Ben Hecht
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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Acting
Movie
Angels Over Broadway
as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Crime Without Passion
as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
1934
Movie
The Scoundrel
as Flop House Bum
1935
TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
Movie
Actors and Sin
as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
1952
Crew
Movie
Scarface
Original Film Writer
1983
Movie
Rope
Additional Writing
1948
Movie
Strangers on a Train
Additional Writing
1951
Movie
Notorious
Writer
1946
Movie
Stagecoach
Additional Writing
1939
Movie
Spellbound
Screenplay
1945
Movie
His Girl Friday
Theatre Play
1940
Movie
The Shop Around the Corner
Additional Writing
1940
Movie
Scarface
Screenplay
1932
Movie
The Thing from Another World
Writer
1951
Movie
Gilda
Additional Writing
1946
Movie
Lifeboat
Writer
1944