Charles Crichton

For the sailor, see Charles Crichton (sailor).

Charles Crichton
Born	Charles Ainslie Crichton 6 August 1910(1910-08-06) Wallasey, Merseyside, England
Died	14 September 1999(1999-09-14) (aged 89) South Kensington, London, England
Occupation	film director film editor
Years active	1935 - 1988

Charles Crichton (6 August 1910 in Wallasey, Merseyside – 14 September 1999 in South Kensington, London) was an English film director and film editor. He became best known for directing comedies produced at Ealing Studios. Crichton enjoyed an extremely long career, editing and directing many films and television programmes over a period exceeding 40 years.

Filmography (director)

• For Those in Peril (1944)
• Dead of Night (1945) (co-director)
• Painted Boats (1945)
• Hue and Cry (1947)
• Against the Wind (1948)
• Another Shore (1948)
• Train of Events (1949)
• Dance Hall (1950)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
• Hunted (1952)
• The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
• The Love Lottery (1954)
• The Divided Heart (1954)
• Man in the Sky (1957)
• Law and Disorder (1958)
• Floods of Fear (1959)
• The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
• The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960)
• The Third Secret (1964)
• He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988) (for which Crichton also co-wrote the original story)

Crichton gained two Academy Award nominations for A Fish Called Wanda; one for Best Director and the second for Best Original Screenplay (which is shared with John Cleese).

Television

• Danger Man
• Man in a Suitcase
• The Avengers (five episodes)
• The Adventures of Black Beauty
• Space: 1999
• The Professionals
• Dick Turpin
• The Adventurer
• Strange Report

External links

• Charles Crichton at the Internet Movie Database
• BECTU interview of Crichton conducted by Sid Cole and Alan Lawton (1987) reproduced on the BFI screenonline website
• Charles Crichton at Find a Grave