Michael Balcon

Michael Balcon

Birthday: 1896-05-19
Deathday: 1977-10-17
Place of birth: Birmingham, England, UK

Biography

Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer, known for his work with Ealing Studios. Balcon had earlier worked for Gainsborough Pictures, Gaumont British and MGM-British.

Filmography

How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

1978

As Self

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

As Self (archive footage)

The Ealing Comedies

1970

As Self

Production

The 39 Steps

1935

As Producer

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

1927

As Producer

Secret Agent

1936

As Producer

Passport to Pimlico

1949

As Producer

The Ladykillers

1955

As Producer

The Man Who Changed His Mind

1936

As Producer

Went the Day Well?

1942

As Producer

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953

As Executive Producer

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934

As Producer

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

As Producer

The Man in the White Suit

1951

As Producer

Against the Wind

1948

As Producer

Dead of Night

1945

As Producer

It Always Rains on Sunday

1947

As Producer

Hue and Cry

1947

As Producer

The Pleasure Garden

1927

As Producer

Whisky Galore!

1949

As Producer

Mandy

1952

As Producer

The Magnet

1950

As Producer

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948

As Producer

Nowhere to Go

1958

As Producer

Johnny Frenchman

1945

As Producer

The Captive Heart

1946

As Producer

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1947

As Producer

The Blue Lamp

1950

As Producer

Champagne Charlie

1944

As Producer

San Demetrio London

1943

As Producer

The Long and the Short and the Tall

1961

As Producer

Pink String and Sealing Wax

1945

As Producer

For Those in Peril

1944

As Producer

Painted Boats

1945

As Producer

The Siege of Pinchgut

1959

As Producer

The White Shadow

1924

As Producer

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1931

As Producer

The Constant Nymph

1933

As Producer

Fiddlers Three

1944

As Producer

Let George Do It!

1940

As Producer

Nine Men

1943

As Producer

West of Zanzibar

1954

As Producer

Frieda

1947

As Producer

The Rat

1925

As Producer

The Overlanders

1946

As Producer

Car of Dreams

1935

As Producer

Brown on Resolution

1935

As Producer

I Was A Spy

1933

As Producer

Me and Marlborough

1935

As Producer

My Song for You

1934

As Producer

Things Are Looking Up

1935

As Producer

Where There's a Will

1936

As Producer

Jack of All Trades

1936

As Producer

A Warm Corner

1930

As Producer

The Man from Toronto

1933

As Producer

There Goes the Bride

1932

As Producer

The Good Companions

1933

As Producer

Yellow Caesar

1941

As Executive In Charge Of Production

The Vortex

1928

As Producer

Man of Aran

1934

As Producer

The Shiralee

1957

As Producer

A Cup of Kindness

1934

As Producer

Cheer Boys Cheer

1939

As Producer

Lease of Life

1954

As Producer

The Loves of Joanna Godden

1947

As Producer

The Four Just Men

1939

As Producer

Train of Events

1949

As Producer

Dunkirk

1958

As Producer

Downhill

1927

As Producer

Foreign Affaires

1935

As Producer

Balaclava

1928

As Producer

Hindle Wakes

1931

As Producer

Road House

1934

As Producer

Blighty

1927

As Producer

The Blackguard

1925

As Producer

Aunt Sally

1934

As Producer

Britannia of Billingsgate

1933

As Producer

Jew Süss

1934

As Producer

Sailors Three

1940

As Producer

The Constant Nymph

1928

As Producer

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

As Producer

Undercover

1943

As Producer

The Foreman Went to France

1942

As Producer

Ships with Wings

1941

As Producer

The Big Blockade

1942

As Producer

The Next of Kin

1942

As Producer

The Bells Go Down

1943

As Producer

Cage of Gold

1950

As Producer

Bitter Springs

1950

As Producer

The 'Maggie'

1954

As Executive Producer

Pool of London

1951

As Producer

Bulldog Jack

1935

As Producer

Easy Virtue

1928

As Producer

The Prude's Fall

1925

As Producer

Cut It Out

1925

As Producer

Convoy

1940

As Producer

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

1942

As Producer

The Goose Steps Out

1942

As Producer

Go to Blazes

1942

As Producer

My Learned Friend

1943

As Producer

The Halfway House

1944

As Producer

Just for a Song

1930

As Producer

Symphony in Two Flats

1930

As Producer

Aroma of the South Seas

1931

As Producer

The Calendar

1931

As Producer

A Gentleman of Paris

1931

As Producer

The Ghost Train

1931

As Producer

Hot Heir

1931

As Producer

A Night in Montmartre

1931

As Producer

Michael and Mary

1931

As Producer

The Ringer

1931

As Producer

The Stronger Sex

1931

As Producer

Sunshine Susie

1931

As Producer

Who Killed Doc Robin?

1931

As Producer

The Scapegoat

1959

As Producer

After the Ball

1932

As Producer

The Faithful Heart

1932

As Producer

The Frightened Lady

1932

As Producer

Jack's the Boy

1932

As Producer

Lord Babs

1932

As Producer

Love on Wheels

1932

As Producer

Marry Me

1932

As Producer

The Midshipmaid

1932

As Producer

White Face

1932

As Producer

The City of Play

1929

As Producer

All In!

1936

As Producer

Scott of the Antarctic

1948

As Producer

Dangerous Comment

1940

As Producer

Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953

As Executive Producer

Sleeping Car

1933

As Producer

Orders Is Orders

1933

As Producer

Young Veteran

1940

As Executive Producer

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

1935

As Producer

All Hands

1940

As Producer

Rome Express

1932

As Producer

Now You're Talking

1940

As Producer

The Proud Valley

1940

As Producer

Barnacle Bill

1957

As Producer

Salvage with a Smile

1940

As Producer

Stormy Weather

1935

As Producer

Tudor Rose

1936

As Producer

The Clairvoyant

1935

As Producer

Spare a Copper

1940

As Producer

Downhill

1927

As Presenter

The Ghoul

1933

As Producer

The Long Arm

1956

As Producer

Ghost Train

1927

As Producer

The Mountain Eagle

1926

As Producer

The Night My Number Came Up

1955

As Producer

Davy

1958

As Producer

P.C. Josser

1931

As Producer

The Man They Couldn't Arrest

1931

As Producer

Another Shore

1948

As Producer

A Run for Your Money

1949

As Producer

Saloon Bar

1940

As Producer

Armistice

1929

As Producer

Oh, Daddy!

1935

As Producer

The Feminine Touch

1956

As Producer

The Wrecker

1929

As Presenter

Return to Yesterday

1940

As Producer

A Yank at Oxford

1938

As Producer

Sabotage

1937

As Producer

The Man in the Sky

1957

As Producer

Where No Vultures Fly

1951

As Producer

Find, Fix and Strike

1942

As Producer

The Return of the Vikings

1944

As Producer

Woman to Woman

1923

As Producer

Turned Out Nice Again

1941

As Producer

Harry Lauder Songs

1931

As Producer

My Old China

1931

As Producer

Taxi for Two

1929

As Producer

The Crooked Billet

1930

As Producer

Bull Rushes

1931

As Producer

The Ghost of St. Michael's

1941

As Producer

The Queen Was in the Parlour

1927

As Producer

The Ware Case

1938

As Producer

A Light Woman

1928

As Producer

One of the Best

1927

As Producer

A South Sea Bubble

1928

As Producer

Rhythm in the Air

1936

As Producer

Save Your Shillings and Smile

1943

As Producer

The Sky’s the Limit

1943

As Producer

Happy Family

1939

As Producer

Who Done It?

1956

As Executive Producer

Typical Budget

1925

As Producer

Take My Tip

1937

As Producer

Out of the Clouds

1955

As Executive Producer