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: August 02, 1899
Death: June 15, 1995
May 07, 1934
May 31, 1936
November 01, 1937
July 13, 1960
July 12, 1961
November 16, 1950
December 01, 1934
August 16, 1940
November 09, 1957
January 08, 1937
December 20, 1949
November 08, 1957
July 06, 1938
February 28, 1952
January 21, 1943
June 07, 1935
March 26, 1942
January 20, 1942
July 31, 1953
October 10, 1947
March 03, 1948
August 19, 1949
March 06, 1954
July 05, 1959
May 16, 1941
June 20, 1951
October 21, 1954
June 26, 1947
May 26, 1965
May 16, 1956
June 06, 1935
June 07, 1933
December 01, 1933
December 10, 1931
December 06, 1933
March 01, 1930
September 04, 1931
June 25, 1930
March 31, 1932
February 10, 1936
August 22, 1962
June 17, 1937
July 04, 1944
July 28, 1929
December 15, 1939
March 11, 1917
June 01, 1915
September 17, 1917
November 01, 1986
