Jack Whittingham
| Jack Whittingham | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 August 1910 Heaton, England, UK |
| Died | 3 July 1972 (aged 61) Valletta, Malta |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1939 - 1970 |
| Spouse(s) | Margot Isobel Gough (1942 - his death) |
Jack Whittingham (2 August 1910 - 3 July 1972) was a British playwright and screenwriter.
Whittingham was born in Heaton, West Yorkshire, England and educated at Charterhouse between 1924 and 1929. He then went up Lincoln College, Oxford to read law. During the early 1930s he was briefly engaged to the Wrigley heiress, Ada Elizabeth Offield. Between 1932 and 1937, Whittingham worked for a number of newspapers and in 1937 joined Alexander Korda as a contract screenwriter.During the Second World War, he was based on Iceland with an artillery regiment.
In 1942 he married Margot Isobel Gough and they had a daughter, Suilven (Sylvan) born 2 December 1943, and boy, Jonathan, born 5 June 1946.
Beginning with the film Q Planes in 1938, Whittingham was a prolific screenwriter. Between 1937 and 1948, he wrote 14 screenplays for companies including RKO, Associated British Picture Corporation, British National and Ealing Studios.
In 1948 he was a contracted screenwriter for Ealing Studios. He wrote the original story and screenplay for Cage of Gold (1950), Pool of London (1951), Hunted (1952), The Divided Heart (1954) and the screenplay for I Believe in You (1954), Mandy (1952) and West of Zanzibar (1954).
In 1956 he joined British Lion Films where he wrote The Birthday Present (1957).
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