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Donald McWhinnie

English television and radio director
Person Human Q24810057

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
October 16, 1920
Date of death
October 8, 1987
Place of birth
Rotherham
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
theatre director, television director, director of radio drama, dramaturge
Field of work
directing, radio, television, radio broadcasting[9][10][11][12]
Educated at
Rotherham Grammar School[13]
Nominated for
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
McWhinnie[15]
Given name
Donald[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Donald McWhinnie ru Доналд МакУинни
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000373105033
VIAF cluster ID
205330781
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n91067178
Discogs artist ID
588688
Film.ru person ID
donald-mcwhinnie
Freebase ID
/m/0l399zn
HAND ID
6F79-2C24-99E9-4598-9DE8
IMDb ID
nm0574762
Internet Broadway Database person ID
15629
J9U entity ID
987007432080805171
Kinobox person ID
886730
LiederNet composer ID
14764
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MusicBrainz artist ID
dd671d6b-e2ec-4833-9300-a638d930ad21
NL CR AUT ID
mub20201063746
NUKAT ID
n2003064690
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810599283605606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1674310
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp136156
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
086423436
Plex person key
5d776973f617c9002015fd1e
SHARE Catalogue author ID
167032
TMDB person ID
158861
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjHk3Kk6QQXbfY8YDmYrRq
Yale LUX ID
person/7a90a1f5-8b09-4dd2-b458-b55bcdfb833e
ČSFD person ID
677924

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Summary

Donald McWhinnie was born on October 16, 1920[1], in Rotherham[2]. He died on October 8, 1987[3]. He worked as a theatre director[4], television director[5], director of radio drama[6], and dramaturge[7].

FAQs

Where was Donald McWhinnie born?

Donald McWhinnie's place of birth was Rotherham[2].

What did Donald McWhinnie do for work?

Donald McWhinnie worked as a theatre director[4], television director[5], director of radio drama[6], and dramaturge[7].

Where did Donald McWhinnie go to school?

Donald McWhinnie was educated at Rotherham Grammar School[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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    IMDb ID → nm0574762
    Internet Broadway Database person ID → 15629
    Freebase ID → /m/0l399zn
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