---
name: "Ted Whitehead"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-whitehead"
fi1m_id: "ted-whitehead"
imdb_id: "nm0925682"
tmdb_id: 1052935
wikidata_id: "Q125885332"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 April 1933"
died: "13 January 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T09:31:11.551089+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ted Whitehead

## Identity

Ted Whitehead

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ted-whitehead
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ted-whitehead
- **IMDb ID:** nm0925682
- **TMDB ID:** 1052935
- **Wikidata ID:** Q125885332
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Whitehead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125885332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1052935

Writer. Born 3 April 1933 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. Died 13 January 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 April 1933, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- **Died:** 13 January 2023
- **Active:** 1970–1993
- **Also known as:** E.A. Whitehead , EA Whitehead 
- **Frequently works with:** [Roy Battersby](https://film.one/person/roy-battersby.md), Philip Saville
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Whitehead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125885332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1052935

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Cracker*](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md) (85)

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## Biography

Ted Whitehead, also credited as E.A. Whitehead, was an English playwright and television writer. Born in Liverpool, he worked in advertising before turning to playwriting in his late thirties.

His stage plays include *The Foursome* (1971), which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre and transferred to the West End, and *Alpha Beta* (1972), starring Albert Finney and Rachel Roberts. He received the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.

From the 1980s he wrote extensively for television, contributing episodes to series including *Cracker* (1993) and adaptations such as *The Life and Loves of a She-Devil* (1986), *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (1998) and *The Mayor of Casterbridge* (2003). He died in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cracker* (1993), Fi1m 85, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Mayor of Casterbridge* (2003), Writer
- *The Mayor of Casterbridge* (2003), series, Screenplay
- *The Blonde Bombshell* (1999), series, Writer, Creator
- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (1998), series, Creator
- *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (1998), Writer
- *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (1998), series, Writer
- *Cracker* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)
- *The Cloning of Joanna May* (1992), series, Writer
- *Murder East - Murder West* (1990), Writer
- *Jumping The Queue* (1989), series, Writer
- *First Born* (1988), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Ruth Rendell Mysteries* (1987), series, Writer
- *The Life and Loves of a She-Devil* (1986), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Detective* (1985), series, Writer
- *Sweet Nothings* (1980), series, Writer
- *Caligula* (1979), Additional Dialogue
- *The Proofing Session* (1977), Writer
- *The Peddler* (1976), Writer
- *Under the Age* (1972), Writer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Writer
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Writer

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