Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast (6 May 1897 – 17 March 1968) was an Argentine-French screenwriter and director.

[1] d'Abbadie d'Arrast was born in Argentina in 1897 to a family of French aristocratic origins.

[1] He worked as a technical advisor to Charlie Chaplin and had made his first film by 1927.

[2] He was nominated at the 4th Academy Awards for the now defunct category of Best Story for the film Laughter.

[3] He also was in the French army during World War I. d'Abbadie d'Arrast married retired silent-film actress Eleanor Boardman (1898–1991) in 1940, and remained married until his death in 1968.