Hank Searls(1922-2017)

Writer

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Hank Searls was born on 10 August 1922 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Crowded Sky (1960), The New Breed (1961) and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963). He was married to Bunny Cooper and Meredith Carroll Kapp. He died on 17 February 2017 in Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.

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Known for

The Crowded Sky (1960)

The Crowded Sky

5.7

Writer

1960

Leslie Nielsen, John Beradino, John Clarke, and Greg Roman in The New Breed (1961)

7.8

TV Series

Writer

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

7.4

TV Series

Writer

David Janssen in The Fugitive (1963)

8.1

TV Series

Writer

Credits

Writer

Overboard
6.2
TV Movie
- novel
- teleplay
- 1978
Wheels
6.7
TV Mini Series
- writer
- 1978
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
7.8
TV Movie
- biography The Lost Prince: Young Joe, The Forgotten Kennedy
- 1977
The Counterfeit Green
TV Movie
- written by
- 1972
O'Hara United States Treasury
7.3
TV Series
- writer
- 1971
The Felony Squad
7.4
TV Series
- story
- writer
- 1966–1969
Countdown
5.9
- novel "The Pilgrim Project"
- 1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
7.4
TV Series
- written by
- 1965
Convoy
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- 1965
Kraft Suspense Theatre
7.7
TV Series
- teleplay (as Henry Searls)
- 1965
The Fugitive
8.1
TV Series
- written by
- 1963
The New Breed
7.8
TV Series
- creator
- written by
- 1961–1962
CBS Repertoire Workshop
TV Series
- story
- 1960
The Crowded Sky
5.7
- novel
- 1960

Personal details

Alternative name
- Henry Searls
Born
- August 10, 1922
- San Francisco, California, USA
Died
- February 17, 2017
- Gig Harbor, Washington, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Other works
Novel: "The New Breed" (filmed as The New Breed (1961)).

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Trivia
Novelist and screenwriter, author of the best-selling "Overboard", "Jaws II" (based on the movie Jaws 2 (1978)) and "Sounding", creator of The New Breed (1961) TV series and writer of episodes of The Fugitive (1963) series. He has lived most of his life on, under, or over the ocean, having been a world-cruising yachtsman, underwater photographer and Navy flier.

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