Ben Hecht

Career Overview

Ben Hecht has 148 screen credits in a career dating back to 1926. Signature works include Scarface, Wuthering Heights, Spellbound. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

148

Birth Date

1894-02-28

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Scarface
• 

  Wuthering Heights
• 

  Spellbound
• 

  Ulysses
• 

  The Thing from Another World
• 

  Notorious

Frequent Collaborators

• Leo G. Carroll (2 collaborations)
• Ingrid Bergman (2 collaborations)
• Alfred Hitchcock (2 collaborations)
• Al Pacino (1 collaborations)
• Steven Bauer (1 collaborations)
• Michelle Pfeiffer (1 collaborations)
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1 collaborations)
• Robert Loggia (1 collaborations)
• Miriam Colon (1 collaborations)
• F. Murray Abraham (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (111 credits)

  • Kiss of Death

    original film writer

    writing
    1995
  • Switching Channels

    writer

    writing
    1988
  • I Hate Actors

    novel

    writing
    1986
  • Scarface

    original film writer

    writing
    1983
  • The Front Page

    theatre play

    writing
    1974
  • Gaily, Gaily

    novel

    writing
    1969
  • Circus World

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Billy Rose's Jumbo

    theatre play

    writing
    1962
  • Walk on the Wild Side

    writer

    writing
    1962
  • North to Alaska

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • Queen of Outer Space

    story

    writing
    1958
  • The Fiend Who Walked the West

    adaptation

    writing
    1958
  • Legend of the Lost

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • A Farewell to Arms

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • The Iron Petticoat

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • Trapeze

    writer

    writing
    1956
  • Miracle in the Rain

    novel

    writing
    1956
  • The Indian Fighter

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Ulysses

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Living It Up

    theatre play

    writing
    1954
  • Indiscretion of an American Wife

    writer

    writing
    1953
  • Angel Face

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Monkey Business

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Actors and Sin

    writer

    writing
    1952
  • The Thing from Another World

    writer

    writing
    1951
  • The Murder Club

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • September Affair

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • Edge of Doom

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Miracle in the Rain

    author

    writing
    1950
  • The Pink Hussar

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • Perfect Strangers

    theatre play

    writing
    1950
  • Whirlpool

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Roseanna McCoy

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • The Twentieth Century

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • Big Jack

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • Concerning a Woman of Sin

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • Miracle in the Rain

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • Portrait of Jennie

    writer

    writing
    1948
  • The Front Page

    writer

    writing
    1948
  • The Miracle of the Bells

    screenplay

    writing
    1948
  • Her Husband's Affairs

    writer

    writing
    1947
  • Ride the Pink Horse

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • Kiss of Death

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • Duel in the Sun

    writer

    writing
    1946
  • Notorious

    writer

    writing
    1946
  • Specter of the Rose

    writer

    writing
    1946
  • Cornered

    writer

    writing
    1945
  • The Front Page

    writer

    writing
    1945
  • Spellbound

    screenplay

    writing
    1945
  • Watchtower Over Tomorrow

    screenplay

    writing
    1945
  • Lifeboat

    writer

    writing
    1944
  • China Girl

    screenplay

    writing
    1942
  • The Black Swan

    screenplay

    writing
    1942
  • Tales of Manhattan

    writer

    writing
    1942
  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point

    writer

    writing
    1942
  • Lydia

    screenplay

    writing
    1941
  • Second Chorus

    writer

    writing
    1941
  • Comrade X

    screenplay

    writing
    1940
  • Angels Over Broadway

    writer

    writing
    1940
  • I Take This Woman

    writer

    writing
    1940
  • His Girl Friday

    screenplay

    writing
    1940
  • Eternally Yours

    writer

    writing
    1939
  • Lady of the Tropics

    screenplay

    writing
    1939
  • Some Like It Hot

    theatre play

    writing
    1939
  • It's a Wonderful World

    screenplay

    writing
    1939
  • Wuthering Heights

    screenplay

    writing
    1939
  • Let Freedom Ring

    screenplay

    writing
    1939
  • Gunga Din

    story

    writing
    1939
  • Angels with Dirty Faces

    writer

    writing
    1938
  • The Goldwyn Follies

    screenplay

    writing
    1938
  • Nothing Sacred

    screenplay

    writing
    1937
  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    writer

    writing
    1937
  • Woman Chases Man

    writer

    writing
    1937
  • King of Gamblers

    writer

    writing
    1937
  • A Star Is Born

    writer

    writing
    1937
  • Soak the Rich

    writer

    writing
    1936
  • Barbary Coast

    writer

    writing
    1935
  • Spring Tonic

    theatre play

    writing
    1935
  • Once in a Blue Moon

    writer

    writing
    1935
  • The Scoundrel

    story

    writing
    1935
  • The President Vanishes

    writer

    writing
    1934
  • Crime Without Passion

    screenplay

    writing
    1934
  • Shoot the Works

    theatre play

    writing
    1934
  • Twentieth Century

    screenplay

    writing
    1934
  • Upperworld

    story

    writing
    1934
  • Viva Villa!

    screenplay

    writing
    1934
  • Riptide

    writer

    writing
    1934
  • Queen Christina

    writer

    writing
    1934
  • Design for Living

    screenplay

    writing
    1933
  • Turn Back the Clock

    screenplay

    writing
    1933
  • Topaze

    screenplay

    writing
    1933
  • Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    story

    writing
    1933
  • Rasputin and the Empress

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • Back Street

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • Million Dollar Legs

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • Scarface

    screenplay

    writing
    1932
  • The Beast of the City

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • The Sin of Madelon Claudet

    writer

    writing
    1931
  • The Unholy Garden

    dialogue

    writing
    1931
  • Homicide Squad

    writer

    writing
    1931
  • Quick Millions

    writer

    writing
    1931
  • The Front Page

    writer

    writing
    1931
  • Si l'empereur savait ça

    original story

    writing
    1930
  • The Green Specter

    story

    writing
    1930
  • Roadhouse Nights

    story

    writing
    1930
  • Street of Chance

    writer

    writing
    1930
  • The Unholy Night

    story

    writing
    1929
  • The Great Gabbo

    story

    writing
    1929
  • The Big Noise

    story

    writing
    1928
  • The New Klondike

    writer

    writing
    1926

• crew (14 credits)

  • 7 Faces of Dr. Lao

    additional writing

    crew
    1964
  • The Man with the Golden Arm

    additional writing

    crew
    1955
  • The Secret of Convict Lake

    additional writing

    crew
    1951
  • Strangers on a Train

    additional writing

    crew
    1951
  • The Inspector General

    additional writing

    crew
    1949
  • Love Happy

    additional writing

    crew
    1949
  • We Were Strangers

    additional writing

    crew
    1949
  • Rope

    additional writing

    crew
    1948
  • Gilda

    additional writing

    crew
    1946
  • Foreign Correspondent

    additional writing

    crew
    1940
  • The Shop Around the Corner

    additional writing

    crew
    1940
  • Stagecoach

    additional writing

    crew
    1939
  • The Hurricane

    additional writing

    crew
    1937
  • Queen Christina

    additional writing

    crew
    1934

• actors (4 credits)

  • Actors and Sin

    Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Angels Over Broadway

    Man in Night Court (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Scoundrel

    Flop House Bum

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Crime Without Passion

    Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934

• directing (11 credits)

  • Actors and Sin

    director

    directing
    1952
  • The Pink Hussar

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Concerning a Woman of Sin

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Miracle in the Rain

    director

    directing
    1949
  • The Front Page

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Specter of the Rose

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Angels Over Broadway

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Soak the Rich

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Once in a Blue Moon

    director

    directing
    1935
  • The Scoundrel

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Crime Without Passion

    director

    directing
    1934

• production (8 credits)

  • Actors and Sin

    producer

    production
    1952
  • Specter of the Rose

    producer

    production
    1946
  • China Girl

    producer

    production
    1942
  • Angels Over Broadway

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Soak the Rich

    producer

    production
    1936
  • Once in a Blue Moon

    producer

    production
    1935
  • The Scoundrel

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Crime Without Passion

    producer

    production
    1934