Ken Annakin
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 10 August 1914 · Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- 22 April 2009
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 6
- 2008The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics as Self
- 2004Rent-A-Person as Narrator (Voice)
- 2002Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making as Himself
- 1959Perilous Assignment as Self
- 1952The Riddle of Robin Hood as Himself
- 1941Freedom Radio as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Directing 49
- 1988The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking · director
- 1982The Pirate Movie · director
- 1981Cheaper to Keep Her · director
- 1979The Fifth Musketeer · director
- 1979Institute for Revenge · director
- 1978The Pirate · director
- 1978Murder at the Mardi Gras · director
- 1975Paper Tiger · director
- 1972The Call of the Wild · director
- 1969Monte Carlo or Bust! · director
- 1968The Biggest Bundle of Them All · director
- 1967The Long Duel · director
- 1965Battle of the Bulge · director
- 1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes · director
- 1963The Informers · director
- 1962The Fast Lady · director
- 1962The Longest Day · director
- 1962Crooks Anonymous · director
- 1961The Hellions · director
- 1961Very Important Person · director
- 1960Swiss Family Robinson · director
- 1959Third Man on the Mountain · director
- 1958Nor the Moon by Night · director
- 1957Across the Bridge · director
- 1956Three Men in a Boat · director
- 1956Loser Takes All · director
- 1955Value for Money · director
- 1954The Seekers · director
- 1954You Know What Sailors Are · director
- 1953The Sword and the Rose · director
- 1952The Planter's Wife · director
- 1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men · director
- 1951Hotel Sahara · director
- 1950The Day Begins Early · director
- 1950Trio · director
- 1950Double Confession · director
- 1949Landfall · director
- 1949The Huggetts Abroad · director
- 1949Vote for Huggett · director
- 1948Here Come the Huggetts · director
- 1948Quartet · director
- 1948Broken Journey · director
- 1948Miranda · director
- 1947Holiday Camp · director
- 1946Make Fruitful the Land · director
- 1946English Criminal Justice · director
- 1946We of the West Riding · director
- 1946Fenlands · director
- 1943London 1942 · director
Writing 5
- 1988The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking · writer
- 1969Monte Carlo or Bust! · screenplay
- 1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes · screenplay
- 1962Crooks Anonymous · writer
- 1946Fenlands · screenplay
Production 3
- 1988The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking · producer
- 1967The Long Duel · producer
- 1946Fenlands · producer