A former stage actor and director, Tim Whelan entered the movie business as a screenwriter in 1920, specializing in comedy with Harold Lloyd. He became a director in the late '20s in England, and continued in this capacity, in a less distinguished manner, in Hollywood after the outbreak of World War II. His best films were all made under the auspices of Sir Alexander Korda's London Films, including the romantic comedy The Divorce of Lady X (1938) with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, the drama St. Martin's Lane (1938) with Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, and Charles Laughton, the spy thriller Q Planes (1939) with Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, and Valerie Hobson, and the Arabian Nights fantasy The Thief of Bagdad (1940) with Sabu and Conrad Veidt (co-directed with Michael Powell and Ludwig Berger). Whelan's most notable American film was the musical comedy Higher and Higher (1943), which marked Frank Sinatra's screen debut.
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Texas Lady
Director |
1956 | |||
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Rage at Dawn
Director |
1955 | |||
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This Was a Woman
Director |
1949 | |||
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Badman's Territory
Director |
1946 | |||
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Higher and Higher
Director, Producer |
1944 | |||
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Step Lively
Director |
1944 | |||
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Swing Fever
Director |
1943 | |||
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Nightmare
Director |
1942 | |||
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Seven Days Leave
Director, Producer |
1942 | |||
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Twin Beds
Director |
1942 | |||
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International Lady
Director |
1941 | |||
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The Mad Doctor
Director |
1941 | |||
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The Thief of Bagdad
Actor, Director |
1940 | |||
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Clouds over Europe
Director |
1939 | |||
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Ten Days in Paris
Director |
1939 | |||
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Sidewalks of London
Director, Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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The Divorce of Lady X
Director |
1938 | |||
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Action for Slander
Director |
1937 | |||
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Farewell Again
Director |
1937 | |||
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Smash and Grab
Director |
1937 | |||
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The Mill on the Floss
Director, Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Two's Company
Director, Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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The Murder Man
Director, Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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The Perfect Gentleman
Director |
1935 | |||
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Along Came Sally
Director, Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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It's a Boy
Director |
1934 | |||
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The Camels Are Coming
Director |
1934 | |||
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Girl Crazy
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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The Crooked Circle
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Everything's Rosie
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Peach O' Reno
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Hook, Line and Sinker
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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The Fall Guy
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Adam's Apple
Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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Honeymoon Ahead
Director |
1927 | |||
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My Best Girl
Screenwriter |
1927 | |||
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Exit Smiling
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
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The Freshman
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Girl Shy
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Hot Water
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Safety Last
Screenwriter |
1923 |

