Portrait of Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

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.

Born: February 28, 1894

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

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)