Ben Maddow(1909-1992)

Ben Maddow was born on 7 August 1909 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Savage Eye (1959) and Intruder in the Dust (1949). He was married to Flier, Freda. He died on 9 October 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

7.8

6.9

7.6

6.0

Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record
7.6
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1987
Man on a String
7.2
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1972
The Mephisto Waltz
6.1
- screenplay
- 1971
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
7.2
- screenplay
- 1969
The Chairman
5.6
- screenplay
- 1969
The Way West
6.2
- screenplay
- 1967
Kraft Suspense Theatre
7.7
TV Series
- story
- 1965
Selena
TV Short
- presentation script
- 1964
Arrest and Trial
7.6
TV Series
- written by
- 1964
An Affair of the Skin
6.7
- writer
- 1963
The Balcony
6.0
- writer
- 1963
Naked City
8.2
TV Series
- writer
- 1962
The Asphalt Jungle
7.9
TV Series
- based on screenplay by
- 1961
Two Loves
5.0
- screenplay
- 1961
The Untouchables
8.0
TV Series
- written by
- 1960

Trivia
American screenwriter, novelist and photography critic, educated at Columbia University. After graduating, he worked for three years as an orderly and technician at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and for another three years as an investigator for the New York City Bureau of Welfare. During World War II, he worked as a scenarist for the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force. In feature films, he is best remembered for his collaboration with John Huston on the script of The Asphalt Jungle (1950).