Paul Dehn (1912 – 1976) was a British screenwriter. He began his show-business career in 1936, as a film reviewer for several London newspapers. He later wrote plays, operettas, and musicals for the stage. Dehn’s first screenplay, for Seven Days to Noon (1951), garnered him an Oscar. He later wrote everything from James Bond films to entries in the Planet of the Apes series, and also was a lyricist for several film musicals.