Ken Annakin
Born
10 August 1914 (111)
Place of Birth
Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as
Kenneth Cooper 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.
Filmography (40)
Rent-A-Person
2004
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988
The Pirate Movie
1982
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981
The Fifth Musketeer
1979
Institute for Revenge
1979
The Pirate
1978
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978
🎬 Director
Paper Tiger
1975
The Call of the Wild
1972
Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
The Long Duel
1967
Battle of the Bulge
1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
The Informers
1963
The Fast Lady
1962
The Longest Day
1962
Crooks Anonymous
1962
The Hellions
1961
Very Important Person
1961
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
Third Man on the Mountain
1959
Perilous Assignment
1959
Nor the Moon by Night
1958
Across the Bridge
1957
Three Men in a Boat
1956
Loser Takes All
1956
Value for Money
1955
The Seekers
1954
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
The Sword and the Rose
1953
The Planter's Wife
1952
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
The Riddle of Robin Hood
1952
Hotel Sahara
1951
The Day Begins Early
1950
Trio
1950
Double Confession
1950