Director
Waris Hussein
11 movies as actor · 54 as director
Born Dec 9, 1938 (age 87)From Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005 · Comedy, Drama
Mr. Nice
2010 · Comedy, Crime
Melody
1971 · Comedy, Drama
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Horror
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995 · Drama
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963 · Sci-Fi, Drama
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 · Drama, History
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988 · Drama, TV Movie
A Touch of Love
1969 · Drama
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964 · Sci-Fi, Adventure
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002 · Drama, TV Movie
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970 · Comedy, Drama
Movies directed by Waris Hussein
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman S
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998
Sixth Happiness
1997
A Child's Wish
1997
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
Fall from Grace
1994
Murder Between Friends
1994
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
1993
She Woke Up
1992
Forbidden Nights
1990
The Shell Seekers
1989
Those She Left Behind
1989
Killer Instinct
1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
Downpayment on Murder
1987
When the Bough Breaks
1986
Maggie
1986
Copacabana
1985
Surviving
1985
Arch of Triumph
1984
The Winter of Our Discontent
1983
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
Callie & Son
1981
Baby Comes Home
1980
The Henderson Monster
1980
Death Penalty
1980
And Baby Makes Six
1979
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
1978
Daphne Laureola
1978
Romance: Three Weeks
Romance: Three Weeks
1977
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
Chips with Everything
1975
Rust
Rust
1973
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
Melody
1971
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
A Touch of Love
1969
Spoiled
1968
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1968
The Devil a Monk Would Be
1967
Sleeping Dog
1967
Days in the Trees
1967
Death of a Teddy Bear
1967
The Connoisseur
1966
Ella
Ella
1966
Macready's Gala
1966
A Man on Her Back
1966
A Passage to India
1965
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963
Waris Hussein as actor
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025 · Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023 · Self
Waris Hussein in Conversation
2023 · Self
Tales of Television Centre
2012 · Self
Mr. Nice
2010 · Mohammed Durrani
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
Doctor Who: Origins
2006 · Self
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006 · Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006 · Self
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005 · Maharajah
Cult People
1989 · himself
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