Harold Shumate

{{Short description|American screenwriter (1893–1983)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Harold Shumate

| image = Harold Shumate (1893–1983).png

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|9|7}}

| birth_place = Austin, Texas, US

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|8|5|1893|9|7}}

| death_place = Thousand Oaks, California, US

| occupation = Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1917–1954

}}

Harold Shumate (September 7, 1893 – August 5, 1983) was an American screenwriter.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PniM-SVNBH0C&dq=%22Harold+Shumate%22+writer&pg=PA76|title=Henry Hathaway|first1=Henry|last1=Hathaway|first2=Polly|last2=Platt|date=May 6, 2019|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810839724|access-date=May 6, 2019|via=Google Books}} He wrote for 100 films between 1917 and 1954. He was born in Austin, Texas and died in Thousand Oaks, California on August 5, 1983.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ventura-county-star-harold-shumate/165114872/ |title=Harold Shumate |newspaper=Ventura County Star |page=42 |date=1983-08-10 |access-date=2025-02-09 |via=Newspapers.com}}