Marc Behm

'''Marc Behm''' (12 January 1925 in Trenton, New Jersey – 12 July 2007 in Fort-Mahon-Plage, France)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jakubowski |first=Maxim |date=2007-09-21 |title=A writer lost to translations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/sep/21/awriterlosttotranslations |access-date=2025-03-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> was an American novelist, actor, and screenwriter, who lived as an expatriate in France. Behm co-wrote the screenplay for the Beatles' ''Help!'' (1965) and conceived the story for the film ''Charade'' (1963). His best and most well-known literary work is the crime novel ''Eye of the Beholder'' (1980), which was adapted twice for the screen, in 1983 and in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burr |first=Ty |date=28 January 2000 |title=Eye of the Beholder |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/01/28/eye-beholder/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref>

Behm developed a fascination for French culture while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. He later had acting roles on several television programmes in France before moving there permanently.

== Bibliography == * ''The Queen of the Night'' (1977) * ''The Eye of the Beholder'' (1980) * ''The Ice Maiden'' (1983) * ''Afraid to Death'' (1991) * ''Off the Wall'' (1991) * ''Seek To Know No More'' (1993) * ''Crabs'' (1994)

== Filmography == Source:<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hawtree |first=Christopher |date=2007-10-30 |title=Marc Behm |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/30/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |access-date=2023-12-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 1961: ''The Return of Doctor Mabuse'' - screenplay * 1963: ''Charade'' - story * 1965: ''Help!'' - story * 1965: ''The Party's Over'' - screenplay * 1966: ''Trunk to Cairo'' - screenplay * 1967: ''The Blonde from Peking'' - screenplay * 1969: ''The Thirteen Chairs'' - screenplay * 1971: ''Someone Behind the Door'' - screenplay * 1972: ''The Mad Bomber'' - screenplay * 1974: ''Piaf'' - screenplay * 1982: ''Hospital Massacre'' aka ''X-Ray'' - screenplay * 1983: ''Deadly Circuit'' - book * 1999: ''Eye of the Beholder'' - book

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0066939}} * [http://winckelmuller.com/Behm.html Behm's works and achievements]

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