AKA: Cyril Raker Endfield, C Raker Endfield, C Raker, Cyril Endfield, Hugh Raker
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/10/1914
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date: 04/16/1995
Made several socially aware thrillers such as "The Sound of Fury" (1950) before being blacklisted. Endfield continued to work in the UK, notably on the spectacular African siege drama "Zulu" (1964).
As a child was known as a prodigy magician
Taught drama and produced for the stage prior to film career
Met Orson Welles in a Hollywood magic shop who subsequently gave Endfield his first industry job as an assistant at Welles' Mercury Company
Served in the Army Signal Corps during WWII
