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name: "Hank Searls"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 August 1922"
died: "17 February 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:01:11.923663+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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# Hank Searls

Writer. Born 10 August 1922 in San Francisco. Died 17 February 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 August 1922, San Francisco
- **Died:** 17 February 2017

## Biography

Hank Searls (Henry Hunt Searls) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Born in San Francisco on 10 August 1922, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as a naval officer before becoming a full-time writer in 1959.

Searls wrote for the television series *The Fugitive* (1963), contributing the two-part episode 'Never Wave Goodbye'. His novel *The Pilgrim Project* (1964) was adapted as the 1967 film *Countdown*. He also created the police procedural series *The New Breed* (1961–1962) and wrote novelizations of the films *Jaws 2* (1978) and *Jaws: The Revenge* (1987).

Other novels by Searls include *The Crowded Sky* (1960), which was filmed in the same year, and *The Penetrators* (1965, as Anthony Gray). He died in Gig Harbor, Washington, on 17 February 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fantasticfiction.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *Countdown* (1967), Novel

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