Charles Crichton

Made triumphant return to features, directing Cleese in "A Fish Called Wanda"; earned Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay (co-written with Cleese); Kevin Kline walked off with Oscar as Best Supporting Actor

Helmed episodes of "Shirley's World" (ABC), starring Shirley MacLaine; series filmed on location in England, Scotland, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and other locales

Attempted to collaborate on a film with John Cleese, but project never got off the ground

Began first Hollywood film, "Birdman of Alcatraz," but left soon after shooting commenced due to conflicts with producer-star Burt Lancaster

Final collaboration with Clarke, "Law and Disorder"

First screenwriting credit, "Floods of Fear"

Last film for Ealing, "The Man in the Sky"

Returned to drama for "The Divided Heart", an intelligent study of the dilemma faced by parents of foster child when real mother, thought dead, surfaces to claim son; winner of three British Film Academy Awards

Helmed "The Titfield Thunderbolt", another Ealing comedy scripted by Clarke

Directed landmark Ealing comedy, "The Lavender Hill Mob", starring Alec Guinness; film received an Oscar for Clarke's screenplay

Reteamed with Clarke for the drama "Against the Wind"

Breakthrough film, "Hue and Cry", regarded as the forerunner of the Ealing comedy cult; written by T E B Clarke

Feature directorial debut, "For Those in Peril"

Directorial debut, the short "The Young Veterans"; often attributed to Crichton although on-screen credits list Albert Cavalcanti as director with Crichton as editor

First producing credit as associate producer on "Find Fix and Strike"

Edited Ludwig Berger's lush version of "The Thief of Bagdad"

Joined Michael Balcon's Ealing Studios; initially editing documentary films for Albert Cavalcanti

First film as editor, "Sanders of the River"

First credit as assistant editor, "Men of Tomorrow"

Entered industry as assistant editor at Alexander Korda's London Films

Directed episodes of "The Return of the Saint" (airing in the USA on CBS)

During the 1960s, directed episodes of such British TV series as "The Avengers", "Danger Man", "The Man in the Suitcase" and "Strange Report"

Made many documentaries for Cleese's industrial training film company, Video Arts

Showed his sci-fi chops helming episodes of British TV series, "Space: 1999"