Kenneth Hume (22 March 1926 – 25 June 1967) was a British filmmaker and manager known for being married to

Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the James Bond music, theme songs to three James Bond films - the only artist to officially perform more than o ...

. Hume made the ballet film ''

Mods and Rockers Mods and rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the late 1950s to mid 1960s. Media coverage of the two groups fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youth, and they became widely perceived as violent, unruly ...

''. Although Hume was gay, he married Bassey in 1961. He divorced Bassey in the mid sixties citing

Peter Finch Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia at the age of ten and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudevi ...

and John McAulife as co-respondents. Hume also managed Bassey. He died of an overdose of barbiturates, possibly accidental.

Filmography (as director)

*''

Cheer the Brave ''Cheer the Brave'' is a 1951 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed and written by Kenneth Hume and starring Elsie Randolph, Jack McNaughton and Geoffrey Keen. It was made at Southall Studios. Plot A mild-mannered man gets marri ...

'' (1951) *'' Hot Ice'' (1952) *'' Sail Into Danger'' (1957) a.k.a. ''El Aventurero'' *''Bullet from the Past'' (1957) – ''Scotland Yard'' series episode *''

'' (1964) *'' I've Gotta Horse'' (1965)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hume, Kenneth 1926 births 1967 deaths British film directors 20th-century English LGBTQ people