Ben Hecht

Writing · Born 1894-02-28 in New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• The Scoundrel as Flop House Bum
• Angels Over Broadway as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
• Crime Without Passion as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
• Actors and Sin as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)