Harry Behn

Harry Behn (September 24, 1898  September 6, 1973) was an American former screenwriter.

Harry Behn
Behn, c. 1970
Born(1898-09-24)September 24, 1898
McCabe, Arizona, United States
DiedSeptember 6, 1973(1973-09-06) (aged 74)
Seville, Spain
Alma materHarvard University
Spouse
Alice Lawrence
(m. 1905)
Children3

He was involved in writing scenes and continuities for a number of screenplays, including the war film The Big Parade in 1925, and Hell's Angels. He graduated from Harvard University in 1922. Behn retired from screenwriting in the 1930s; he worked as a creative writing professor at the University of Arizona from 1938 to 1947 and co-founded the University of Arizona Press; he would later move to Connecticut and transition to children's literature. He died in Seville in 1973 during a trip. His son, Peter Behn was cast as young Thumper in the film Bambi.

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