Ben Hecht

male

Born on February 28, 1894 (131 years old)

Passed Away on April 18, 1964

From New York City, New York, USA

Known for Writing

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.

Cast Credits

1957
- no image
  Tonight Starring Jack Paar
  as
  Self
  1957
1952
- Actors and Sin
  as
  Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
  1952
1940
- Angels Over Broadway
  as
  Man in Night Court (uncredited)
  1940
1935
- The Scoundrel
  as
  Flop House Bum
  1935
1934
- Crime Without Passion
  as
  Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
  1934

Crew Credits

1995
- Kiss of Death
  as
  Original Film Writer
  1995
1988
- Switching Channels
  as
  Writer
  1988
1986
- I Hate Actors
  as
  Novel
  1986
1983
- Scarface
  as
  Original Film Writer
  1983
1974
- The Front Page
  as
  Theatre Play
  1974
1969
- Gaily, Gaily
  as
  Novel
  1969
1964
- Circus World
  as
  Screenplay
  1964
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
  as
  Additional Writing
  1964
1962
- Billy Rose's Jumbo
  as
  Theatre Play
  1962
- Walk on the Wild Side
  as
  Writer
  1962
1960
- North to Alaska
  as
  Screenplay
  1960
1958
- Queen of Outer Space
  as
  Story
  1958
- The Fiend Who Walked the West
  as
  Adaptation
  1958
1957
- Legend of the Lost
  as
  Screenplay
  1957
- A Farewell to Arms
  as
  Screenplay
  1957
1956
- Trapeze
  as
  Writer
  1956
- The Iron Petticoat
  as
  Screenplay
  1956
- Miracle in the Rain
  as
  Novel
  1956
- Miracle in the Rain
  as
  Screenplay
  1956
1955
- The Indian Fighter
  as
  Screenplay
  1955
- The Man with the Golden Arm
  as
  Additional Writing
  1955
1954
- Ulysses
  as
  Screenplay
  1954
- Living It Up
  as
  Theatre Play
  1954
1953
- Indiscretion of an American Wife
  as
  Writer
  1953
- Angel Face
  as
  Screenplay
  1953
1952
- Monkey Business
  as
  Screenplay
  1952
- Actors and Sin
  as
  Director
  1952
- Actors and Sin
  as
  Producer
  1952
- Actors and Sin
  as
  Writer
  1952
1951
- The Secret of Convict Lake
  as
  Additional Writing
  1951
- Strangers on a Train
  as
  Additional Writing
  1951
- The Thing from Another World
  as
  Writer
  1951
1950
- Edge of Doom
  as
  Writer
  1950
- Whirlpool
  as
  Screenplay
  1950
- Where the Sidewalk Ends
  as
  Screenplay
  1950
- Perfect Strangers
  as
  Theatre Play
  1950
- September Affair
  as
  Writer
  1950
- The Pink Hussar
  as
  Director
  1950
- The Murder Club
  as
  Writer
  1950
- The Pink Hussar
  as
  Writer
  1950
- no image
  Miracle in the Rain
  as
  Author
  1950
1949
- We Were Strangers
  as
  Additional Writing
  1949
- The Inspector General
  as
  Additional Writing
  1949
- Love Happy
  as
  Additional Writing
  1949
- Roseanna McCoy
  as
  Writer
  1949
- Miracle in the Rain
  as
  Director
  1949
- The Twentieth Century
  as
  Writer
  1949
- Big Jack
  as
  Writer
  1949
- Miracle in the Rain
  as
  Writer
  1949
- Concerning a Woman of Sin
  as
  Director
  1949
- Concerning a Woman of Sin
  as
  Writer
  1949
1948
- The Miracle of the Bells
  as
  Screenplay
  1948
- Rope
  as
  Additional Writing
  1948
- The Front Page
  as
  Director
  1948
- Portrait of Jennie
  as
  Writer
  1948
- The Front Page
  as
  Writer
  1948
1947
- Kiss of Death
  as
  Screenplay
  1947
- Ride the Pink Horse
  as
  Screenplay
  1947
- Her Husband's Affairs
  as
  Writer
  1947
1946
- Specter of the Rose
  as
  Director
  1946
- Specter of the Rose
  as
  Producer
  1946
- Specter of the Rose
  as
  Writer
  1946
- Notorious
  as
  Writer
  1946
- Gilda
  as
  Additional Writing
  1946
- Duel in the Sun
  as
  Writer
  1946
1945
- Spellbound
  as
  Screenplay
  1945
- Watchtower Over Tomorrow
  as
  Screenplay
  1945
- Cornered
  as
  Writer
  1945
- The Front Page
  as
  Writer
  1945
1944
- Lifeboat
  as
  Writer
  1944
1942
- The Black Swan
  as
  Screenplay
  1942
- China Girl
  as
  Producer
  1942
- China Girl
  as
  Screenplay
  1942
- Tales of Manhattan
  as
  Writer
  1942
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point
  as
  Writer
  1942
1941
- Lydia
  as
  Screenplay
  1941
- Second Chorus
  as
  Writer
  1941
1940
- His Girl Friday
  as
  Theatre Play
  1940
- Comrade X
  as
  Screenplay
  1940
- Angels Over Broadway
  as
  Writer
  1940
- Angels Over Broadway
  as
  Producer
  1940
- Angels Over Broadway
  as
  Director
  1940
- Foreign Correspondent
  as
  Additional Writing
  1940
- His Girl Friday
  as
  Screenplay
  1940
- The Shop Around the Corner
  as
  Additional Writing
  1940
- I Take This Woman
  as
  Writer
  1940
1939
- Wuthering Heights
  as
  Screenplay
  1939
- It's a Wonderful World
  as
  Screenplay
  1939
- It's a Wonderful World
  as
  Story
  1939
- Let Freedom Ring
  as
  Screenplay
  1939
- Let Freedom Ring
  as
  Story
  1939
- Lady of the Tropics
  as
  Screenplay
  1939
- Stagecoach
  as
  Additional Writing
  1939
- Gunga Din
  as
  Story
  1939
- Some Like It Hot
  as
  Theatre Play
  1939
- Eternally Yours
  as
  Writer
  1939
- Some Like It Hot
  as
  Writer
  1939
1938
- The Goldwyn Follies
  as
  Screenplay
  1938
- The Goldwyn Follies
  as
  Story
  1938
- Angels with Dirty Faces
  as
  Writer
  1938
1937
- Nothing Sacred
  as
  Screenplay
  1937
- The Hurricane
  as
  Additional Writing
  1937
- A Star Is Born
  as
  Writer
  1937
- King of Gamblers
  as
  Writer
  1937
- Woman Chases Man
  as
  Writer
  1937
- The Prisoner of Zenda
  as
  Writer
  1937
1936
- Soak the Rich
  as
  Producer
  1936
- Soak the Rich
  as
  Writer
  1936
- Soak the Rich
  as
  Director
  1936
1935
- The Scoundrel
  as
  Director
  1935
- Barbary Coast
  as
  Writer
  1935
- The Scoundrel
  as
  Producer
  1935
- The Scoundrel
  as
  Story
  1935
- The Florentine Dagger
  as
  Writer
  1935
- Spring Tonic
  as
  Theatre Play
  1935
- Once in a Blue Moon
  as
  Writer
  1935
- Once in a Blue Moon
  as
  Producer
  1935
- Once in a Blue Moon
  as
  Director
  1935
1934
- Twentieth Century
  as
  Screenplay
  1934
- Crime Without Passion
  as
  Screenplay
  1934
- Crime Without Passion
  as
  Director
  1934
- Shoot the Works
  as
  Theatre Play
  1934
- Upperworld
  as
  Story
  1934
- Viva Villa!
  as
  Screenplay
  1934
- Queen Christina
  as
  Additional Writing
  1934
- The President Vanishes
  as
  Writer
  1934
- Crime Without Passion
  as
  Producer
  1934
- Crime Without Passion
  as
  Story
  1934
- Queen Christina
  as
  Writer
  1934
- Shoot the Works
  as
  Writer
  1934
- Riptide
  as
  Writer
  1934
1933
- Design for Living
  as
  Screenplay
  1933
- Turn Back the Clock
  as
  Screenplay
  1933
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
  as
  Story
  1933
- Topaze
  as
  Screenplay
  1933
1932
- Scarface
  as
  Screenplay
  1932
- Million Dollar Legs
  as
  Writer
  1932
- Back Street
  as
  Writer
  1932
- The Beast of the City
  as
  Writer
  1932
- Rasputin and the Empress
  as
  Writer
  1932
1931
- The Front Page
  as
  Writer
  1931
- The Unholy Garden
  as
  Story
  1931
- The Unholy Garden
  as
  Dialogue
  1931
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet
  as
  Writer
  1931
- Quick Millions
  as
  Writer
  1931
- Homicide Squad
  as
  Writer
  1931
- The Unholy Garden
  as
  Screenplay
  1931
1930
- Street of Chance
  as
  Writer
  1930
- Roadhouse Nights
  as
  Story
  1930
- The Green Specter
  as
  Story
  1930
- Si l'empereur savait ça
  as
  Original Story
  1930
1929
- The Unholy Night
  as
  Story
  1929
- The Great Gabbo
  as
  Story
  1929
1928
- The Big Noise
  as
  Story
  1928
1927
- Underworld
  as
  Story
  1927
1926
- The New Klondike
  as
  Writer
  1926

Ben Hecht

Biography

Cast Credits

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Actors and Sin

Angels Over Broadway

The Scoundrel

Crime Without Passion

Crew Credits

Kiss of Death

Switching Channels

I Hate Actors

Scarface

The Front Page

Gaily, Gaily

Circus World

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Walk on the Wild Side

North to Alaska

Queen of Outer Space

The Fiend Who Walked the West

Legend of the Lost

A Farewell to Arms

Trapeze

The Iron Petticoat

Miracle in the Rain

Miracle in the Rain

The Indian Fighter

The Man with the Golden Arm

Ulysses

Living It Up

Indiscretion of an American Wife

Angel Face

Monkey Business

Actors and Sin

Actors and Sin

Actors and Sin

The Secret of Convict Lake

Strangers on a Train

The Thing from Another World

Edge of Doom

Whirlpool

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Perfect Strangers

September Affair

The Pink Hussar

The Murder Club

The Pink Hussar

Miracle in the Rain

We Were Strangers

The Inspector General

Love Happy

Roseanna McCoy

Miracle in the Rain

The Twentieth Century

Big Jack

Miracle in the Rain

Concerning a Woman of Sin

Concerning a Woman of Sin

The Miracle of the Bells

Rope

The Front Page

Portrait of Jennie

The Front Page

Kiss of Death

Ride the Pink Horse

Her Husband's Affairs

Specter of the Rose

Specter of the Rose

Specter of the Rose

Notorious

Gilda

Duel in the Sun

Spellbound

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Cornered

The Front Page

Lifeboat

The Black Swan