English film director, film editor, screenwriter and film producer (1910–1999)
For the sailor, see Charles Crichton (sailor).
Charles Crichton
Crichton in 1988
Born
Charles Ainslie Crichton
(1910-08-06)6 August 1910[1][2]
Wallasey, Cheshire, England[3]
Died
14 September 1999(1999-09-14) (aged 89)
South Kensington, London, England
Occupation(s)
film director film editor
Years active
1931–1988
Charles Ainslie Crichton[4] (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and editor.
Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-year career editing and directing many films and television programmes.[5] For his final film, the acclaimed comedy A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Crichton was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (along with the film's star John Cleese).
^"Charles Crichton, Film Director, Dies at 89". The New York Times. 16 September 1999. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^"Charles Crichton". Hollywood.com.
^"Charles Crichton". People.theiapolis. Retrieved 16 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
^Cite error: The named reference newyorktimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Kemp, Philip (2000). "Charles Crichton". In Pendergast, Tom; Pendergast, Sara (eds.). International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers, Edition 4. St. James Press. ISBN 978-1-55862-449-8.
Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and editor. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known...
Crichton may refer to: Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland, which is also the site of Crichton Castle The Crichton, Dumfries, part of the University of Glasgow...
Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 heist comedy film directed by CharlesCrichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin...
John Michael Crichton (/ˈkraɪtən/; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200...
the Queen, in 1958. She married, firstly, Lord James CharlesCrichton-Stuart, son of John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute and Lady Eileen Beatrice...
(1847–1900) John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute (1881–1947) John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute (1907–1956) John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess...
film from Ealing Studios, written by T. E. B. Clarke, directed by CharlesCrichton, starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway and featuring Sid James...
James Crichton, known as the Admirable Crichton (19 August 1560 – 3 July 1582), was a Scottish polymath noted for his extraordinary accomplishments in...
Crawford 1948 Another Shore Ealing CharlesCrichton Michael Balcon Robert Beatty Nov 1948 Scott of the Antarctic Ealing Charles Frend Michael Balcon John Mills...
holder's second cousin once removed, Charles David Blayney Crichton (born 1953), who has a son, Oliver Charles Martin Crichton (born 1995). "No. 13124". The...
The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of...
# Title Directed by Written by Original airdate 1 106 "Brainwash" CharlesCrichton Francis Megahy and Bernie Cooper 27 September 1967 (1967-09-27) 2 115...
The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British comedy film directed by CharlesCrichton and starring Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, George Relph and John...
aristocratic RAF pilot and racing driver CharlesCrichton-Stuart (1939–2001). They had a daughter, Nicola Crichton-Stuart, who was born in 1969. The marriage...
Humphries CharlesCrichton 1965 Four in the Morning Wife Anthony Simmons A Study in Terror Sally James Hill He Who Rides a Tiger Joanne CharlesCrichton 1968...
Studios. The individual segments were directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, CharlesCrichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers...
June 1956 Charles Frend The Man in the Sky January 1957 CharlesCrichton The Shiralee July 1957 Leslie Norman Barnacle Bill December 1957 Charles Frend Davy...
It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth...
He Who Rides a Tiger is a 1965 British crime drama directed by CharlesCrichton, and starring Tom Bell and Judi Dench. The film was based on the real-life...
He then did another film with Hecht and Frankenheimer (replacing CharlesCrichton), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), a largely fictionalized biography. In...
Global Information