About
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...
Known for
Doctor WhoSeries • 1963
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989
BewitchedSeries • 1964
Crown CourtSeries • 1972
I Dream of JeannieSeries • 1965
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
CrossroadsSeries • 1964
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Z-CarsSeries • 1962
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
Inspector MorseSeries • 1987
Dalziel and PascoeSeries • 1996
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
ITV Play of the WeekSeries • 1955
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
EurocopsSeries • 1988
To Sir, with LoveMovie • 1967
YanksMovie • 1979
The KeepMovie • 1983
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyMovie • 2001
I Escaped from Devil's IslandMovie • 1973