Benn Wolfe Levy[1] (7 March 1900 – 7 December 1973) was a Labour Party Member of Parliament in the House of Commons (1945–1950), and a successful playwright.

He was educated at Repton School and University College, Oxford and served in uniform in both World Wars.

[2] Later, he wrote the adapted screenplay for James Whale's macabre horror film The Old Dark House (1932) in collaboration with R. C. Sherriff, based on the novel Benighted (1927) by J.

Politically, Levy was on the left of the Labour Party and later became an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

He was married for more than 40 years to the American-born screen and stage actress Constance Cummings; the couple had one daughter and one son.