About

Known credits:
157
Birthday:
1894-02-28
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Ben Hecht

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1952 Actors and Sin Actor Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice) 59
Average
1940 Angels Over Broadway Actor Man in Night Court (uncredited) 59
Average
1935 The Scoundrel Actor Flop House Bum 58
Average
1934 Crime Without Passion Actor Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited) 58
Average

Directing
1952 Actors and Sin Directing Director 59
Average
1950 The Pink Hussar Directing Director N/A
N/A
1949 Concerning a Woman of Sin Directing Director N/A
N/A
1949 Miracle in the Rain Directing Director N/A
N/A
1948 The Front Page Directing Director N/A
N/A
1946 Specter of the Rose Directing Director 58
Average
1940 Angels Over Broadway Directing Director 59
Average
1936 Soak the Rich Directing Director N/A
N/A
1935 Once in a Blue Moon Directing Director N/A
N/A
1935 The Scoundrel Directing Director 58
Average
1934 Crime Without Passion Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
1995 Kiss of Death Writing Original Film Writer 57
Average
1988 Switching Channels Writing Writer 59
Average
1986 I Hate Actors Writing Novel 58
Average
1983 Scarface Writing Original Film Writer 80
Very good
1974 The Front Page Writing Theatre Play 64
Fair
1969 Gaily, Gaily Writing Novel 58
Average
1964 Circus World Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo Writing Theatre Play 58
Average
1962 Walk on the Wild Side Writing Writer 59
Average
1960 North to Alaska Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1958 Queen of Outer Space Writing Story 58
Average
1958 The Fiend Who Walked The West Writing Adaptation 58
Average
1957 Legend of the Lost Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1957 A Farewell to Arms Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1956 The Iron Petticoat Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 Trapeze Writing Writer 59
Average
1956 Miracle in the Rain Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 Miracle in the Rain Writing Novel 59
Average
1955 The Indian Fighter Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1954 Ulysses Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1954 Living It Up Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1953 Indiscretion of an American Wife Writing Writer 59
Average
1953 Angel Face Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1952 Monkey Business Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1952 Actors and Sin Writing Writer 59
Average
1950 The Murder Club Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1950 September Affair Writing Writer 59
Average
1950 Edge of Doom Writing Writer 59
Average
1950 Where the Sidewalk Ends Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1950 The Front Page Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1950 Miracle in the Rain Writing Author N/A
N/A
1950 The Pink Hussar Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1950 Perfect Strangers Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1950 Whirlpool Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1949 The Twentieth Century Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1949 Roseanna McCoy Writing Writer 59
Average
1949 Big Jack Writing Writer 59
Average
1949 Concerning a Woman of Sin Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1949 Miracle in the Rain Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1948 Portrait of Jennie Writing Writer 60
Fair
1948 The Front Page Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1948 The Miracle of the Bells Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1947 Her Husband's Affairs Writing Writer 59
Average
1947 Ride the Pink Horse Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1947 Kiss of Death Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1946 Duel in the Sun Writing Writer 59
Average
1946 Notorious Writing Writer 72
Good
1946 Specter of the Rose Writing Writer 58
Average
1945 Cornered Writing Writer 59
Average
1945 The Front Page Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1945 Spellbound Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1945 Watchtower Over Tomorrow Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1944 Lifeboat Writing Writer 65
Fair
1942 China Girl Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1942 The Black Swan Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1942 Tales of Manhattan Writing Writer 59
Average
1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point Writing Writer 59
Average
1941 Lydia Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1941 Second Chorus Writing Writer 59
Average
1940 Comrade X Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1940 Angels Over Broadway Writing Writer 59
Average
1940 I Take This Woman Writing Writer 59
Average
1940 His Girl Friday Writing Theatre Play 68
Fair
1940 His Girl Friday Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1939 Eternally Yours Writing Writer 58
Average
1939 Lady of the Tropics Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 Some Like It Hot Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1939 Some Like It Hot Writing Writer 59
Average
1939 It's a Wonderful World Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 It's a Wonderful World Writing Story 59
Average
1939 Wuthering Heights Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1939 Let Freedom Ring Writing Story 59
Average
1939 Let Freedom Ring Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 Gunga Din Writing Story 60
Fair
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces Writing Writer 65
Fair
1938 The Goldwyn Follies Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1938 The Goldwyn Follies Writing Story 58
Average
1937 Nothing Sacred Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1937 The Prisoner of Zenda Writing Writer 60
Fair
1937 Woman Chases Man Writing Writer 59
Average
1937 A Star Is Born Writing Writer 62
Fair
1937 King of Gamblers Writing Writer 59
Average
1936 Soak the Rich Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1935 Barbary Coast Writing Writer 59
Average
1935 Spring Tonic Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1935 Once in a Blue Moon Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1935 The Scoundrel Writing Story 58
Average
1935 The Florentine Dagger Writing Writer 59
Average
1934 The President Vanishes Writing Writer 59
Average
1934 Crime Without Passion Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1934 Crime Without Passion Writing Story 58
Average
1934 Shoot the Works Writing Writer 59
Average
1934 Shoot the Works Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1934 Twentieth Century Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1934 Upperworld Writing Story 59
Average
1934 Viva Villa! Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1934 Riptide Writing Writer 58
Average
1933 Design for Living Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1933 Queen Christina Writing Writer 60
Fair
1933 Turn Back the Clock Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1933 Topaze Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1933 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Writing Story 59
Average
1932 Rasputin and the Empress Writing Writer 58
Average
1932 Back Street Writing Writer 59
Average
1932 Million Dollar Legs Writing Writer 59
Average
1932 Scarface Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
1932 The Beast of the City Writing Writer 59
Average
1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet Writing Writer 59
Average
1931 The Unholy Garden Writing Story 59
Average
1931 The Unholy Garden Writing Dialogue 59
Average
1931 Homicide Squad Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1931 Quick Millions Writing Writer 59
Average
1931 The Front Page Writing Writer 59
Average
1930 The Green Specter Writing Story N/A
N/A
1930 Roadhouse Nights Writing Story 59
Average
1930 Street of Chance Writing Writer 59
Average
1929 The Unholy Night Writing Story 58
Average
1929 The Great Gabbo Writing Story 58
Average
1928 The Big Noise Writing Story N/A
N/A
1927 Underworld Writing Story 60
Fair
1926 The New Klondike Writing Writer 58
Average

Production
1952 Actors and Sin Production Producer 59
Average
1946 Specter of the Rose Production Producer 58
Average
1942 China Girl Production Producer 58
Average
1940 Angels Over Broadway Production Producer 59
Average
1936 Soak the Rich Production Producer N/A
N/A
1935 Once in a Blue Moon Production Producer N/A
N/A
1935 The Scoundrel Production Producer 58
Average
1934 Crime Without Passion Production Producer 58
Average

Crew
1964 7 Faces of Dr. Lao Crew Additional Writing 60
Fair
1955 The Man with the Golden Arm Crew Additional Writing 62
Fair
1951 The Secret of Convict Lake Crew Additional Writing 59
Average
1949 The Inspector General Crew Additional Writing 59
Average
1949 Love Happy Crew Additional Writing 58
Average
1949 We Were Strangers Crew Additional Writing 58
Average
1948 Rope Crew Additional Writing 75
Good
1946 Gilda Crew Additional Writing 67
Fair
1940 Foreign Correspondent Crew Additional Writing 63
Fair
1940 The Shop Around the Corner Crew Additional Writing 72
Good
1939 Stagecoach Crew Additional Writing 70
Good
1937 The Hurricane Crew Additional Writing 59
Average
1933 Queen Christina Crew Additional Writing 60
Fair