Ben Hecht

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

5

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-02-28

Deathday

1964-04-18 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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

Angels Over Broadway
5.9%

Angels Over Broadway

Oct 2, 1940

Crime Without Passion
5.8%

Crime Without Passion

Aug 30, 1934

The Scoundrel
6.2%

The Scoundrel

Apr 30, 1935

Actors and Sin
5.2%

Actors and Sin

Jun 18, 1952

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Acting

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1952
Actors and Sin as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
1940
Angels Over Broadway as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
1935
The Scoundrel as Flop House Bum
1934
Crime Without Passion as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)

Crew

1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Additional Writing
1955
The Man with the Golden Arm as Additional Writing
1951
The Secret of Convict Lake as Additional Writing
1951
Strangers on a Train as Additional Writing
1949
The Inspector General as Additional Writing
1949
Love Happy as Additional Writing
1949
We Were Strangers as Additional Writing
1948
Rope as Additional Writing
1946
Gilda as Additional Writing
1940
Foreign Correspondent as Additional Writing
1940
The Shop Around the Corner as Additional Writing
1939
Stagecoach as Additional Writing
1937
The Hurricane as Additional Writing
1933
Queen Christina as Additional Writing

Directing

1952
Actors and Sin as Director
1950
The Pink Hussar as Director
1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin as Director
1949
Miracle in the Rain as Director
1948
The Front Page as Director
1946
Specter of the Rose as Director
1940
Angels Over Broadway as Director
1936
Soak the Rich as Director
1935
Once in a Blue Moon as Director
1935
The Scoundrel as Director
1934
Crime Without Passion as Director

Production

1952
Actors and Sin as Producer
1946
Specter of the Rose as Producer
1942
China Girl as Producer
1940
Angels Over Broadway as Producer
1936
Soak the Rich as Producer
1935
Once in a Blue Moon as Producer
1935
The Scoundrel as Producer
1934
Crime Without Passion as Producer

Writing

1995
Kiss of Death as Original Film Writer
1988
Switching Channels as Writer
1986
I Hate Actors as Novel
1983
Scarface as Original Film Writer
1974
The Front Page as Theatre Play
1969
Gaily, Gaily as Novel
1964
Circus World as Screenplay
1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo as Theatre Play
1962
Walk on the Wild Side as Writer
1960
North to Alaska as Screenplay
1958
Queen of Outer Space as Story
1958
The Fiend Who Walked the West as Adaptation
1957
Legend of the Lost as Screenplay
1957
A Farewell to Arms as Screenplay
1956
The Iron Petticoat as Screenplay
1956
Trapeze as Writer
1956
Miracle in the Rain as Novel
1956
Miracle in the Rain as Screenplay
1955
The Indian Fighter as Screenplay
1954
Ulysses as Screenplay
1954
Living It Up as Theatre Play
1953
Indiscretion of an American Wife as Writer
1953
Angel Face as Screenplay
1952
Monkey Business as Screenplay
1952
Actors and Sin as Writer
1950
The Murder Club as Writer
1950
September Affair as Writer
1950
Edge of Doom as Writer
1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends as Screenplay
1950
The Front Page as Writer
1950
Miracle in the Rain as Author
1950
The Pink Hussar as Writer
1950
Perfect Strangers as Theatre Play
1950
Whirlpool as Screenplay
1949
The Twentieth Century as Writer
1949
Roseanna McCoy as Writer
1949
Big Jack as Writer
1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin as Writer
1949
Miracle in the Rain as Writer
1948
Portrait of Jennie as Writer
1948
The Front Page as Writer
1948
The Miracle of the Bells as Screenplay
1947
Her Husband's Affairs as Writer
1947
Ride the Pink Horse as Screenplay
1947
Kiss of Death as Screenplay
1946
Duel in the Sun as Writer
1946
Notorious as Writer
1946
Specter of the Rose as Writer
1945
Cornered as Writer
1945
The Front Page as Writer
1945
Spellbound as Screenplay
1945
Watchtower Over Tomorrow as Screenplay
1944
Lifeboat as Writer
1942
China Girl as Screenplay
1942
The Black Swan as Screenplay
1942
Tales of Manhattan as Writer
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Writer
1941
Lydia as Screenplay
1941
Second Chorus as Writer
1940
Comrade X as Screenplay
1940
Angels Over Broadway as Writer
1940
I Take This Woman as Writer
1940
His Girl Friday as Theatre Play
1940
His Girl Friday as Screenplay
1939
Eternally Yours as Writer
1939
Lady of the Tropics as Screenplay
1939
It's a Wonderful World as Screenplay
1939
It's a Wonderful World as Story
1939
Some Like It Hot as Theatre Play
1939
Some Like It Hot as Writer
1939
Wuthering Heights as Screenplay
1939
Let Freedom Ring as Story
1939
Let Freedom Ring as Screenplay
1939
Gunga Din as Story
1938
Angels with Dirty Faces as Writer
1938
The Goldwyn Follies as Screenplay
1938
The Goldwyn Follies as Story
1937
Nothing Sacred as Screenplay
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda as Writer
1937
Woman Chases Man as Writer
1937
A Star Is Born as Writer
1937
King of Gamblers as Writer
1936
Soak the Rich as Writer
1935
Barbary Coast as Writer
1935
Spring Tonic as Theatre Play
1935
Once in a Blue Moon as Writer
1935
The Scoundrel as Story
1935
The Florentine Dagger as Writer
1934
The President Vanishes as Writer
1934
Crime Without Passion as Screenplay
1934
Crime Without Passion as Story
1934
Shoot the Works as Theatre Play
1934
Shoot the Works as Writer
1934
Twentieth Century as Screenplay
1934
Upperworld as Story
1934
Viva Villa! as Screenplay
1934
Riptide as Writer
1933
Design for Living as Screenplay
1933
Queen Christina as Writer
1933
Turn Back the Clock as Screenplay
1933
Topaze as Screenplay
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as Story
1932
Rasputin and the Empress as Writer
1932
Back Street as Writer
1932
Million Dollar Legs as Writer
1932
Scarface as Screenplay
1932
The Beast of the City as Writer
1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Writer
1931
The Unholy Garden as Story
1931
The Unholy Garden as Dialogue
1931
Homicide Squad as Writer
1931
Quick Millions as Writer
1931
The Front Page as Writer
1930
Si l'empereur savait ça as Original Story
1930
The Green Specter as Story
1930
Roadhouse Nights as Story
1930
Street of Chance as Writer
1929
The Unholy Night as Story
1929
The Great Gabbo as Story
1928
The Big Noise as Story
1927
Underworld as Story
1926
The New Klondike as Writer
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