- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 28, 1947
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- February 7, 2003
Stephen Whittaker
Stephen Whittaker (28 June 1947 – 7 February 2003) was a British actor and director. He worked largely in British film and television, and attended Henley-in-Arden School in Warwickshire before further training as an actor at London's Corona Academy. He began his career aged 17, as a "bad boy" in the film To Sir With Love (1966), and in the classic BBC Doctor Who adventure The Web of Fear, as a soldier battling Yeti in the London Underground. In 1985, Whittaker took a director's training course and directed a short training film, which he sent to John Schlesinger (who had directed him in Yanks). Schlesinger suggested him to producer Mark Shivas as director for Channel 4's drama trilogy What If It's Raining?, written by Anthony Minghella. This was the beginning of a directing career of prestigious TV and film work. Shortly before Whittaker's death, writer Julian Fellowes spoke of him as …
Filmography
movieThe Rocket Post
2004 · Director
movieSons & Lovers
2003 · Director
movieThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Director
tvThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Director
tvGrafters
1998 · Director
A Life for a Life
movieA Life for a Life
1998 · Director
movieStone, Scissors, Paper
1997 · Director
movieStone Cold
1997 · Director
Tangier Cop
movieTangier Cop
1997 · Director
movieKilling Me Softly
1996 · Director
tvDalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Director
tvHearts and Minds
1995 · Director
movieClosing Numbers
1993 · Director
tvPortrait of a Marriage
1990 · Director
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Director
movieLove Birds
1988 · Director
tvInspector Morse
1987 · Director
tvScreen Two
1985 · Director
movieThe Keep
1983 · S.S. Kommando
Only a Game
movieOnly a Game
1981 · Dave Rawlings
movieYanks
1979 · Merchant Seaman
movieThe One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978 · Reporter
movieThe Paradise Run
1976 · Terrorist
tvThe Legend of Robin Hood
1975 · Ralph Gammon
movieI Escaped from Devil's Island
1973 · Leper Count
tvCrown Court
1972 · Kevin Wilson Lewis
movieBury Me an Angel
1971 · The Killer
Countercrime
movieCountercrime
1968 · George West
movieDoctor Who: The Web of Fear
1968 · Craftsman Weams
movieTo Sir, with Love
1967 · Schoolboy
movieThe World in Silence
1966 · Harold
tvI Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Bellboy
tvBewitched
1964 · Eddy