Jim Whittaker
Acting
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.
As actor 10
Americans on Everest
1965
This Is Self Arrest
1967
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
1993
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
2002
Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
1965
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
2013
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
2017
High Tension
2013
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013
Return to Mount Kennedy
2018