About

Known credits:
61
Birthday:
1914-08-10
Place of birth:
Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Website:
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Ken Annakin

Overview

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 Actor Narrator (Voice) 59
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2002 Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making Actor Himself N/A
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1959 Perilous Assignment Actor Self 59
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1952 The Riddle of Robin Hood Actor Himself N/A
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1941 Freedom Radio Actor Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) 59
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Directing
1988 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Directing Director 58
Average
1982 The Pirate Movie Directing Director 58
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1981 Cheaper to Keep Her Directing Director 58
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1979 The Fifth Musketeer Directing Director 58
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1979 Institute for Revenge Directing Director 58
Average
1978 The Pirate Directing Director 58
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1978 Murder at the Mardi Gras Directing Director N/A
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1975 Paper Tiger Directing Director 59
Average
1972 The Call of the Wild Directing Director 59
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1969 Monte Carlo or Bust! Directing Director 58
Average
1968 The Biggest Bundle of Them All Directing Director 59
Average
1967 The Long Duel Directing Director 58
Average
1965 Battle of the Bulge Directing Director 62
Fair
1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Directing Director 61
Fair
1963 The Informers Directing Director 59
Average
1962 The Fast Lady Directing Director 58
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1962 The Longest Day Directing Director 69
Fair
1962 Crooks Anonymous Directing Director 59
Average
1961 The Hellions Directing Director 59
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1961 Very Important Person Directing Director 58
Average
1960 Swiss Family Robinson Directing Director 62
Fair
1959 Third Man on the Mountain Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Nor the Moon by Night Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Across the Bridge Directing Director 59
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1956 Three Men in a Boat Directing Director 59
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1956 Loser Takes All Directing Director 59
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1955 Value for Money Directing Director 59
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1954 The Seekers Directing Director 59
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1954 You Know What Sailors Are Directing Director 58
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1953 The Sword and the Rose Directing Director 59
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1952 The Planter's Wife Directing Director 58
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1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Directing Director 59
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1951 Hotel Sahara Directing Director 59
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1950 Trio Directing Director 59
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1950 Double Confession Directing Director 59
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1949 Landfall Directing Director 59
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1949 The Huggetts Abroad Directing Director 59
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1949 Vote for Huggett Directing Director 59
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1948 Here Come the Huggetts Directing Director 59
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1948 Quartet Directing Director 59
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1948 Broken Journey Directing Director 59
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1948 Miranda Directing Director 59
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1947 Holiday Camp Directing Director 59
Average
1946 English Criminal Justice Directing Director N/A
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1946 Make Fruitful the Land Directing Director N/A
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1946 We of the West Riding Directing Director N/A
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1946 Fenlands Directing Director N/A
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1943 London 1942 Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1988 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Writing Writer 58
Average
1969 Monte Carlo or Bust! Writing Screenplay 58
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1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1962 Crooks Anonymous Writing Writer 59
Average
1946 Fenlands Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1988 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Production Producer 58
Average
1967 The Long Duel Production Producer 58
Average
1946 Fenlands Production Producer N/A
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