Charles Bennett

Charles Bennett

writer, director, actor

Charles Bennett was born on Aug 02, 1899 in UK. Charles Bennett's big-screen debut came with Toujours de l'audace directed by James Cruze in 1920, strarring . Charles Bennett is known for Curse of the Demon directed by Jacques Tourneur, Dana Andrews stars as John Holden and Peggy Cummins as Joanna Harrington. Charles Bennett has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Charles Bennett achieved is Writers Guild of America, USA. The upcoming new movie Charles Bennett plays is Five Weeks in a Balloon which will be released on Dec 29, 1965.

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.

  • Birthday

    Aug 02, 1899
  • Place of Birth

    Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 1 nominations

Writers Guild of America, USA
1995
Winner - Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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