26-01-2010, 01:54 PM
Not confirmed, but suspected. Unconfirmed bio...reads much like the one posted above in parts.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872347/bio
During the Korean War he joined the Navy, working in intelligence. He moved to Seattle thereafter and worked at a laundry while going to the University of Washington on the GI Bill. He earned a bachelor degree in theater. While there he wrote and directed his own three-act play "Eve of the Bursting" as a thesis for his master degree and wrote another play - "Never Come Tuesday" (1960). Whitaker went on to earn a doctorate in communications and film at Northwestern University. Later he was awarded a Fullbright scholarship for study in England.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872347/bio
During the Korean War he joined the Navy, working in intelligence. He moved to Seattle thereafter and worked at a laundry while going to the University of Washington on the GI Bill. He earned a bachelor degree in theater. While there he wrote and directed his own three-act play "Eve of the Bursting" as a thesis for his master degree and wrote another play - "Never Come Tuesday" (1960). Whitaker went on to earn a doctorate in communications and film at Northwestern University. Later he was awarded a Fullbright scholarship for study in England.