Jack Whittingham (1910 - 3 July 1972) was a British playwright, film critic, and screenwriter. He was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford.Beginning with the film Q Planes, Whittingham was a prolific screenwriter. He is particularly famous for having collaborated with Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory on a James Bond screenplay for a film. When these plans were scrapped, Fleming novelized the work into his ninth official novel, Thunderball; however, the novel only credited Fleming.