Ken Annakin
English film director (1914-2009) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 94
Kenneth Cooper Annakin, was an English filmmaker. 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...
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The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsFilm2002Disney LegendsAward1988
The New Adventures of Pippi LongstockingFilm, Director, Writer1983Golden Raspberry Award for Worst DirectorAward1979
The Fifth MusketeerFilm, Director1977
The PirateSeries, Director1972
The Call of the WildFilm, Director1968
The Biggest Bundle of Them AllFilm, Director1965
Battle of the BulgeFilm, Director1962
Crooks AnonymousFilm, Director, Writer1959
Third Man on the MountainFilm, Director1957
Across the BridgeFilm, Director1955
Value for MoneyFilm, Director1954
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries, Director1953
The Sword and the RoseFilm, Director1951
Hotel SaharaFilm, Director1949
The Huggetts AbroadFilm, Director1947
Holiday CampFilm, Director1914Born10 August 1914People around Ken
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Glynis Johns Ken directed The Sword and the Rose and Miranda
Gert Fröbe Ken directed The Longest Day (1962)
Leslie Phillips Ken directed The Longest Day (1962)
Richard Todd Ken directed The Longest Day (1962)
David Tomlinson Ken directed Miranda and Three Men in a Boat
James Robertson Justice Ken directed Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)- Marianne Stone Ken directed The Fast Lady and Crooks Anonymous
Ferdy Mayne Ken directed Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
Jack Warner Ken directed Holiday Camp (1947)- Jeremy Lloyd Ken directed Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
- Susan Shaw Ken directed The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
Maurice Denham Ken directed Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)- Kathleen Harrison Ken directed Trio and The Fast Lady
- Esma Cannon Ken directed The Fast Lady (1962)
Bryan Coleman Ken directed The Longest Day (1962)
Stuart Whitman Ken directed The Longest Day (1962)
Jack Hawkins Ken directed The Planter's Wife and The Seekers
Eric Sykes Also in Very Important Person (1961)
Norman Rossington Ken directed The Longest Day (1962)- Naunton Wayne Ken directed Quartet and Trio
Petula Clark Ken directed The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
Michael Hordern Ken directed The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)- Stanley Baxter Ken directed Very Important Person (1961)
Willie Rushton Ken directed Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
Known for
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The Longest Day 1962
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
Swiss Family Robinson 1960
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952
Filmography 40
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Television 2
Awards
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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!. He was an Academy Award and Directors Guild of America Award nominee, and received the Order of the British Empire in 2002.
