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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-12-09 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

Waris Hussein

Biography:

Waris Hussein (né Habibullah; born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian television and film director. At the beginning of his career, he was employed by the BBC as its youngest drama director. He directed early episodes of Doctor Who, including the first serial, An Unearthly Child (1963), and later directed the multiple-award-winning Thames Television serial Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).

Known For

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Doctor Who

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Play for Today

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BBC Play of the Month

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Compact

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Edward and Mrs Simpson

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

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Laurence Olivier Presents

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Switched at Birth

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When the Bough Breaks

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Copacabana

Acting

2023

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals as Self

2021

The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years Behind The Scenes

2012

Tales of Television Centre as Self

2010

Mr. Nice as Mohammed Durrani

2008

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

2006

Doctor Who: Origins as Self

Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction" as Self

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS as Self

2005

Mrs. Henderson Presents as Maharajah

Doctor Who Confidential

1989

Cult People as himself

1962

Directing

2002

Her Best Friend's Husband as Director

1998

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story as Director

1997

A Child's Wish as Director

Sixth Happiness as Director

1995

The Face on the Milk Carton as Director

1994

Murder Between Friends as Director

Fall from Grace as Director

1993

The Summer House as Director

For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story as Director

1992

She Woke Up as Director

1991

Switched at Birth as Director

1990

Forbidden Nights as Director

1989

The Shell Seekers as Director

Those She Left Behind as Director

1988

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Director

Killer Instinct as Director

1987

Downpayment on Murder as Director

Intimate Contact as Director

1986

When the Bough Breaks as Director

1985

Copacabana as Director

Surviving as Director

1984

Arch of Triumph as Director

1983

The Winter of Our Discontent as Director

Princess Daisy as Director

1982

Coming Out of the Ice as Director

Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Director

1981

Callie & Son as Director

1980

Death Penalty as Director

The Henderson Monster as Director

Baby Comes Home as Director

1979

And Baby Makes Six as Director

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Director

Daphne Laureola as Director

Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger as Director

Armchair Thriller as Director

Edward and Mrs Simpson as Director

1977

Romance as Director

1976

Love Letters on Blue Paper as Director

Laurence Olivier Presents as Director

The Glittering Prizes as Director

1974

Notorious Woman as Director

Shoulder to Shoulder as Director

1973

Rust as Director

Black and Blue as Director

Divorce His, Divorce Hers as Director

1972

The Possession of Joel Delaney as Director

Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Director

Hedda Gabler as Director

1971

Melody as Director

1970

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx as Director

Play for Today as Director

1969

A Touch of Love as Director

1968

Toggle as Director

1966

Macready's Gala as Director

The Connoisseur as Director

A Man on Her Back as Director

1965

A Passage to India as Director

BBC Play of the Month as Director

1964

Doctor Who: Marco Polo as Director

1963

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child as Director

Doctor Who as Director

1962

Compact as Director

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Director

Production

2002

Her Best Friend's Husband as Co-Executive Producer