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August 1914 Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK Died
22 April 2009 (aged 94) Beverly Hills, California, USA
Occupation Film director Years active 1941–1992  Kenneth Cooper
Annakin OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009)[1] was an English
film director.   Annakin was born in and grew up in Beverley,
East Riding of Yorkshire where he attended the grammar school.
He began his career in feature films following an early
experience making documentaries. His first filmwork was in 1947
with the Rank Organisation. The following year he moved to
Gainsborough Pictures to direct three films about the Huggetts,
a working-class family living in suburban England these highly
successful films starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Petula
Clark and Diana Dors (amongst others). Annakin became known for
a series of Walt Disney adventures, including The Story of Robin
Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)