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).

Directed

1. Doctor Who (1963) — Director
2. Melody (1971) — Director
3. The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972) — Director
4. The Face on the Milk Carton (1995) — Director
5. Great Performances (1971) — Director
6. Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) — Director
7. Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963) — Director
8. Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) — Director
9. A Touch of Love (1969) — Director
10. Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964) — Director
11. Her Best Friend's Husband (2002) — Director
12. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) — Director
13. Arch of Triumph (1984) — Director
14. Play for Today (1970) — Director
15. The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) — Director
16. Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) — Director
17. Callie & Son (1981) — Director
18. The Shell Seekers (1989) — Director
19. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Director
20. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Director
21. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Director
22. Coming Out of the Ice (1982) — Director
23. Surviving (1985) — Director
24. Princess Daisy (1983) — Director
25. Screen Two (1985) — Director
26. A Child's Wish (1997) — Director
27. Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978) — Director
28. Copacabana (1985) — Director
29. Killer Instinct (1988) — Director
30. When the Bough Breaks (1986) — Director
31. Armchair Thriller (1978) — Director
32. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Director
33. Forbidden Nights (1990) — Director
34. Sixth Happiness (1997) — Director
35. Downpayment on Murder (1987) — Director
36. She Woke Up (1992) — Director
37. Those She Left Behind (1989) — Director
38. The Winter of Our Discontent (1983) — Director
39. For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story (1993) — Director
40. Compact (1962) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) — Maharajah
2. Mr. Nice (2010) — Mohammed Durrani
3. Doctor Who Confidential (2005)
4. Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023) — Self
5. Richard Burton: Wild Genius (2025) — Self
6. Cult People (1989) — himself
7. Tales of Television Centre (2012) — Self
8. Doctor Who: Origins (2006) — Self
9. Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction' (2006) — Self
10. Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS (2006) — Self
11. Remembers… (2022) — Self
12. Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (2008)
13. Corrigan Blake (1962) — Cholo