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- Works
- 6
Top works
- Boy with green hair (1948)
- Back to Bataan (1945)
- The boy with green hair
- The fall of the Roman Empire
- Rich dreams
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Film & TV
Toronto, Canada
Ben Barzman (October 12, 1910 – December 15, 1989) was a Canadian journalist, screenwriter, and novelist, blacklisted during the McCarthy Era and best known for his screenplays for the films Back to Bataan (1945), El Cid (1961), and The Blue Max (1966). He was born in Toronto, Ontario to a Jewish family. He was the screenwriter or co-writer of more than 20 films, from You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr.…
Known for
- The Hollywood Blacklist: The Survivors Tell Their Stories — self2026
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Child
- Paolo Barzman
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Political party
- Communist Party of Canada
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1910-00-00
- date of death
- 1989-12-15
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- Ben Barzman
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