Acting credits
13
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Waris Hussein
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 52Series: 19Crew credits: 58
TMDB ID: 44726
IMDb ID: nm0404014
Known for: Directing
Born: December 9, 1938
Age: 87
Place of birth: Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q2570928
Other jobs
Director (58)
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Waris Hussein.
7.5
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
2025 Movie
4.7
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
as Ryoth
2013 Movie
8.0
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
2012 Movie
6.1
Mr. Nice
as Mohammed Durrani
2010 Movie
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008 Movie
8.5
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self
2006 Movie
8.0
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as Self
2006 Movie
7.0
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
as Self
2006 Movie
6.7
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Maharajah
2005 Movie
4.7
Her Best Friend's Husband
Director
2002 Movie
3.0
Sixth Happiness
Director
1997 Movie
6.2
A Child's Wish
Director
1997 Movie
6.4
The Face on the Milk Carton
Director
1995 Movie
1.0
Fall from Grace
Director
1994 Movie
Murder Between Friends
Director
1994 Movie
5.6
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Director
1993 Movie
5.5
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
Director
1993 Movie
5.0
She Woke Up
Director
1992 Movie
5.7
Forbidden Nights
Director
1990 Movie
6.3
The Shell Seekers
Director
1989 Movie
6.7
Those She Left Behind
Director
1989 Movie
Cult People
as himself
1989 Movie
6.0
Killer Instinct
Director
1988 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Waris Hussein.
Remembers…
as Self • 2 eps
2022 Series
8.2
Doctor Who Confidential
1 eps
2005 Series
Switched at Birth
Director • 2 eps
1991 Series
2.0
Intimate Contact
Director • 2 eps
1987 Series
7.3
Princess Daisy
Director • 2 eps
1983 Series
5.4
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Director • 2 eps
1982 Series
6.2
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Director • 7 eps
1978 Series
4.2
Armchair Thriller
Director • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
Director • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.0
The Glittering Prizes
Director • 6 eps
1976 Series
5.0
Notorious Woman
Director • 7 eps
1974 Series
5.0
Shoulder to Shoulder
Director • 4 eps
1974 Series
5.0
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Director • 2 eps
1973 Series
6.3
Play for Today
Director • 1 eps
1970 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
Director • 6 eps
1965 Series
Londoners
Director • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
Director • 10 eps
1963 Series
3.0
Compact
Director • 10 eps
1962 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director • 2 eps
1951 Series