionCourt Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Actors and SinProducer | |
| 1946 | Specter of the RoseProducer | |
| 1942 | China GirlProducer | |
| 1940 | Angels Over BroadwayProducer | |
| 1936 | Soak the RichProducer | |
| 1935 | The ScoundrelProducer | |
| 1935 | Once in a Blue MoonProducer | |
| 1934 | Crime Without PassionProducer |
| 1952 | Actors and SinDirector | |
| 1950 | The Pink HussarDirector | |
| 1949 | Miracle in the RainDirector | |
| 1949 | Concerning a Woman of SinDirector | |
| 1948 | The Front PageDirector | |
| 1946 | Specter of the RoseDirector | |
| 1940 | Angels Over BroadwayDirector | |
| 1936 | Soak the RichDirector | |
| 1935 | The ScoundrelDirector | |
| 1935 | Once in a Blue MoonDirector | |
| 1934 | Crime Without PassionDirector |
| 1995 | Kiss of DeathOriginal Film Writer | |
| 1988 | Switching ChannelsWriter | |
| 1986 | I Hate ActorsNovel | |
| 1983 | ScarfaceOriginal Film Writer | |
| 1974 | The Front PageTheatre Play | |
| 1969 | Gaily, GailyNovel | |
| 1964 | Circus WorldScreenplay | |
| 1962 | Billy Rose's JumboTheatre Play | |
| 1962 | Walk on the Wild SideWriter | |
| 1960 | North to AlaskaScreenplay | |
| 1958 | Queen of Outer SpaceStory | |
| 1958 | The Fiend Who Walked the WestAdaptation | |
| 1957 | Legend of the LostScreenplay | |
| 1957 | A Farewell to ArmsScreenplay | |
| 1956 | TrapezeWriter | |
| 1956 | The Iron PetticoatScreenplay | |
| 1956 | Miracle in the RainNovel | |
| 1956 | Miracle in the RainScreenplay | |
| 1955 | The Indian FighterScreenplay | |
| 1954 | UlyssesScreenplay | |
| 1954 | Living It UpTheatre Play | |
| 1953 | Indiscretion of an American WifeWriter | |
| 1953 | Angel FaceScreenplay | |
| 1952 | Monkey BusinessScreenplay | |
| 1952 | Actors and SinWriter | |
| 1951 | The Thing from Another WorldWriter | |
| 1950 | Edge of DoomWriter | |
| 1950 | WhirlpoolScreenplay | |
| 1950 | Where the Sidewalk EndsScreenplay | |
| 1950 | Perfect StrangersTheatre Play | |
| 1950 | The Pink HussarWriter | |
| 1950 | September AffairWriter | |
| 1950 | The Murder ClubWriter | |
| 1950 | Miracle in the RainAuthor | |
| 1949 | Miracle in the RainWriter | |
| 1949 | Big JackWriter | |
| 1949 | The Twentieth CenturyWriter | |
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoyWriter | |
| 1949 | Concerning a Woman of SinWriter | |
| 1948 | The Miracle of the BellsScreenplay | |
| 1948 | The Front PageWriter | |
| 1948 | Portrait of JennieWriter | |
| 1947 | Kiss of DeathScreenplay | |
| 1947 | Ride the Pink HorseScreenplay | |
| 1947 | Her Husband's AffairsWriter | |
| 1946 | Specter of the RoseWriter | |
| 1946 | NotoriousWriter | |
| 1946 | Duel in the SunWriter | |
| 1945 | SpellboundScreenplay | |
| 1945 | Watchtower Over TomorrowScreenplay | |
| 1945 | CorneredWriter | |
| 1945 | The Front PageWriter | |
| 1944 | LifeboatWriter | |
| 1942 | The Black SwanScreenplay | |
| 1942 | China GirlScreenplay | |
| 1942 | Tales of ManhattanWriter | |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West PointWriter | |
| 1941 | LydiaScreenplay | |
| 1941 | Second ChorusWriter | |
| 1940 | His Girl FridayTheatre Play | |
| 1940 | Comrade XScreenplay | |
| 1940 | Angels Over BroadwayWriter | |
| 1940 | His Girl FridayScreenplay | |
| 1940 | I Take This WomanWriter | |
| 1939 | Wuthering HeightsScreenplay | |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful WorldScreenplay | |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful WorldStory | |
| 1939 | Let Freedom RingStory | |
| 1939 | Let Freedom RingScreenplay | |
| 1939 | Lady of the TropicsScreenplay | |
| 1939 | Gunga DinStory | |
| 1939 | Some Like It HotTheatre Play | |
| 1939 | Some Like It HotWriter | |
| 1939 | Eternally YoursWriter | |
| 1938 | The Goldwyn FolliesScreenplay | |
| 1938 | The Goldwyn FolliesStory | |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty FacesWriter | |
| 1937 | Nothing SacredScreenplay | |
| 1937 | A Star Is BornWriter | |
| 1937 | King of GamblersWriter | |
| 1937 | Woman Chases ManWriter | |
| 1937 | The Prisoner of ZendaWriter | |
| 1936 | Soak the RichWriter | |
| 1935 | Barbary CoastWriter | |
| 1935 | The ScoundrelStory | |
| 1935 | The Florentine DaggerWriter | |
| 1935 | Spring TonicTheatre Play | |
| 1935 | Once in a Blue MoonWriter | |
| 1934 | Twentieth CenturyScreenplay | |
| 1934 | Crime Without PassionScreenplay | |
| 1934 | Shoot the WorksTheatre Play | |
| 1934 | UpperworldStory | |
| 1934 | Viva Villa!Screenplay | |
| 1934 | The President VanishesWriter | |
| 1934 | Crime Without PassionStory | |
| 1934 | Queen ChristinaWriter | |
| 1934 | RiptideWriter | |
| 1934 | Shoot the WorksWriter | |
| 1933 | Design for LivingScreenplay | |
| 1933 | Turn Back the ClockScreenplay | |
| 1933 | Hallelujah, I'm a BumStory | |
| 1933 | TopazeScreenplay | |
| 1932 | ScarfaceScreenplay | |
| 1932 | Million Dollar LegsWriter | |
| 1932 | The Beast of the CityWriter | |
| 1932 | Back StreetWriter | |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the EmpressWriter | |
| 1931 | The Front PageWriter | |
| 1931 | The Unholy GardenStory | |
| 1931 | The Unholy GardenDialogue | |
| 1931 | Quick MillionsWriter | |
| 1931 | Homicide SquadWriter | |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon ClaudetWriter | |
| 1931 | The Unholy GardenScreenplay | |
| 1930 | Street of ChanceWriter | |
| 1930 | Roadhouse NightsStory | |
| 1930 | The Green SpecterStory | |
| 1930 | Si l'empereur savait çaOriginal Story | |
| 1929 | The Unholy NightStory | |
| 1929 | The Great GabboStory | |
| 1928 | The Big NoiseStory | |
| 1927 | UnderworldStory | |
| 1926 | The New KlondikeWriter |
| 1964 | 7 Faces of Dr. LaoAdditional Writing | |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden ArmAdditional Writing | |
| 1951 | The Secret of Convict LakeAdditional Writing | |
| 1951 | Strangers on a TrainAdditional Writing | |
| 1949 | We Were StrangersAdditional Writing | |
| 1949 | The Inspector GeneralAdditional Writing | |
| 1949 | Love HappyAdditional Writing | |
| 1948 | RopeAdditional Writing | |
| 1946 | GildaAdditional Writing | |
| 1940 | Foreign CorrespondentAdditional Writing | |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the CornerAdditional Writing | |
| 1939 | StagecoachAdditional Writing | |
| 1937 | The HurricaneAdditional Writing | |
| 1934 | Queen ChristinaAdditional Writing |