Ben Hecht

Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 28, 1894
Day of Death: April 18, 1964 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Actor Man in Night Court (uncredited)
Angels Over Broadway

Theatre Play
His Girl Friday

Screenplay
Comrade X

Director
Angels Over Broadway

Writer
Angels Over Broadway

Producer
Angels Over Broadway

Additional Writing
Foreign Correspondent

Screenplay
His Girl Friday

Additional Writing
The Shop Around the Corner

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I Take This Woman
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Actor Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
Crime Without Passion

Screenplay
Twentieth Century

Director
Crime Without Passion

Screenplay
Crime Without Passion

Theatre Play
Shoot the Works

Story
Upperworld

Screenplay
Viva Villa!

Writer
The President Vanishes

Story
Crime Without Passion

Producer
Crime Without Passion

Writer
Riptide

Writer
Shoot the Works