---
name: "Harry Behn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-behn"
fi1m_id: "harry-behn"
imdb_id: "nm0066946"
tmdb_id: 29964
wikidata_id: "Q5667245"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 September 1898"
died: "6 September 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:17:43.674292+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harry Behn

## Identity

Harry Behn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-behn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-behn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0066946
- **TMDB ID:** 29964
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5667245
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Behn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5667245, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066946/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29964

Writer. Born 24 September 1898 in Arizona Territory. Died 6 September 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 September 1898, Arizona Territory
- **Died:** 6 September 1973
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Behn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5667245, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066946/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29964

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Big Parade*](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md) (80)

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## Biography

Harry Behn (1898–1973) was an American screenwriter and children's author. He graduated from Harvard University in 1922 and began working as a scenario writer in Hollywood in the mid-1920s.

Behn contributed to several silent films directed by King Vidor, including the scenario for *The Big Parade* (1925), *Proud Flesh* (1925) and *La Bohème* (1926). He also worked on *The Crowd* (1928) and provided the adaptation for *Hell's Angels* (1930).

After his film career, Behn taught creative writing at the University of Arizona from 1938 to 1947 and founded the University of Arizona Press in 1960. He published poetry and numerous books for children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, loc.gov.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Big Parade* (1925), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hell's Angels* (1930), Adaptation
- *Billy the Kid* (1930), Writer
- *Frozen River* (1929), Adaptation
- *The Sin Sister* (1929), Writer
- *The Big Parade* (1925), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md)
- *Proud Flesh* (1925), Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/harry-behn