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Ken Annakin

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Ken Annakin

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Aug 10, 1914 (112 years old)

Place of Birth

Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English film director. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 1992, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Battle of the Bulge, The Biggest Bundle of Them All and Monte Carlo or Bust!. During his career, Annakin directed nearly 50 pictures.

Known For

Acting
2004Rent-A-PersonNarrator (Voice)
2002Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the MakingHimself
1959Perilous AssignmentSelf
1952The Riddle of Robin HoodHimself
1941Freedom RadioRadio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Production
1988The New Adventures of Pippi LongstockingProducer
1967The Long DuelProducer
1946FenlandsProducer
Directing
1988The New Adventures of Pippi LongstockingDirector
1982The Pirate MovieDirector
1981Cheaper to Keep HerDirector
1979The Fifth MusketeerDirector
1979Institute for RevengeDirector
1978The PirateDirector
1978Murder at the Mardi GrasDirector
1977The PirateDirector
1975Paper TigerDirector
1972The Call of the WildDirector
1969Monte Carlo or Bust!Director
1968The Biggest Bundle of Them AllDirector
1967The Long DuelDirector
1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 MinutesDirector
1965Battle of the BulgeDirector
1963The InformersDirector
1962The Longest DayDirector
1962The Fast LadyDirector
1962Crooks AnonymousDirector
1961Very Important PersonDirector
1961The HellionsDirector
1960Swiss Family RobinsonDirector
1959Third Man on the MountainDirector
1958Nor the Moon by NightDirector
1957Across the BridgeDirector
1956Three Men in a BoatDirector
1956Loser Takes AllDirector
1955Value for MoneyDirector
1954The SeekersDirector
1954You Know What Sailors AreDirector
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyDirector
1953The Sword and the RoseDirector
1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenDirector
1952The Planter's WifeDirector
1951Hotel SaharaDirector
1950Double ConfessionDirector
1950TrioDirector
1950The Day Begins EarlyDirector
1949LandfallDirector
1949Vote for HuggettDirector
1949The Huggetts AbroadDirector
1948QuartetDirector
1948MirandaDirector
1948Broken JourneyDirector
1948Here Come the HuggettsDirector
1947Holiday CampDirector
1946FenlandsDirector
1946We of the West RidingDirector
1946Make Fruitful the LandDirector
1946English Criminal JusticeDirector
1943London 1942Director
Writing
1988The New Adventures of Pippi LongstockingWriter
1969Monte Carlo or Bust!Screenplay
1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 MinutesScreenplay
1962Crooks AnonymousWriter
1946FenlandsScreenplay