Harry Behn

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. His son, Peter Behn was cast as young Thumper in the film Bambi.

Filmography

 * The Big Parade (1925)
 * Proud Flesh (1925), with Agnes Christine Johnson
 * La Bohème (1926), with Ray Doyle
 * The Crowd (1928), with King Vidor and John V.A. Weaver
 * The Racket (1928), with Del Andrews
 * Frozen River (1929)
 * Sin Sister (1929), with Andrew Bennison
 * Hell's Angels (1930), with Howard Estabrook
 * Secret of the Chateau (1934), with Richard Thorpe