Noel Behn (1928? - 1998) was an American novelist, screenwriter and theatrical producer. His first novel, The Kremlin Letter, drawn from his work in the US Army's Counterintelligence Corps, was made into a film by John Huston in 1970. Behn's non-fiction The Big Stick-Up at Brink's was adapted into a 1978 movie starring Peter Falk and Peter Boyle. His controversial book Lindbergh: The Crime delved into the Lindbergh kidnapping, claiming that the baby had died in a family accident, and the kidnapping was faked. Behn was influential in the development of Off Broadway theatre in New York and he was producing director of the Cherry Lane Theater throughout the 1950s and 60s. Beginning in the late 1960s, owing to the happenstance of having offices in the same building on 57th Street in New York City, Behn began longstanding creative friendships with screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky, choreographer Bob Fosse and playwright Herb Gardner.He also wrote seven episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street between 1993 and 1997.The second episode of the third season of the prison drama Oz was dedicated to his memory.
July 27, 1998, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Profession
Writer, Actor
Nominations
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, Writers Guild of America Award for Television
Movies
The Kremlin Letter, The Brink's Job
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Asked why he insisted that most so-called spy novels are really detective novels, Behn said, "In a detective novel, the hero solves a crime; in a spy novel, the hero commits one."
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Novelist, screenwriter, stage producer and raconteur. Best known for his novel "The Kremlin Letter", which drew on his experiences working for U.S. Army Counterintelligence. During the 1950's and 60's, he was the producing director for the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York. He also accounted for one quarter of a distinguished intellectual foursome inhabiting the same 57th Street building (the others were Paddy Chayevsky, Bob Fosse and playwright Herb Gardner), forming an 'unofficial club' and collaborating on each other's projects.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV Series teleplay by - 5 episodes, 1993 - 1996 story by - 3 episodes, 1996 - 1999 written by - 1 episode, 1998
Tattinger's
1989
TV Series 1 episode
The Brink's Job
1978
book "Big Stick Up At Brink's"
The Kremlin Letter
1970
novel "The Kremlin Letter"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Another Woman
1988
Engagement Party Guest
Stardust Memories
1980
Doug Orkin
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Oz
1999
TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tattinger's
1989
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1969-1970
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Episodic Drama
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Known for movies
The Brink's Job (1978) as Writer
The Kremlin Letter (1970) as Writer
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999) as Writer
$1.6 Million
