Ian Whittaker

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-07-13 (94 years old)

Deathday

2022-10-16

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Ian Whittaker

Biography

Ian Roy Whittaker (13 July 1928 – 16 October 2022) was a British set decorator and actor. He won an Academy Award and was nominated three more times in the category Best Art Direction. Whittaker died of prostate cancer on 16 October 2022, at the age of 94.

Acting

1958

The Silent Enemy

as Ordinary Seaman Thomas

1953

Cosh Boy

as Alfie Collins

1958

The Steel Bayonet

as Pte. Wilson

1955

Passage Home

as Galley Boy

1961

On the Fiddle

as Lancing

1957

Second Fiddle

as Delivery Boy

1958

A Clean Sweep

as Dick Watson

1955

It's a Great Day

as Mechanic

1959

Danger Within

as 2nd. Lt. Betts-Hanger

1954

1956

Production

1979

Alien

as Set Decoration

1999

Anna and the King

as Set Decoration

1967

Our Mother's House

as Set Decoration

1981

Dragonslayer

as Set Decoration

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Set Decoration

1971

The Devils

as Set Dresser

1977

Joseph Andrews

as Set Dresser

2006

Fade to Black

as Set Decoration

1992

Howards End

as Set Decoration

1984

The Razor's Edge

as Set Decoration

1982

The Missionary

as Set Decoration

1993

The Remains of the Day

as Set Decoration

1967

To Sir, with Love

as Set Dresser

1986

Under the Cherry Moon

as Set Decoration

1974

Mahler

as Art Direction

1986

Highlander

as Set Decoration

2021

1990

3 Men and a Little Lady

as Set Decoration

1972

Savage Messiah

as Set Dresser

1971

The Boy Friend

as Set Dresser

1990

Hands of a Murderer

as Set Decoration

1989

The Rainbow

as Art Direction

1982

Murder Is Easy

as Art Direction

1974

Juggernaut

as Set Dresser

1979

The Tempest

as Art Direction

1998

Dangerous Beauty

as Set Decoration

1977

Valentino

as Set Dresser

1974

Akenfield

as Art Direction

2002

2008

Mirrors

as Set Decoration

1980

The Watcher in the Woods

as Set Decoration

2009

From Time to Time

as Set Decoration

1996

Victory

as Set Decoration

1980

Richard's Things

as Art Direction

1965

Catch Us If You Can

as Set Dresser

1983

1979

Hanover Street

as Set Decoration

1979

Cuba

as Set Decoration

1994

Only You

as Set Decoration

2002

Possession

as Set Decoration

1974

Swallows and Amazons

as Set Decoration

2004

Being Julia

as Set Decoration

1988

Without a Clue

as Set Decoration

1969

Downhill Racer

as Art Direction

1999

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Set Decoration

2009

Into the Storm

as Set Decoration

2006

The Tiger's Tail

as Production Design

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