Person
Ian Whittaker
Art · 1928–2022 · London, England, UK
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
Alien
Set Decoration
Highlander
Set Decoration
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Gault
Sense and Sensibility
Set Decoration
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Set Dresser
Only You
Set Decoration
Mirrors
Set Decoration
Strange Experiences
Dora's Son
Howards End
Set Decoration
Dangerous Beauty
Set Decoration
Filmography
- 2009From Time to TimeSet Decoration
- 2009Into the StormSet Decoration
- 2008MirrorsSet Decoration
- 2006The Tiger's TailProduction Design
- 2006Fade to BlackSet Decoration
- 2004Being JuliaSet Decoration
- 2003Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon and Other Thomas AdventuresModeling
- 2002PossessionSet Decoration
- 2002The Importance of Being EarnestSet Decoration
- 1999Anna and the KingSet Decoration
- 1999A Midsummer Night's DreamSet Decoration
- 1998Dangerous BeautySet Decoration
- 1996VictorySet Decoration
- 1995Sense and SensibilitySet Decoration
- 1994Only YouSet Decoration
- 1993The Remains of the DaySet Decoration
- 1992Howards EndSet Decoration
- 19903 Men and a Little LadySet Decoration
- 1990Hands of a MurdererSet Decoration
- 1990The Old Man and the SeaSet Decoration
- 1989The RainbowArt Direction
- 1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenAnimatronics Designer
- 1988Without a ClueSet Decoration
- 1986Anastasia - The Mystery of AnnaProduction Design
- 1986Under the Cherry MoonSet Decoration
- 1986HighlanderSet Decoration
- 1984The Razor's EdgeSet Decoration
- 1983The Return of the SoldierArt Direction
- 1982The MissionarySet Decoration
- 1982Murder Is EasyArt Direction
- 1981DragonslayerSet Decoration
- 1980Richard's ThingsArt Direction
- 1980The Watcher in the WoodsSet Decoration
- 1979CubaSet Decoration
- 1979The TempestArt Direction
- 1979AlienSet Decoration
- 1979Hanover StreetSet Decoration
- 1977ValentinoSet Dresser
- 1977Joseph AndrewsSet Dresser
- 1976The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the SeaSet Dresser
- 1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowSet Dresser
- 1974AkenfieldArt Direction
- 1974JuggernautSet Dresser
- 1974Swallows and AmazonsSet Decoration
- 1974MahlerArt Direction
- 1972Savage MessiahSet Dresser
- 1971The Boy FriendSet Dresser
- 1971The DevilsSet Dresser
- 1969Downhill RacerArt Direction
- 1968The Charge of the Light BrigadeSet Dresser
- 1967Our Mother's HouseSet Decoration
- 1967To Sir, with LoveSet Dresser
- 1965Catch Us If You CanSet Dresser
- 1964The Secret of Blood IslandMills
- 1961On the FiddleLancing
- 1959Danger Within2nd. Lt. Betts-Hanger
- 1958Further Up the CreekLofty
- 1958The Revenge of FrankensteinBoy
- 1958The Silent EnemyOrdinary Seaman Thomas
- 1958The Steel BayonetPte. Wilson
- 1958A Clean SweepDick Watson
- 1957Second FiddleDelivery Boy
- 1956The Adventures of Sir LancelotGault
- 1956Peril for the GuyRupert
- 1955Strange ExperiencesDora's Son
- 1955Passage HomeGalley Boy
- 1955It's a Great DayMechanic
- 1954The Sea Shall Not Have ThemA.C.2 Milliken
- 1953Cosh BoyAlfie Collins
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