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Charles Crichton Biography (1910-)

Born August 6, 1910, in Wallasey, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 6, 1910

Wallasey, England

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM WORK
• Assistant editor, Men of Tomorrow, London Films, 1932.
• assistant editor, Cash (also known as For Love or Money), London Films, 1933.
• assistant editor, The Private Life of Henry VIII, London Films, 1933.
• assistant editor, The Girl from Maxim's, London Films, 1933.
• editor (with William Hornbeck), Sanders of the River (also known as Bosambo), London Films/United Artists, 1935.
• editor (with Francis Lyon), Things to Come, London Films, 1935, releasedin the United States by United Artists, 1936.
• editor (with Hornbeck), Elephant Boy, London Films/United Artists, 1937.
• editor (with Hornbeck), Twenty-One Days Together (also known as Twenty-One Days and The First and the Last), London Films, 1937, released in the United States by Columbia, 1940.
• editor, Prison Without Bars, London Films, 1938, released in the United States by United Artists, 1969.
• editor, Old Bill and Son, General Film Distributors, 1940.
• editor (with Hornbeck), The Thief of Baghdad, London Films/United Artists, 1940.
• editor, The Big Blockade, Ealing, 1941.
• associate producer and editor (with Hornbeck), Nine Men, Ealing, 1942, released in the United States by United Artists, 1943.
• director, For Those in Peril, Ealing, 1944.
• director, The Girl on the Canal (also known as Painted Boats), Ealing, 1945.
• director, "The Golfing Story" in Dead of Night, Ealing, 1945.
• director, Hue and Cry, Ealing, 1946, released in the United States by General Film Distributors, 1950.
• director, Against the Wind, Ealing/General Film Distributors, 1948.
• director, Another Shore, Ealing/General Film Distributors, 1948.
• director, "The Orchestra Conductor" in Train of Events, Ealing, 1949, released in the United States by Film Arts, 1952.
• Director, Dance Hall, Ealing/General Film Distributors, 1950.
• director, The Lavender Hill Mob, Ealing/Universal, 1951.
• director, Hunted (also known as The Stranger in Between), Independent Artists/British Filmmakers, 1951, released in the United States by Universal, 1952.
• director, The Titfield Thunderbolt, Ealing, 1952, released in the UnitedStates by Universal, 1953.
• director, The Love Lottery, Ealing, 1953, released in the United States by General Film Distributors, 1954.
• director, The Divided Heart, Ealing, 1954, released in the United Statesby Republic, 1955.
• director, The Man in the Sky (also known as Decision Against Time), Ealing, 1956, released in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957.
• director, Law and Disorder, Continental Distributing, 1958.
• director, Floods of Fear, Rank/Universal, 1958.
• director, The Battle of the Sexes, Continental, 1960.
• director, The Boy Who Stole a Million, British Lion, 1960.
• director, The Third Secret, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964.
• director, He Who Rides a Tiger, Sigma III, 1965.
• director, A Fish Called Wanda, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988.
• Also editor, Yellow Caesar (also known as The Heel of Italy), 1940; editor, Guests of Honour, 1941; editor, Young Veteran, 1941; associate producer and editor, Find, Fix, and Strike, 1941; associate producer, Greek Testament (also known as The Shrine of Victory), 1942; director, Tomorrow's Island, 1968.
• Credits; TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR SERIES
• The Adventures of Black Beauty, London Weekend Television, then syndicated, 1972-73.
• Space 1999, syndicated, 1975-76.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• Secret Agent, ITV, then CBS, both 1965.
• The Avengers, ITV, 1965, then ABC, 1966.
• Man in a Suitcase, ABC, 1968.
• The Strange Report, NBC, 1971.
• Shirley's World, ABC, 1971.
• The Protectors, ATV, then syndicated, 1973.
• Return of the Saint, ATV, then CBS, 1979-80.
• Also and Dick Turpin.
• Credits; MOVIES
• London--Through My Eyes, 1970.
• Also directed The Wild Duck, British television; The Smuggler.
• Writings;FILM
• (With Vivienne Knight) Floods of Fear, Rank, 1958.
• (with John Eldridge) The Boy Who Stole a Million, British Lion, 1960.
• Tomorrow's Island, 1968.
• (with John Cleese) A Fish Called Wanda, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988.
• Writings;TELEVISION; EPISODIC
• (With Christopher Penford) "The Last Sunset," Space 1999, syndicated, 1975.