Acting
Jim Whittaker
EN cinema · 10 credits
Born
10 February 1929
Died
7 April 2026 (aged 97)
Birthplace
Seattle, WA, USA
Also known as James Warren Whittaker · James Whittaker
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
Big Jim: An American on Everest
EN · 2026Not rated
as Self (archive footage)
High Tension
EN · 20138.0
as Self
This Is Self Arrest
EN · 1967Not rated
as Narrator
