Harry Behn

Harry Behn (September 24, 1898 – September 6, 1973) was an American 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