Jack Whittingham

Jack Whittingham (1910 - July 4, 1972) was a British playwright, film critic and screenwriter.

He is best-known for having collaborated with Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory on the original scripts for Thunderball.

After Fleming wrote the novel Thunderball, based on the collaborative scripts - but without crediting his co-authors - McClory and Whittingham sued Fleming. They were given the rights to the story, though Whittingham had previously given up his rights to McClory.

Whittingham died in 1972, 11 years before McClory turned their screenplay into Never Say Never Again.