Actor

Charles Bennett

Writing

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TMDB popularity

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Movies: 46Series: 7Crew credits: 50

TMDB ID: 3599

IMDb ID: nm0071657

Known for: Writing

Born: August 2, 1899

Died: June 15, 1995

Age: 95

Place of birth: Shoreham-by-Sea, England

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1917 - 1986

Years active: 70

Average TMDB rating: 6.31

Wikidata: Q329009

Also known as

John H. Kneubuhl

Other jobs

Screenplay (22)Writer (17)Adaptation (3)Director (3)Story (2)Theatre Play (2)Teleplay (1)

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Biography

Born just before the century turned, Charles Bennett made his writing debut as a child in 1911, fought in France during World War I while still a teen and resumed his acting career after the war's end. In 1926 he dropped acting to concentrate on being a playwright, later turning one of his most famous plays, "Blackmail," into a screenplay for production under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock. The affiliation with "Hitch" continued into the early 1940s, by which time both Bennett and the director were working in Hollywood. He wrote for producers ranging from Cecil B. DeMille to Irwin Allen to the penny-pinching folks at AIP. "If I couldn't write, I wouldn't want to live," commented Bennett, who had projects (including a remake of "Blackmail") going right up to the time of his death.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Charles Bennett.