Ian Whittaker

ArtVisual EffectsCrewActor Jul 13 (died age 94) London, England, UK 1953–2021 (68 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Alien

Set Decoration

Film

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Set Decoration

Film

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Set Dresser

Film

Sense and Sensibility

Set Decoration

Film

Highlander

Set Decoration

Film

The Remains of the Day

Set Decoration

Film

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Animatronics Designer

Film

Mirrors

Set Decoration

Filmography

Acting (16)

Movies (14)

The Secret of Blood Island

1964

as Mills

On the Fiddle

1961

as Lancing

5.3

Danger Within

1959

as 2nd. Lt. Betts-Hanger

The Steel Bayonet

as Pte. Wilson

The Silent Enemy

as Ordinary Seaman Thomas

5.7

A Clean Sweep

1958

as Dick Watson

The Revenge of Frankenstein

as Boy

Further Up the Creek

as Lofty

Second Fiddle

as Delivery Boy

Peril for the Guy

as Rupert

Passage Home

as Galley Boy

It's a Great Day

as Mechanic

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

as A.C.2 Milliken

Cosh Boy

as Alfie Collins

Television (2)

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

1956

as Gault

6.5

Strange Experiences

1955

as Dora's Son

Crew (54)

Movies (53)

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Set Decoration

From Time to Time

Set Decoration

Into the Storm

Set Decoration

Mirrors

Set Decoration

The Tiger's Tail

Production Design

Fade to Black

Set Decoration

Being Julia

Set Decoration

Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon

2003

Modeling

7.7

The Importance of Being Earnest

Set Decoration

Possession

Set Decoration

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Set Decoration

Anna and the King

Set Decoration

Dangerous Beauty

Set Decoration

Victory

Set Decoration

Sense and Sensibility

Set Decoration

Only You

Set Decoration

The Remains of the Day

Set Decoration

Howards End

Set Decoration

3 Men and a Little Lady

Set Decoration

Hands of a Murderer

Set Decoration

The Old Man and the Sea

Set Decoration

The Rainbow

Art Direction

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

Animatronics Designer

Without a Clue

Set Decoration

Highlander

Set Decoration

Under the Cherry Moon

Set Decoration

The Razor's Edge

Set Decoration

The Return of the Soldier

Art Direction

The Missionary

Set Decoration

Murder Is Easy

Art Direction

Dragonslayer

Set Decoration

The Watcher in the Woods

Set Decoration

Richard's Things

Art Direction

Alien

Set Decoration

Hanover Street

Set Decoration

Cuba

Set Decoration

The Tempest

Art Direction

Valentino

Set Dresser

Joseph Andrews

Set Dresser

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

1976

Set Dresser

6.5

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Set Dresser

Juggernaut

Set Dresser

Swallows and Amazons

Set Decoration

Mahler

Art Direction

Akenfield

Art Direction

Savage Messiah

Set Dresser

The Devils

Set Dresser

The Boy Friend

Set Dresser

Downhill Racer

Art Direction

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Set Dresser

To Sir, with Love

Set Dresser

Our Mother's House

Set Decoration

Catch Us If You Can

Set Dresser

Television (1)

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

1986

Production Design

6.6