Mini-Biography:
Alexander Mackendrick was born on September 8, 1912 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an English Director, known for A high wind in Jamaica (1965), The Ladykillers (1955), The Maggie (1954), Alexander Mackendrick's first movie on record is from 1948. Alexander Mackendrick died on December 22, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1967.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1967: Don't make Waves (Director), with Jim Backus, Joanna Barnes, Edgar Bergen,
1965: A high wind in Jamaica (Director), with Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Deborah Baxter,
1964: A boy ten feet tall (Director), with Constance Cummings, Edward G. Robinson,
1963: Sammy going south (Director), with Constance Cummings, Fergus McClelland, Edward G. Robinson,
1957: The sweet smell of success (Piombo rovente) (Director), with Edith Atwater, Tony Curtis, Barbara Nichols,
1955: The Ladykillers (Director), with Danny Green, Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson,
1954: The Maggie (Director), with Dorothy Alison, James Copeland, Paul Douglas,
1952: Mandy (Director), with Dorothy Alison, Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins,
1951: The Man in the white Suit (Director), with Arthur Howard, Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker,
1948: Whisky Galore (Director), with Jean Cadell, Joan Greenwood, Basil Radford,
1948: Saraband for dead lovers (Saraband) (Scenario), Directed by Basil Dearden, with Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Robson,
Bibliography
Lothar R. Just, Filmjahrbuch 1994, Heine Filmbibliothek;
The Motion Pictute Guide, 1994 Annual; L'année du cinéma 1994