Ken Annakin

director • writer • producer

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 ...

Born: August 10, 1914 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died: April 22, 2009 (age 94)

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Known For

6.9

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Movies & TV Credits

56 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Rent-a-Person Short Film	7.2	Actor	Narrator (Voice)	2004
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making Movie	—	Actor	Himself	2002
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1988
The Pirate Movie Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1982
Cheaper to Keep Her Movie	4.6	Directing	Director	1981
The Fifth Musketeer Movie	5.1	Directing	Director	1979
Institute for Revenge Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1979
The Pirate TV Show	—	Directing	Director(2 Episodes)	1978
The Pirate Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1978
Murder at the Mardi Gras Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1978
Paper Tiger Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1975
The Call of the Wild Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1972
Monte Carlo or Bust! Movie	6.0	Writing	Screenplay	1969
The Biggest Bundle of Them All Movie	5.0	Directing	Director	1968
The Long Duel Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1967
Battle of the Bulge Movie	6.9	Directing	Director	1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Movie	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1965
The Informers Movie	6.8	Directing	Director	1963
Crooks Anonymous Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1962
The Fast Lady Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1962
The Longest Day Movie	7.9	Directing	Director	1962
Very Important Person Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	1961
The Hellions Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1961
Swiss Family Robinson Movie	7.3	Directing	Director	1960
Perilous Assignment Movie	7.1	Actor	Self	1959
Third Man on the Mountain Movie	6.8	Directing	Director	1959
Nor the Moon by Night Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1958
Across the Bridge Movie	7.0	Directing	Director	1957
Loser Takes All Movie	4.8	Directing	Director	1956
Three Men in a Boat Movie	5.1	Directing	Director	1956
Value for Money Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1955
The Seekers Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1954
You Know What Sailors Are Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1954
The Magical World of Disney TV Show	8.1	Directing	Director(2 Episodes)	1954
The Sword and the Rose Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1953
The Riddle of Robin Hood Movie	—	Actor	Himself	1952
The Planter's Wife Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1952
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1952
Hotel Sahara Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1951
Double Confession Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1950
Trio Movie	6.9	Directing	Director	1950
Landfall Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1949
The Huggetts Abroad Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1949
Vote for Huggett Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1949
Broken Journey Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1948
Here Come the Huggetts Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1948
Miranda Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1948
Quartet Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	1948
The Day Begins Early Short Film	5.6	Directing	Director	1948
Holiday Camp Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1947
Fenlands Short Film	6.5	Writing	Screenplay	1946
West Riding Short Film	6.3	Directing	Director	1946
Make Fruitful the Land Short Film	—	Directing	Director	1946
English Criminal Justice Short Film	5.7	Directing	Director	1946
London 1942 Short Film	6.3	Directing	Director	1943
Freedom Radio Movie	6.3	Actor	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)	1941

Ken Annakin

Known For

Battle of the Bulge

Swiss Family Robinson

The Longest Day

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Movies & TV Credits