Ken Annakin

Known for: Directing
Born: August 10, 1914, Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: April 22, 2009
Movies: 54

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.6

The Longest Day

1962

6.8

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

6.9

Battle of the Bulge

1965

6.8

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

1965

5.9

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

1988

6.2

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952

6.1

The Call of the Wild

1972

5.9

Monte Carlo or Bust!

1969

5.3

The Pirate Movie

1982

6.8

Third Man on the Mountain

1959

Filmography

2008	The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics	Self
2004	Rent-A-Person	Narrator (Voice)
2002	Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making	Himself
1959	Perilous Assignment	Self
1952	The Riddle of Robin Hood	Self
1941	Freedom Radio	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1988	The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking	Director, Producer, Writer
1982	The Pirate Movie	Director
1981	Cheaper to Keep Her	Director
1979	The Fifth Musketeer	Director
1979	Institute for Revenge	Director
1978	Murder at the Mardi Gras	Director
1975	Paper Tiger	Director
1972	The Call of the Wild	Director
1969	Monte Carlo or Bust!	Director, Screenplay
1968	The Biggest Bundle of Them All	Director
1967	The Long Duel	Director, Producer
1965	Battle of the Bulge	Director
1965	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes	Director, Screenplay
1963	The Informers	Director
1962	The Fast Lady	Director
1962	The Longest Day	Director
1962	Crooks Anonymous	Director, Writer
1961	The Hellions	Director
1961	Very Important Person	Director
1960	Swiss Family Robinson	Director
1959	Third Man on the Mountain	Director
1958	Nor the Moon by Night	Director
1957	Across the Bridge	Director
1956	Three Men in a Boat	Director
1956	Loser Takes All	Director
1955	Value for Money	Director
1954	The Seekers	Director
1954	You Know What Sailors Are	Director
1953	The Sword and the Rose	Director
1952	The Planter's Wife	Director
1952	The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men	Director
1951	Hotel Sahara	Director
1950	The Day Begins Early	Director
1950	Trio	Director
1950	Double Confession	Director
1949	Landfall	Director
1949	The Huggetts Abroad	Director
1949	Vote for Huggett	Director
1948	Here Come the Huggetts	Director
1948	Quartet	Director
1948	Broken Journey	Director
1948	Miranda	Director
1947	Holiday Camp	Director
1946	Make Fruitful the Land	Director
1946	English Criminal Justice	Director
1946	We of the West Riding	Director
1946	Fenlands	Director, Screenplay, Producer
1943	London 1942	Director

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