Ben Hecht

American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist.

Born February 28th, 1894 in New York City. [ref]

Died April 18th, 1964 at 70 years old in New York City (coronary thrombosis). [ref]

Occupations
film director, film producer, journalist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, writer
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