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Ken Annakin (1914–2009)

Director | Writer | Producer

A former salesman and journalist, Ken Annakin got into the film industry making documentary shorts. His feature debut, Holiday Camp, was a comedy about a Cockney family on vacation. It was made for the Rank Organization and was a modest success, spawning three sequels, all of which he directed. He worked steadily thereafter... See full bio »

Born:

Kenneth Cooper Annakin
in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 94) in Beverly Hills, California, USA
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2010 Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime
 
1992 Gengis Khan
 
1988 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
 
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short) (archive footage)
 
1982 The Pirate Movie
 
1981 Cheaper to Keep Her
 
1979 The Fifth Musketeer
 
1979 Institute for Revenge (TV movie)
 
1978 The Pirate (TV movie)
 
1978 Murder at the Mardi Gras (TV movie)
 
1975 Paper Tiger
 
1972 The Call of the Wild
 
1969 Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
 
1968 The Biggest Bundle of Them All
 
1967 The Long Duel
 
1965 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
 
1963 Underworld Informers
 
1955-1963 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Banner in the Sky: The Killer Mountain (1963)
– Banner in the Sky: To Conquer the Mountain (1963)
– When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 2 (1956)
– When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 1 (1956)
– The Story of Robin Hood: Part 2 (1955)
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1962 The Fast Lady
 
1962 The Longest Day (British exterior episodes)
 
1962 Crooks Anonymous
 
1961 The Hellions
 
1961 A Coming-Out Party
 
1960 Swiss Family Robinson
 
1959 Third Man on the Mountain
 
1958 Elephant Gun
 
1957 Across the Bridge
 
1956 Three Men in a Boat
 
1956 Loser Takes All
 
1955 Value for Money
 
1954 Land of Fury
 
1954 You Know What Sailors Are
 
1953 The Sword and the Rose
 
1952 Outpost in Malaya
 
1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
 
1951 Hotel Sahara
 
1950 Trio (episode "Mr. Know-All" / episode "Verger, The")
 
1950 Double Confession
 
1949 Landfall
 
1949 The Huggetts Abroad
 
1949 Vote for Huggett
 
1948 Here Come the Huggetts
 
1948 Quartet (segment "Colonel's Lady, The")
 
1948 Broken Journey
 
1948 Miranda
 
1947 Holiday Camp
 
1946 English Criminal Justice (documentary short)
 
1946 West Riding
 
1946 Make Fruitful the Land
 
1946 It Began on the Clyde (short)
 
1946 Fenlands (documentary short)
 
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2004 Rent-a-Person (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1941 A Voice in the Night
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
 
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2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV documentary) (grateful thanks)
 
2002 Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
2001 Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (TV documentary) (grateful acknowledgment)
 
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2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2006 A Day to Remember: A Conversation with Ken Annakin (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (video documentary)
Himself - Director
 
2001 Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 History vs. Hollywood (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Longest Day: A Salute to Courage (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Longest Day (2000) … Himself
 
1969 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ken Annakin (1969) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2011 Calendar (TV series)
 
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
2010 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 

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Had an amazingly diverse early career, including as a trainee income tax inspector in Hull during the Depression. He held down other civil service jobs, as well as selling advertising space, working as a car salesman and prospecting for gold. He had a brief fling with journalism before joining the RAF during World War II... See more »

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