Charles Bennett
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-08-02 (96 years old)
Deathday
1995-06-15
Place of Birth
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Also known As
John H. Kneubuhl
Charles Bennett
Biography
Born just before the century turned, Charles Bennett made his writing debut as a child in 1911, fought in France during World War I while still a teen and resumed his acting career after the war's end. In 1926 he dropped acting to concentrate on being a playwright, later turning one of his most famous plays, "Blackmail," into a screenplay for production under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock. The affiliation with "Hitch" continued into the early 1940s, by which time both Bennett and the director were working in Hollywood. He wrote for producers ranging from Cecil B. DeMille to Irwin Allen to the penny-pinching folks at AIP. "If I couldn't wr...
Acting
1917
1935
as Second Passerby Near the Bus (uncredited)
1915
as John as a Child
1917
as Amos Divine
1986
as Charlie
Production
1934
as Writer
1936
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1950
as Screenplay
1934
as Writer
1940
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1957
as Writer
1938
as Adaptation
1952
as Screenplay
1952
as Story
1943
as Writer
1935
as Adaptation
1935
as Screenplay
1942
as Screenplay
1942
as Screenplay
1953
as Director
1953
as Writer
1947
as Screenplay
1948
as Screenplay
1949
as Screenplay
1954
as Writer
1959
as Screenplay
1941
as Writer
1951
as Screenplay
1954
as Teleplay
1947
as Screenplay
1965
as Screenplay
1956
as Story
1935
as Adaptation
1933
as Writer
1933
as Writer
1931
as Script
1933
as Screenplay
1930
as Director
1930
as Writer
1931
as Story
1930
as Theatre Play
1932
as Writer
1936
as Writer
1931
as Story
1962
as Screenplay
1937
as Writer
1944
as Screenplay
1929
as Theatre Play
1939
as Screenplay
1935
as Writer
1933
as Writer
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