Charles Bennett

Writer, Actor, Director

August 2, 1899 — June 15, 1995 (95 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • The 39 Steps
    The 39 Steps1935
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
    The Man Who Knew Too Much1934
  • Sabotage
    Sabotage1936
  • Blackmail
    Blackmail1929
  • Young and Innocent
    Young and Innocent1937
  • Black Magic
    Black Magic1949
  • King Solomon's Mines
    King Solomon's Mines1937
  • The Clairvoyant
    The Clairvoyant1935
  • The Green Glove
    The Green Glove1952

Known For

  • The 39 Steps
    The 39 Steps1935
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
    The Man Who Knew Too Much1956
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
    The Man Who Knew Too Much1934
  • Curse of the Demon
    Curse of the Demon1957
  • Foreign Correspondent
    Foreign Correspondent1940
  • Sabotage
    Sabotage1936
  • Blackmail
    Blackmail1929
  • Where Danger Lives
    Where Danger Lives1950
  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1961
  • Unconquered
    Unconquered1947
  • Secret Agent
    Secret Agent1936
  • The Lost World
    The Lost World1960
  • Young and Innocent
    Young and Innocent1937
  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea4 seasons
  • The Young in Heart
    The Young in Heart1938
  • The Story of Mankind
    The Story of Mankind1957
  • Black Magic
    Black Magic1949
  • City in the Sea
    City in the Sea1965
  • The Clairvoyant
    The Clairvoyant1935
  • Reap the Wild Wind
    Reap the Wild Wind1942

Filmography

1968
1965
1965
City in the Sea · as Screenplay
1964
1962
Five Weeks in a Balloon · as Screenplay
1961
1960
The Lost World · as Screenplay
1959
The Big Circus · as Screenplay
1957
Curse of the Demon · as Screenplay
1957
1954
1954
1953
1952
1951
Kind Lady · as Screenplay
1950
Where Danger Lives · as Screenplay
1950
1949
Madness of the Heart · as Screenplay
1949
Black Magic · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1948
The Sign of the Ram · as Screenplay
1947
Unconquered · as Screenplay
1947
Ivy · as Screenplay
1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell · as Screenplay
1943
1942
Reap the Wild Wind · as Screenplay
1942
Joan of Paris · as Screenplay
1941
1940
Foreign Correspondent · as Screenplay
1939
Balalaika · as Screenplay
1937
1937
Young and Innocent · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1936
Sabotage · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1936
Secret Agent · as Screenplay
1936
1935
King of the Damned · as Screenplay
1935
1934
1934
1933
1933
1930

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