Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 10, 1929
Died
Apr 07, 2026
Place of Birth
Seattle, WA, USA
Credits
10 titles
Jim Whittaker
Biography
James Warren Whittaker was an American climber and mountain guide. On May 1, 1963, he became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest as a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, alongside the Sherpa Nawang Gombu, a nephew of Tenzing Norgay. They ran out of oxygen, but managed to reach the summit.
Known For
Filmography
Return to Mount Kennedy
Self
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Self
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Self
High Tension
Self
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
self
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
Self
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
related character
This Is Self Arrest
Narrator
Americans on Everest
Self
Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
Self