Michael Balcon

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.

Birthday

May 19, 1896

Place of birth

Birmingham, England, UK

Deathday

Oct 17, 1977

Credited in

As cast

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
As Self (archive footage)
The Ealing Comedies
As Self
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
As Self

As crew

The 39 Steps
Role: Producer
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Role: Producer
Secret Agent
Role: Producer
The Ladykillers
Role: Producer
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Role: Producer
Passport to Pimlico
Role: Producer
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Role: Executive Producer
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Role: Producer
Davy
Role: Producer
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Role: Producer
Went the Day Well?
Role: Producer
The Man in the White Suit
Role: Producer
Against the Wind
Role: Producer
A Yank at Oxford
Role: Producer
Dead of Night
Role: Producer
It Always Rains on Sunday
Role: Producer
Hue and Cry
Role: Producer
Whisky Galore!
Role: Producer
P.C. Josser
Role: Producer
Mandy
Role: Producer
The Pleasure Garden
Role: Producer
The Magnet
Role: Producer
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Role: Producer
The Man They Couldn't Arrest
Role: Producer
Nowhere to Go
Role: Producer
The Blue Lamp
Role: Producer
Johnny Frenchman
Role: Producer
The Captive Heart
Role: Producer
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Role: Producer
Pink String and Sealing Wax
Role: Producer
For Those in Peril
Role: Producer
Painted Boats
Role: Producer
The White Shadow
Role: Producer
The Siege of Pinchgut
Role: Producer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Role: Producer
The Constant Nymph
No picture available
Role: Producer
Fiddlers Three
Role: Producer
Let George Do It!
Role: Producer
The Man in the Sky
Role: Producer
Frieda
Role: Producer
Sabotage
Role: Producer
The Rat
Role: Producer
Where No Vultures Fly
Role: Producer
Another Shore
Role: Producer
The Overlanders
Role: Producer
San Demetrio London
Role: Producer
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Role: Producer
Champagne Charlie
Role: Producer
Nine Men
Role: Producer
A Run for Your Money
Role: Producer
Saloon Bar
Role: Producer
Rhythm in the Air
Role: Producer
Find, Fix and Strike
No picture available
Role: Producer
The Return of the Vikings
No picture available
Role: Producer
Brown on Resolution
Role: Producer
Car of Dreams
Role: Producer
Oh, Daddy!
Role: Producer
I Was a Spy
Role: Producer
My Song for You
Role: Producer
Me and Marlborough
Role: Producer
Things Are Looking Up
Role: Producer
Where There's a Will
Role: Producer
Jack of All Trades
No picture available
Role: Producer
Armistice
Role: Producer
A Warm Corner
Role: Producer
The Man from Toronto
Role: Producer
There Goes the Bride
Role: Producer
Save Your Shillings and Smile
Role: Producer
The Good Companions
Role: Producer
The Feminine Touch
Role: Producer
Yellow Caesar
Role: Executive In Charge Of Production
The Vortex
Role: Producer
Woman to Woman
Role: Producer
The Sky’s the Limit
No picture available
Role: Producer
Happy Family
No picture available
Role: Producer
Man of Aran
Role: Producer
The Wrecker
Role: Presenter
The Shiralee
Role: Producer
A Cup of Kindness
Role: Producer
Cheer Boys Cheer
Role: Producer
Lease of Life
Role: Producer
Return to Yesterday
Role: Producer
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Role: Producer
Turned Out Nice Again
Role: Producer
Train of Events
Role: Producer
The Four Just Men
Role: Producer
Dunkirk
Role: Producer
Downhill
Role: Producer
Who Done It?
Role: Executive Producer
Foreign Affaires
No picture available
Role: Producer
Balaclava
Role: Producer
Road House
No picture available
Role: Producer
Hindle Wakes
Role: Producer
Blighty
Role: Producer
Jew Süss
Role: Producer
The Blackguard
Role: Producer
Aunt Sally
Role: Producer
Britannia of Billingsgate
No picture available
Role: Producer
Sailors Three
Role: Producer
Undercover
Role: Producer
The Foreman Went to France
Role: Producer
Ships with Wings
Role: Producer
The Next of Kin
Role: Producer
The Big Blockade
Role: Producer
The Bells Go Down
Role: Producer
Harry Lauder Songs
Role: Producer
My Old China
No picture available
Role: Producer
The Constant Nymph
Role: Producer
The Lavender Hill Mob
Role: Producer
Bitter Springs
Role: Producer
Cage of Gold
Role: Producer
West of Zanzibar
Role: Producer
The 'Maggie'
Role: Executive Producer
The Crooked Billet
Role: Producer
Taxi for Two
Role: Producer
Bull Rushes
No picture available
Role: Producer
Bulldog Jack
Role: Producer
Typical Budget
Role: Producer
Pool of London
Role: Producer
Easy Virtue
Role: Producer
The Prude's Fall
No picture available
Role: Producer
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Role: Producer
Out of the Clouds
Role: Executive Producer
Take My Tip
No picture available
Role: Producer
Cut It Out
Role: Producer
Convoy
Role: Producer
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Role: Producer
Go to Blazes
Role: Producer
The Goose Steps Out
Role: Producer
My Learned Friend
Role: Producer
The Halfway House
Role: Producer
The Queen Was in the Parlour
Role: Producer
Symphony in Two Flats
Role: Producer
Just for a Song
No picture available
Role: Producer
Aroma of the South Seas
No picture available
Role: Producer
The Calendar
Role: Producer
A Gentleman of Paris
Role: Producer
Michael and Mary
Role: Producer
A Night in Montmartre
Role: Producer
The Ghost Train
Role: Producer
Lord Babs
Role: Producer
Love on Wheels
Role: Producer
The Faithful Heart
Role: Producer
Marry Me
Role: Producer
The Ringer
No picture available
Role: Producer
Hot Heir
No picture available
Role: Producer
The Midshipmaid
Role: Producer
Sunshine Susie
Role: Producer
The Stronger Sex
Role: Producer
The Frightened Lady
Role: Producer
Who Killed Doc Robin?
No picture available
Role: Producer
The Scapegoat
Role: Producer
Jack's the Boy
Role: Producer
After the Ball
Role: Producer
The Ware Case
Role: Producer
The City of Play
Role: Producer
White Face
No picture available
Role: Producer
All In!
No picture available
Role: Producer
A Light Woman
No picture available
Role: Producer
Scott of the Antarctic
Role: Producer
First Offence
Role: Producer
Dangerous Comment
Role: Producer
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Role: Executive Producer
One of the Best
No picture available
Role: Producer
A South Sea Bubble
No picture available
Role: Producer
It's Love Again
Role: Producer
Sleeping Car
Role: Producer
Orders Is Orders
Role: Producer
Young Veteran
Role: Executive Producer
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Role: Producer
All Hands
Role: Producer
Now You're Talking
Role: Producer
Rome Express
Role: Producer
The Proud Valley
Role: Producer
Barnacle Bill
Role: Producer
Salvage with a Smile
Role: Producer
Stormy Weather
Role: Producer
Tudor Rose
Role: Producer
The Clairvoyant
Role: Producer
Spare a Copper
Role: Producer
Downhill
Role: Presenter
The Ghoul
Role: Producer
The Long Arm
Role: Producer
Ghost Train
Role: Producer
The Mountain Eagle
Role: Producer
The Night My Number Came Up
Role: Producer
They Came to a City
Role: Producer
It's a Boy
No picture available
Role: Producer
The Rolling Road
Role: Co-Producer
The Cabaret Kid
Role: Producer
The Lady of the Lake
Role: Producer
Eureka Stockade
Role: Producer
The Iron Duke
Role: Producer