Waris Hussein

ActorProductionDirectorWriter 1951–2025 (74 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1978 · Director

10.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Director

8.6

Doctor Who: Origins

2006 · as Self

8.5

Known For

Film

Doctor Who

Director

Film

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Maharajah

Film

Mr. Nice

Mohammed Durrani

Film

Melody

Director

Film

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

Director

Film

The Face on the Milk Carton

Director

Film

The Possession of Joel Delaney

Director

Film

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

Director

Filmography

Acting (16)

Movies (12)

Doctor Who: Gallifrey

2025

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

2025

as Self

7.5

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

2023

as Self

4.7

Doctor Who: Gallifrey

2013

as Ryoth

7.0

Tales of Television Centre

as Self

Mr. Nice

as Mohammed Durrani

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

2008

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

as Self

Doctor Who: Origins

as Self

Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'

2006

as Self

7.0

Mrs. Henderson Presents

2005

as Maharajah

6.6

Cult People

1989

as himself

Television (4)

Remembers…

2022

as Self

Doctor Who Confidential

Doctor Who

as Self

Corrigan Blake

Crew (68)

Movies (48)

Her Best Friend's Husband

2002

Co-Executive Producer

4.7

Her Best Friend's Husband

2002

Director

4.7

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

1998

Director

Sixth Happiness

Director

A Child's Wish

Director

The Face on the Milk Carton

Director

Fall from Grace

Director

Murder Between Friends

1994

Director

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

1993

Director

5.6

For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story

Director

She Woke Up

Director

Forbidden Nights

Director

Those She Left Behind

Director

The Shell Seekers

Director

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

Director

Killer Instinct

Director

Downpayment on Murder

1987

Director

6.0

When the Bough Breaks

Director

Copacabana

Director

Surviving

Director

Arch of Triumph

Director

The Winter of Our Discontent

1983

Director

4.0

Coming Out of the Ice

Director

Callie & Son

Director

The Henderson Monster

1980

Director

4.0

Baby Comes Home

1980

Director

Death Penalty

1980

Director

And Baby Makes Six

1979

Director

Daphne Laureola

1978

Director

6.0

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1978

Director

10.0

Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger

1978

Director

Love Letters on Blue Paper

1976

Director

Chips with Everything

1975

Director

Rust

1973

Director

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

Director

5.6

Hedda Gabler

1972

Director

The Possession of Joel Delaney

Director

Melody

Director

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

Director

A Touch of Love

Director

Toggle

Director

A Man on Her Back

1966

Director

Macready's Gala

1966

Director

Ella

1966

Director

The Connoisseur

1966

Director

A Passage to India

1965

Director

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

1964

Director

7.2

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

1963

Director

7.4

Waris Hussein

Highest Rated

Known For

Doctor Who

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Mr. Nice

Melody

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

The Face on the Milk Carton

The Possession of Joel Delaney

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

Filmography

Acting (16)

Movies (12)

Television (4)

Crew (68)

Movies (48)

Television (20)