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Gender: Male

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

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Movie Involvements: 155

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Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Scarface
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Scarface

 (1983) Original Film Writer
Rope
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8

Rope

 (1948) Additional Writing
Scarface
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7

Scarface

 (1932) Screenplay
Gilda
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8

Gilda

 (1946) Additional Writing
Notorious
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8

Notorious

 (1946) Writer
Stagecoach
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8

Stagecoach

 (1939) Additional Writing
Spellbound
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7

Spellbound

 (1945) Screenplay
Wuthering Heights
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7

Wuthering Heights

 (1939) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1957 Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
 1957-07-29
TV Show
1952 Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
Actors and Sin
Actors and Sin
 1952-06-18
 Movie
1940 Man in Night Court (uncredited)
Angels Over Broadway
Angels Over Broadway
 1940-10-02
 Movie
1935 Flop House Bum
The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel
 1935-04-30
 Movie
1934 Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
Crime Without Passion
Crime Without Passion
 1934-08-30
 Movie
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1995 Original Film Writer
Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death
 1995-04-21
 Movie
1988 Writer
Switching Channels
Switching Channels
 1988-03-05
 Movie
1986 Novel
I Hate Actors
I Hate Actors
 1986-09-10
 Movie
1983 Original Film Writer
Scarface
Scarface
 1983-12-09
 Movie
1974 Theatre Play
The Front Page
The Front Page
 1974-11-01
 Movie
1969 Novel
Gaily, Gaily
Gaily, Gaily
 1969-12-16
 Movie
1964 Screenplay
Circus World
Circus World
 1964-06-25
 Movie
1962 Theatre Play
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Billy Rose's Jumbo
 1962-12-06
 Movie
Writer
Walk on the Wild Side
Walk on the Wild Side
 1962-03-21
 Movie
1960 Screenplay
North to Alaska
North to Alaska
 1960-11-07
 Movie
1958 Story
Queen of Outer Space
Queen of Outer Space
 1958-09-07
 Movie
Adaptation
The Fiend Who Walked The West
The Fiend Who Walked The West
 1958-08-01
 Movie
1957 Screenplay
Legend of the Lost
Legend of the Lost
 1957-12-17
 Movie
Screenplay
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
 1957-12-14
 Movie
1956 Screenplay
The Iron Petticoat
The Iron Petticoat
 1956-09-01
 Movie
Writer
Trapeze
Trapeze
 1956-05-30
 Movie
Screenplay
Miracle in the Rain
Miracle in the Rain
 1956-03-31
 Movie
Novel
Miracle in the Rain
Miracle in the Rain
 1956-03-31
 Movie
1955 Screenplay
The Indian Fighter
The Indian Fighter
 1955-12-21
 Movie
1954 Screenplay
Ulysses
Ulysses
 1954-10-06
 Movie
Theatre Play
Living It Up
Living It Up
 1954-07-15
 Movie
1953 Writer
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Indiscretion of an American Wife
 1953-04-02
 Movie
Screenplay
Angel Face
Angel Face
 1953-01-02
 Movie
1952 Screenplay
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
 1952-09-03
 Movie
Writer
Actors and Sin
Actors and Sin
 1952-06-18
 Movie
1950 Writer
The Murder Club
The Murder Club
 1950-10-31
 Movie
Writer
September Affair
September Affair
 1950-10-18
 Movie
Writer
Edge of Doom
Edge of Doom
 1950-08-03
 Movie
Screenplay
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends
 1950-07-07
 Movie
Writer
The Front Page
The Front Page
 1950-06-08
 Movie
Writer
The Pink Hussar
The Pink Hussar
 1950-03-17
 Movie
Theatre Play
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers
 1950-03-11
 Movie
Screenplay
Whirlpool
Whirlpool
 1950-01-13
 Movie
1949 Writer
The Twentieth Century
The Twentieth Century
 1949-11-17
 Movie
Writer
Roseanna McCoy
Roseanna McCoy
 1949-10-12
 Movie
Writer
Big Jack
Big Jack
 1949-04-12
 Movie
Writer
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Concerning a Woman of Sin
 1949-03-24
 Movie
Writer
Miracle in the Rain
Miracle in the Rain
 1949-02-14
 Movie
1948 Writer
Portrait of Jennie
Portrait of Jennie
 1948-12-25
 Movie
Writer
The Front Page
The Front Page
 1948-10-13
 Movie
Screenplay
The Miracle of the Bells
The Miracle of the Bells
 1948-03-27
 Movie
1947 Writer
Her Husband's Affairs
Her Husband's Affairs
 1947-11-12
 Movie
Screenplay
Ride the Pink Horse
Ride the Pink Horse
 1947-10-08
 Movie
Screenplay
Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death
 1947-08-27
 Movie
1946 Writer
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun
 1946-12-31
 Movie
Writer
Notorious
Notorious
 1946-08-21
 Movie
Writer
Specter of the Rose
Specter of the Rose
 1946-07-05
 Movie
1945 Writer
Cornered
Cornered
 1945-11-23
 Movie
Writer
The Front Page
The Front Page
 1945-11-11
 Movie
Screenplay
Spellbound
Spellbound
 1945-11-08
 Movie
Screenplay
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
 1945-03-29
 Movie
1944 Writer
Lifeboat
Lifeboat
 1944-01-28
 Movie
1942 Screenplay
China Girl
China Girl
 1942-12-09
 Movie
Screenplay
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
 1942-12-04
 Movie
Writer
Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan
 1942-08-05
 Movie
Writer
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
 1942-06-26
 Movie
1941 Screenplay
Lydia
Lydia
 1941-09-18
 Movie
Writer
Second Chorus
Second Chorus
 1941-01-03
 Movie
1940 Screenplay
Comrade X
Comrade X
 1940-12-13
 Movie
Writer
Angels Over Broadway
Angels Over Broadway
 1940-10-02
 Movie
Writer
I Take This Woman
I Take This Woman
 1940-02-02
 Movie
Theatre Play
His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday
 1940-01-18
 Movie
Screenplay
His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday
 1940-01-18
 Movie
1939 Writer
Eternally Yours
Eternally Yours
 1939-10-07
 Movie
Screenplay
Lady of the Tropics
Lady of the Tropics
 1939-08-11
 Movie
Story
It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World
 1939-05-19
 Movie
Screenplay
It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World
 1939-05-19
 Movie
Theatre Play
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
 1939-05-19
 Movie
Writer
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
 1939-05-19
 Movie
Screenplay
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
 1939-04-07
 Movie
Screenplay
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
 1939-02-24
 Movie
Story
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
 1939-02-24
 Movie
Story
Gunga Din
Gunga Din
 1939-01-26
 Movie
1938 Writer
Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces
 1938-11-26
 Movie
Screenplay
The Goldwyn Follies
The Goldwyn Follies
 1938-02-04
 Movie
Story
The Goldwyn Follies
The Goldwyn Follies
 1938-02-04
 Movie
1937 Screenplay
Nothing Sacred
Nothing Sacred
 1937-11-25
 Movie
Writer
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda
 1937-09-03
 Movie
Writer
Woman Chases Man
Woman Chases Man
 1937-05-07
 Movie
Writer
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
 1937-04-27
 Movie
Writer
King of Gamblers
King of Gamblers
 1937-04-22
 Movie
1936 Writer
Soak the Rich
Soak the Rich
 1936-01-17
 Movie
1935 Writer
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast
 1935-10-13
 Movie
Theatre Play
Spring Tonic
Spring Tonic
 1935-06-27
 Movie
Writer
Once in a Blue Moon
Once in a Blue Moon
 1935-05-10
 Movie
Story
The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel
 1935-04-30
 Movie
Writer
The Florentine Dagger
The Florentine Dagger
 1935-03-30
 Movie
1934 Writer
The President Vanishes
The President Vanishes
 1934-11-17
 Movie
Screenplay
Crime Without Passion
Crime Without Passion
 1934-08-30
 Movie
Story
Crime Without Passion
Crime Without Passion
 1934-08-30
 Movie
Theatre Play
Shoot the Works
Shoot the Works
 1934-07-18
 Movie
Writer
Shoot the Works
Shoot the Works
 1934-07-18
 Movie
Screenplay
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century
 1934-05-11
 Movie
Screenplay
Viva Villa!
Viva Villa!
 1934-04-27
 Movie
Story
Upperworld
Upperworld
 1934-04-19
 Movie
Writer
Riptide
Riptide
 1934-03-29
 Movie
1933 Screenplay
Design for Living
Design for Living
 1933-12-29
 Movie
Writer
Queen Christina
Queen Christina
 1933-12-26
 Movie
Screenplay
Turn Back the Clock
Turn Back the Clock
 1933-08-25
 Movie
Screenplay
Topaze
Topaze
 1933-02-24
 Movie
Story
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
 1933-02-03
 Movie
1932 Writer
Rasputin and the Empress
Rasputin and the Empress
 1932-12-23
 Movie
Writer
Back Street
Back Street
 1932-08-04
 Movie
Writer
Million Dollar Legs
Million Dollar Legs
 1932-07-08
 Movie
Screenplay
Scarface
Scarface
 1932-04-09
 Movie
Writer
The Beast of the City
The Beast of the City
 1932-02-13
 Movie
1931 Writer
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
 1931-10-23
 Movie
Dialogue
The Unholy Garden
The Unholy Garden
 1931-10-06
 Movie
Story
The Unholy Garden
The Unholy Garden
 1931-10-06
 Movie
Writer
Homicide Squad
Homicide Squad
 1931-08-01
 Movie
Writer
Quick Millions
Quick Millions
 1931-04-17
 Movie
Writer
The Front Page
The Front Page
 1931-04-04
 Movie
1930 Story
The Green Specter
The Green Specter
 1930-05-07
 Movie
Story
Roadhouse Nights
Roadhouse Nights
 1930-02-15
 Movie
Writer
Street of Chance
Street of Chance
 1930-02-08
 Movie
1929 Story
The Unholy Night
The Unholy Night
 1929-09-13
 Movie
Story
The Great Gabbo
The Great Gabbo
 1929-09-12
 Movie
1928 Story
The Big Noise
The Big Noise
 1928-03-25
 Movie
1927 Story
Underworld
Underworld
 1927-08-20
 Movie
1926 Writer
The New Klondike
The New Klondike
 1926-03-14
 Movie
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1964 Additional Writing
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
 1964-03-18
 Movie
1955 Additional Writing
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm
 1955-12-26
 Movie
1951 Additional Writing
The Secret of Convict Lake
The Secret of Convict Lake
 1951-07-29
 Movie
1949 Additional Writing
The Inspector General
The Inspector General
 1949-12-31
 Movie
Additional Writing
Love Happy
Love Happy
 1949-10-12
 Movie
Additional Writing
We Were Strangers
We Were Strangers
 1949-04-27
 Movie
1948 Additional Writing
Rope
Rope
 1948-03-11
 Movie
1946 Additional Writing
Gilda
Gilda
 1946-04-25
 Movie
1940 Additional Writing
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
 1940-08-16
 Movie
Additional Writing
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner
 1940-01-12
 Movie
1939 Additional Writing
Stagecoach
Stagecoach
 1939-03-03
 Movie
1937 Additional Writing
The Hurricane
The Hurricane
 1937-11-09
 Movie
1933 Additional Writing
Queen Christina
Queen Christina
 1933-12-26
 Movie
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1952 Director
Actors and Sin
Actors and Sin
 1952-06-18
 Movie
1950 Director
The Pink Hussar
The Pink Hussar
 1950-03-17
 Movie
1949 Director
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Concerning a Woman of Sin
 1949-03-24
 Movie
Director
Miracle in the Rain
Miracle in the Rain
 1949-02-14
 Movie
1948 Director
The Front Page
The Front Page
 1948-10-13
 Movie
1946 Director
Specter of the Rose
Specter of the Rose
 1946-07-05
 Movie
1940 Director
Angels Over Broadway
Angels Over Broadway
 1940-10-02
 Movie
1936 Director
Soak the Rich
Soak the Rich
 1936-01-17
 Movie
1935 Director
Once in a Blue Moon
Once in a Blue Moon
 1935-05-10
 Movie
Director
The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel
 1935-04-30
 Movie
1934 Director
Crime Without Passion
Crime Without Passion
 1934-08-30
 Movie
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1952 Producer
Actors and Sin
Actors and Sin
 1952-06-18
 Movie
1946 Producer
Specter of the Rose
Specter of the Rose
 1946-07-05
 Movie
1942 Producer
China Girl
China Girl
 1942-12-09
 Movie
1940 Producer
Angels Over Broadway
Angels Over Broadway
 1940-10-02
 Movie
1936 Producer
Soak the Rich
Soak the Rich
 1936-01-17
 Movie
1935 Producer
Once in a Blue Moon
Once in a Blue Moon
 1935-05-10
 Movie
Producer
The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel
 1935-04-30
 Movie
1934 Producer
Crime Without Passion
Crime Without Passion
 1934-08-30
 Movie
Year Role Movie/Tv

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