Cy Endfield

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win. See more awards »

Known For

Hell Drivers Director

(1957)

Zulu Director

(1964)

Sands of the Kalahari Director

(1965)

Jet Storm Director

(1959)

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Director (32 credits)

1984 Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse (TV Movie documentary) (uncredited)

1972 Universal Soldier

1969 De Sade

1965 Sands of the Kalahari

1964 Hide and Seek

1964 Zulu

1961 Mysterious Island

1959 Jet Storm (as C. Raker Endfield)

1958 Sea Fury (as C. Raker Endfield)

1957 Hell Drivers (as C. Raker Endfield)

1956 Child in the House (as C. Raker Endfield, direction) / (co-director - as Charles De Lautour)

1955 The Secret (as C. Raker Endfield)

1954 Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV Series) (as Cyril Endfield, 3 episodes)

1954 Impulse (as Charles de Lautour)

1954 The Master Plan (as Hugh Raker)

1953 The Limping Man (as Charles de Lautour)

1953 Colonel March Investigates (as Cyril Enfield)

1952 Tarzan's Savage Fury (as Cyril Endfield)

1950 The Sound of Fury (as Cyril Endfield)

1950 The Underworld Story (as Cyril Endfield)

1949 Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

1948 The Argyle Secrets

1947 Stork Bites Man

1946 Gentleman Joe Palooka (as Cyril Endfield)

1946 Our Old Car (Short) (as Cyril Endfield)

1946 Magic on a Stick (Short) (as Cyril Endfield)

1945 The Great American Mug (Short) (as Cyril Endfield)

1944 Nostradamus IV (Short) (as Cyril Endfield)

1944 Dancing Romeo (Short)

1944 Tale of a Dog (Short)

1944 Radio Bugs (Short) (as Cyril Endfield)

1942 Inflation (Short) (as Cyril Endfield)

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Writer (24 credits)

1979 Zulu Dawn (original story and scenario) / (screenplay)

1972 Universal Soldier

1965 Sands of the Kalahari (screenplay)

1964 Zulu (original screenplay)

1959 Jet Storm (screenplay - as C. Raker Endfield)

1958 Sea Fury (screenplay - as C. Raker Endfield) / (story - as C. Raker Endfield)

1957 Curse of the Demon (uncredited)

1957 Hell Drivers (adapted for the screen by - as C. Raker Endfield) / (screenplay - as C. Raker Endfield)

1956 Child in the House (screenplay - as C. Raker Endfield)

1955 The Secret (written by - as C. Raker Endfield)

1955 Crashout (uncredited)

1954 Impulse (screenplay - as Jonathan Roach)

1954 The Master Plan (screenplay - as Cyril Endfield, originally as Hugh Raker)

1950 The Sound of Fury (uncredited)

1950 The Underworld Story (adaptation - as Cyril Endfield)

1949 Joe Palooka in The Counterpunch (original story) / (screenplay)

1949 Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (additional dialogue)

1948 The Argyle Secrets (radio play) / (screenplay)

1948 Sleep, My Love (uncredited)

1947 Stork Bites Man

1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney (original screenplay - as Cyril Endfield)

1946 Mr. Hex (screenplay - as Cyril Endfield)

1946 Gentleman Joe Palooka (original screenplay - as Cyril Endfield)

1946 Joe Palooka, Champ (screenplay - as Cyril Endfield)

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Producer (3 credits)

1965 Sands of the Kalahari (producer)

1964 Zulu (producer)

1946 Mr. Hex (associate producer - as Cyril Endfield)

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Actor (2 credits)

1972 Universal Soldier
Derek Bowden

1953 Colonel March Investigates
Man leaving British Museum library (uncredited)

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Soundtrack (2 credits)

1959 Jet Storm (lyrics: "Jet Storm" (Theme Music))

1953 The Limping Man (as Hugh Raker, "I Couldn't Care Less")

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

1956 Child in the House (supervisor - as C. Raker Endfield)

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Book (w/Lewis Ganson): "Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic".

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Did You Know?

Trivia:

In the 1950s he was blacklisted by the Hollywood studios as a result of his name being brought up by the House Un-American Activities Commmittee (HUAC) in its now-discredited hunt for "Communist subversives" in Hollywood. Unable to support his family because producers were terrified to hire him, he accepted work in England and moved there, where he wrote several screenplays--although not under his... See more »