Ken Annakin
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-08-10
Day of Death
2009-04-22 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Ken Annakin
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
(2004)
Rent-A-Person
as Narrator (Voice)
(2002)
(1959)
Perilous Assignment
as Self
(1952)
The Riddle of Robin Hood
as Himself
(1941)
Freedom Radio
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
(1988)
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Producer, Director, Writer
(1982)
The Pirate Movie
Director
(1981)
Cheaper to Keep Her
Director
(1979)
The Fifth Musketeer
Director
(1979)
Institute for Revenge
Director
(1978)
The Pirate
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)
(1965)
Battle of the Bulge
Director
(1963)
The Informers
Director
(1962)
The Longest Day
Director
(1962)
The Fast Lady
Director
(1962)
Crooks Anonymous
Writer, Director
(1961)
Very Important Person
Director
(1961)
The Hellions
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)
(1952)
The Planter's Wife
Director
(1951)
Hotel Sahara
Director
(1950)
Double Confession
Director
(1950)
Trio
Director
(1950)
The Day Begins Early
Director
(1949)
Landfall
Director
(1949)
The Huggetts Abroad
Director
(1949)
Vote for Huggett
Director
(1948)
Quartet
Director
(1948)
Miranda
Director
(1948)
Broken Journey
Director
(1948)
Here Come the Huggetts
Director
(1947)
Holiday Camp
Director
(1946)
Fenlands
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1946)
We of the West Riding
Director
(1946)
Make Fruitful the Land
Director
(1946)
English Criminal Justice
Director
(1943)
London 1942
Director