Ken Annakin

Career Overview

Ken Annakin has 62 screen credits in a career dating back to 1941. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Huggett Family Collection with 4 titles. Signature works include The Longest Day, Swiss Family Robinson, Monte Carlo or Bust!. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

62

Birth Date

1914-08-10

Birth Place

Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Known For

• 

  The Longest Day
• 

  Swiss Family Robinson
• 

  Monte Carlo or Bust!
• 

  Battle of the Bulge
• 

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

  The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

• Huggett Family Collection (4 titles)
• Those Magnificent Men in Their...Collection (2 titles)
• Miranda Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Gert Fröbe (3 collaborations)
• Henry Fonda (2 collaborations)
• Robert Ryan (2 collaborations)
• Hans Christian Blech (2 collaborations)
• Bourvil (2 collaborations)
• Irina Demick (2 collaborations)
• Norman Rossington (2 collaborations)
• Stuart Whitman (2 collaborations)
• James MacArthur (2 collaborations)
• Eric Sykes (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (6 credits)

  • The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Rent-A-Person

    Narrator (Voice)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Perilous Assignment

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Riddle of Robin Hood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Freedom Radio

    Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941

• directing (48 credits)

  • The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    director

    directing
    1988
  • The Pirate Movie

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Cheaper to Keep Her

    director

    directing
    1981
  • The Fifth Musketeer

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Institute for Revenge

    director

    directing
    1979
  • The Pirate

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Murder at the Mardi Gras

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Paper Tiger

    director

    directing
    1975
  • The Call of the Wild

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Monte Carlo or Bust!

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Biggest Bundle of Them All

    director

    directing
    1968
  • The Long Duel

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Battle of the Bulge

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

    director

    directing
    1965
  • The Informers

    director

    directing
    1963
  • The Longest Day

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Crooks Anonymous

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Very Important Person

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Swiss Family Robinson

    director

    directing
    1960
  • Third Man on the Mountain

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Nor the Moon by Night

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Across the Bridge

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Three Men in a Boat

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Loser Takes All

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Value for Money

    director

    directing
    1955
  • The Seekers

    director

    directing
    1954
  • You Know What Sailors Are

    director

    directing
    1954
  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    - When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 1 (1956) ... director directing

    - The Story of Robin Hood: Part 1 (1955) ... director directing
    1954
  • The Sword and the Rose

    director

    directing
    1953
  • The Planter's Wife

    director

    directing
    1952
  • The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Hotel Sahara

    director

    directing
    1951
  • The Day Begins Early

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Trio

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Double Confession

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Landfall

    director

    directing
    1949
  • The Huggetts Abroad

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Vote for Huggett

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Here Come the Huggetts

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Quartet

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Broken Journey

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Miranda

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Holiday Camp

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Make Fruitful the Land

    director

    directing
    1946
  • English Criminal Justice

    director

    directing
    1946
  • We of the West Riding

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Fenlands

    director

    directing
    1946
  • London 1942

    director

    directing
    1943

• production (3 credits)

  • The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    producer

    production
    1988
  • The Long Duel

    producer

    production
    1967
  • Fenlands

    producer

    production
    1946

• writing (5 credits)

  • The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    writer

    writing
    1988
  • Monte Carlo or Bust!

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • Crooks Anonymous

    writer

    writing
    1962
  • Fenlands

    screenplay

    writing
    1946