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Harry Behn | |
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Born | McCabe, Arizona, United States | September 24, 1898
Died | September 6, 1973 | (aged 74)
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Spouse |
Alice Lawrence (m. 1905) |
Children | 3 |
Harry Behn (September 24, 1898 – September 6, 1973) was an American former screenwriter.
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.[1][2] His son, Peter Behn was cast as young Thumper in the film Bambi.[3]