Ben Hecht
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-02-28 (70 years old)
Deathday
1964-04-18
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Hecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
1935
as Flop House Bum
1940
as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
1934
as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
1952
as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
Production
1974
as Theatre Play
1932
as Screenplay
1945
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1940
as Theatre Play
1947
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1934
as Screenplay
1952
as Screenplay
1988
as Writer
1940
as Screenplay
1934
as Screenplay
1934
as Director
1956
as Writer
1956
as Screenplay
1950
as Writer
1950
as Screenplay
1942
as Screenplay
1935
as Director
1927
as Story
1958
as Story
1940
as Writer
1940
as Producer
1940
as Director
1931
as Writer
1962
as Theatre Play
1948
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1950
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1939
as Story
1947
as Screenplay
1942
as Screenplay
1942
as Producer
1941
as Screenplay
1946
as Director
1946
as Writer
1946
as Producer
1931
as Story
1955
as Screenplay
1952
as Director
1933
as Screenplay
1956
as Novel
1956
as Screenplay
1933
as Screenplay
1933
as Story
1969
as Novel
1939
as Screenplay
1939
as Story
1934
as Theatre Play
1964
as Screenplay
1983
as Original Film Writer
1930
as Writer
1954
as Screenplay
1929
as Story
1935
as Writer
1938
as Story
1938
as Screenplay
1933
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1953
as Writer
1942
as Writer
1930
as Story
1929
as Story
1946
as Writer
1937
as Additional Writing
1940
as Additional Writing
1934
as Story
1940
as Screenplay
1947
as Writer
1932
as Writer
1934
as Screenplay
1946
as Additional Writing
1950
as Theatre Play
1940
as Additional Writing
1933
as Additional Writing
1949
as Additional Writing
1944
as Writer
1934
as Writer
1957
as Screenplay
1955
as Additional Writing
1948
as Additional Writing
1939
as Additional Writing
1949
as Additional Writing
1964
as Additional Writing
1958
as Adaptation
1951
as Additional Writing
1952
as Producer
1949
as Additional Writing
1962
as Writer
1957
as Screenplay
1940
as Writer
1953
as Screenplay
1939
as Story
1928
as Story
1937
as Writer
1935
as Producer
1936
as Director
1936
as Producer
1936
as Writer
1945
as Screenplay
1939
as Theatre Play
1935
as Story
1931
as Dialogue
1934
as Story
1934
as Producer
1935
as Writer
1954
as Theatre Play
1945
as Writer
1930
as Story
1935
as Theatre Play
1926
as Writer
1934
as Writer
1937
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1933
as Writer
1935
as Director
1935
as Writer
1935
as Producer
1931
as Writer
1932
as Writer
1932
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1932
as Writer
1937
as Writer
1937
as Writer
1938
as Writer
1939
as Writer
1934
as Writer
1941
as Writer
1948
as Writer
1949
as Writer
1949
as Director
1948
as Director
1939
as Writer
1949
as Writer
1945
as Writer
1942
as Writer
1949
as Writer
1946
as Writer
1949
as Writer
1948
as Writer
1949
as Writer
1949
as Director
1950
as Writer
1950
as Director
1950
as Writer
1950
as Writer
1952
as Writer
1995
as Original Film Writer
1986
as Novel
1950
as Author
1930
as Original Story
1951
as Additional Writing
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