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name: "Edward Hume"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-hume"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 May 1936"
died: "13 July 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:01:47.923722+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Edward Hume

Writer. Born 18 May 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 13 July 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 May 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 13 July 2023
- **Also known as:** Edward C. Hume, Edward Chalmers Hume

## Biography

Edward Hume was an American screenwriter. He was born on 18 May 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, and died on 13 July 2023.

Hume wrote an episode of the series *The Fugitive* (1963). He wrote the pilots for the series *Cannon* (1971), *Barnaby Jones* (1973), *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972) and *Toma* (1973). His feature and television film credits include *Two-Minute Warning* (1976) and *The Day After* (1983). He received the Humanitas Prize and the 2023 Future of Life Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *The Day After* (1983), Writer
- *Two-Minute Warning* (1976), Screenplay
- *Cannon* (1971), Writer

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