Charles Bennett

Known for WritingBorn 1899-08-02Died 1995-06-15Shoreham-by-Sea, England

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Night Mail

Mannequin

Partners Please

All at Sea

Hawleys of High Street

Painted Pictures

Behind Closed Doors

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

The Last Hour

The Wild Wild West

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Forever and a Day

They Dare Not Love

Matinee Idol

The 39 Steps

Night of the Demon

Kind Lady

Land of the Giants

Foreign Correspondent

The House of Trent

Deadlock

Lux Video Theatre

The Big Circus

John Halifax, Gentleman

Ivy

Sabotage

The Young in Heart

Young and Innocent

Unconquered

The Green Glove

Joan of Paris

Where Danger Lives

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Blackmail

Reap the Wild Wind

Black Magic

Dangerous Mission

Madness of the Heart

Secret Agent

The Sign of the Ram

The Lost World

The Clairvoyant

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Five Weeks in a Balloon

The Secret of the Loch

King Solomon's Mines

The Count of Monte Cristo