Charles Crichton

Biography

Charles Ainslie Crichton 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 forty years.

Directed

1. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) — Director
2. Dead of Night (1945) — Director
3. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) — Director
4. Space: 1999 (1975) — Director
5. The Avengers (1961) — Director
6. The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) — Director
7. Hue and Cry (1947) — Director
8. The Professionals (1977) — Director
9. Hunted (1952) — Director
10. The Battle of the Sexes (1960) — Director
11. The Third Secret (1964) — Director
12. Danger Man (1960) — Director
13. The Love Lottery (1954) — Director
14. Against the Wind (1948) — Director
15. The Protectors (1972) — Director
16. Train of Events (1949) — Director
17. The Man in the Sky (1957) — Director
18. The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972) — Director
19. Alien Attack (1980) — Director
20. Another Shore (1948) — Director
21. Return of the Saint (1978) — Director
22. Man in a Suitcase (1967) — Director
23. For Those in Peril (1944) — Director
24. Law and Disorder (1958) — Director
25. Dick Turpin (1979) — Director
26. Cosmic Princess (1982) — Director
27. Painted Boats (1945) — Director
28. The Divided Heart (1954) — Director
29. Here Come the Double Deckers (1970) — Director
30. Rentaghost (1976) — Director
31. Floods of Fear (1958) — Director
32. Dance Hall (1950) — Director
33. The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity (1975) — Director
34. The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960) — Director
35. Man of the World (1962) — Director
36. The Human Jungle (1963) — Director
37. Shirley's World (1972) — Director
38. Strange Report (1969) — Director
39. Smuggler (1981) — Director
40. He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios (1986) — Interviewee
2. John Cleese's First Farewell Performance (1988) — Self
3. The Ealing Comedies (1970) — Self
4. Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986) — Self