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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Filmography
all 127
Movies 126
Writer 91
Screenplay 11
Director 9
TV Shows 1
self 1
Original Film Writer
Kiss of Death (1995)
Movie
6
Writer
Notorious (1992)
Movie
Original Film Writer
Scarface (1983)
Movie
6.57
Writer
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
Movie
Writer
Circus World (1964)
Movie
Additional Writing
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Movie
Writer
Reporter (1963)
Movie
Screenplay
North to Alaska (1960)
Movie
Adaptation
The Fiend Who Walked The West (1958)
Movie
Writer
Trapeze (1956)
Movie
Additional Writing
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Movie
Screenplay
Ulysses (1954)
Movie
Writer
Living It Up (1954)
Movie
Screenplay
Angel Face (1953)
Movie
4
Director
Actors and Sin (1952)
Movie
Additional Writing
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
Movie
Writer
The Murder Club (1950)
Movie
Writer
Edge of Doom (1950)
Movie
Screenplay
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Movie
Writer
The Front Page (1950)
Movie
Writer
The Pink Hussar (1950)
Movie
Screenplay
Whirlpool (1950)
Movie
Additional Writing
The Inspector General (1949)
Movie
Writer
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
Movie
Additional Writing
Love Happy (1949)
Movie
Additional Writing
We Were Strangers (1949)
Movie
6
Writer
Big Jack (1949)
Movie
Director / Writer
Miracle in the Rain (1949)
Movie
Director / Writer
The Front Page (1948)
Movie
Additional Writing
Rope (1948)
Movie
4.75
Writer
Kiss of Death (1947)
Movie
Writer
Notorious (1946)
Movie
2.25
Director
Specter of the Rose (1946)
Movie
6
Additional Writing
Gilda (1946)
Movie
6
Writer
Cornered (1945)
Movie
Writer
The Front Page (1945)
Movie
Screenplay
Spellbound (1945)
Movie
5.76
Writer
Lifeboat (1944)
Movie
1
Writer
China Girl (1942)
Movie
Screenplay
The Black Swan (1942)
Movie
Writer
Lydia (1941)
Movie
Writer
Second Chorus (1941)
Movie
Writer
Comrade X (1940)
Movie
Director
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Movie
Additional Writing
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Movie
4
Theatre Play / Screenplay
His Girl Friday (1940)
Movie
5.72
Additional Writing
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Movie
2.25
Writer
Eternally Yours (1939)
Movie
Additional Writing
Stagecoach (1939)
Movie
4.33
Screenplay
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Movie
Additional Writing
The Hurricane (1937)
Movie
Writer
A Star Is Born (1937)
Movie
Director
Soak the Rich (1936)
Movie
Writer
Barbary Coast (1935)
Movie
Writer
Spring Tonic (1935)
Movie
Director
Once in a Blue Moon (1935)
Movie
Director
The Scoundrel (1935)
Movie
Director
Crime Without ion (1934)
Movie
Writer
Shoot the Works (1934)
Movie
Writer
Upperworld (1934)
Movie
Writer
Viva Villa! (1934)
Movie
Writer
Riptide (1934)
Movie
Screenplay
Design for Living (1933)
Movie
Additional Writing / Writer
Queen Christina (1933)
Movie
6
Writer
Topaze (1933)
Movie
Writer
Back Street (1932)
Movie
Screenplay
Scarface (1932)
Movie
4.5
Writer
Homicide Squad (1931)
Movie
Writer
Quick Millions (1931)
Movie
Writer
The Front Page (1931)
Movie
Writer
The Great Gabbo (1929)
Movie
Writer
The Big Noise (1928)
Movie
Writer
Underworld (1927)
Movie
Information
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-02-28
Deathday
1964-04-18 (70 years old)
Birth Place
New York City, United States
Religion
Judaism
Citizenships
United States
Awards
Locarno International Film Festival Awards, New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, Academy Award for Best Story
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