Marc Behm (12 January 1925 in Trenton, New Jersey – 12 July 2007 in Fort-Mahon-Plage, France)1 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 1999.2
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
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:3
- 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
References
References
- Jakubowski, Maxim (2007-09-21). "A writer lost to translations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- Burr, Ty (28 January 2000). "Eye of the Beholder". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- Hawtree, Christopher (2007-10-30). "Marc Behm". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-14.