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Ken Annakin Biography (1914-)

Born August 10, 1914, in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 South El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

director, writer, producer

Birth Details

August 14, 1914

Beverley, Yorkshire, England

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Director
• Holiday Camp, Universal, 1947.
• Broken Journey, General Films Distributors, 1948.
• Here Come the Huggetts, General Films Distributors, 1948.
• Vote for Huggett, General Films Distributors, 1948.
• The Huggetts Abroad, General Films Distributors, 1949.
• Miranda, Eagle-Lion, 1949.
• (With Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, and Ralph Smart) Quartet, Eagle-Lion, 1949.
• (With Harold French) Trio, Paramount, 1950.
• Hotel Sahara, United Artists (UA), 1951.
• Outpost in Malaya (also known as The Planter's Wife), General Films Distributors, 1952.
• The Story of Robin Hood, RKO Radio Pictures, 1952.
• Double Confession, Associated British Films/Pathe Films, 1953.
• Landfall, Associated British Films/Pathe Films, 1953.
• The Sword and the Rose, RKO Radio Pictures, 1953.
• You Know What Sailors Are, UA, 1954.
• Land of Fury (also known as The Seekers), Universal, 1955.
• Loser Takes All, British Lion, 1956.
• Across the Bridge, J. Arthur Rank, 1957.
• Value For Money, J. Arthur Rank, 1957.
• Three Men in a Boat, Valiant, 1958.
• Elephant Gun (also known as Nor the Moon by Night), J. Arthur Rank, 1959.
• Third Man on the Mountain (also known as Banner in the Sky), Buena Vista, 1959.
• Swiss Family Robinson, Buena Vista, 1960.
• A Coming-Out Party (also known as A Very Important Person),Union Film Distributors, 1962.
• The Hellions, Columbia, 1962.
• (With Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki and Gerd Oswald) The Longest Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962.
• Crooks Anonymous, Janus Films, 1963.
• The Fast Lady, J. Arthur Rank, 1963.
• The Battle of the Bulge, Warner Bros., 1965.
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Or How I Flew from London to Paris in Twenty-five Hours and Eleven Minutes (also see below), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965.
• Underworld Informers (also known as The Informers and The Snout), J. Arthur Rank, 1965.
• The Long Duel (also see below), Paramount, 1967.
• The Biggest Bundle of Them All, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1968.
• (With Sam Itzkovitch) Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (also known as Monte Carlo or Bust; also see below), Paramount, 1969.
• Call of the Wild, MGM, 1972.
• Paper Tiger, MacLean, 1975.
• Behind the Iron Mask (also known as The Fifth Musketeer), Columbia, 1977.
• Cheaper to Keep Her, American Cinema, 1980.
• The Pirate Movie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.
• The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (also see below), Columbia, 1988.
• Joseph and Emma, Independent, 1990.
• Credits; Film Producer
• The Long Duel, Paramount, 1967.
• Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (also see below),Paramount, 1969.
• (With Gary Mehlman and Walter Moshay) The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (also see below), Columbia, 1988.
• Credits; Television Director; Movies
• Harold Robbins' The Pirate, CBS, 1978.
• Murder at the Mardi Gras, CBS, 1978.
• Hunter's Moon (also see below), CBS, 1979.
• Institute for Revenge, NBC, 1979.
• Credits; Television Producer; Movies
• Hunter's Moon, CBS, 1979.
• Credits; Screenplays
• (With Jack Davies) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; OrHow I Flew from London to Paris in Twenty-five Hours and Eleven Minutes,Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965.
• (With Davies) Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies, Paramount, 1969.
• The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, Columbia, 1988.