Michael Balcon

Known for: Production
Born: May 19, 1896, Birmingham, England, UK
Died: October 17, 1977
Movies: 187

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

The 39 Steps

1935

7.6

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

7.3

The Ladykillers

1955

6.5

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934

6.7

Sabotage

1936

7.2

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

1927

7.2

Dead of Night

1945

7.2

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

6.9

The Man in the White Suit

1951

6.1

Secret Agent

1936

Filmography

2000	Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	Self (archive footage)
1978	How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran	Self
1970	The Ealing Comedies	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

1961	The Long and the Short and the Tall	Producer
1959	The Scapegoat	Producer
1959	The Siege of Pinchgut	Producer
1958	Nowhere to Go	Producer
1958	Dunkirk	Producer
1958	Davy	Producer
1957	Barnacle Bill	Producer
1957	The Shiralee	Producer
1957	The Man in the Sky	Producer
1956	The Feminine Touch	Producer
1956	The Long Arm	Producer
1955	The Ladykillers	Producer
1955	The Night My Number Came Up	Producer
1954	Lease of Life	Producer
1954	West of Zanzibar	Producer
1952	Mandy	Producer
1951	Where No Vultures Fly	Producer
1951	The Man in the White Suit	Producer
1951	The Lavender Hill Mob	Producer
1951	Pool of London	Producer
1950	Cage of Gold	Producer
1950	The Magnet	Producer
1950	Bitter Springs	Producer
1950	The Blue Lamp	Producer
1949	A Run for Your Money	Producer
1949	Passport to Pimlico	Producer
1949	Kind Hearts and Coronets	Producer
1949	Whisky Galore!	Producer
1949	Eureka Stockade	Producer
1949	Train of Events	Producer
1948	Scott of the Antarctic	Producer
1948	Another Shore	Producer
1948	Saraband for Dead Lovers	Producer
1948	Against the Wind	Producer
1947	It Always Rains on Sunday	Producer
1947	Frieda	Producer
1947	The Loves of Joanna Godden	Producer
1947	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Producer
1947	Hue and Cry	Producer
1946	The Overlanders	Producer
1946	The Captive Heart	Producer
1945	Pink String and Sealing Wax	Producer
1945	Johnny Frenchman	Producer
1945	Dead of Night	Producer
1945	Painted Boats	Producer
1944	The Return of the Vikings	Producer
1944	Fiddlers Three	Producer
1944	Champagne Charlie	Producer
1944	They Came to a City	Producer
1944	For Those in Peril	Producer
1944	The Halfway House	Producer
1943	San Demetrio London	Producer
1943	My Learned Friend	Producer
1943	Undercover	Producer
1943	The Bells Go Down	Producer
1943	Nine Men	Producer
1943	Save Your Shillings and Smile	Producer
1943	The Sky’s the Limit	Producer
1942	Went the Day Well?	Producer
1942	The Goose Steps Out	Producer
1942	The Foreman Went to France	Producer
1942	The Next of Kin	Producer
1942	The Black Sheep of Whitehall	Producer
1942	The Big Blockade	Producer
1942	Find, Fix and Strike	Producer
1942	Go to Blazes	Producer
1941	Ships with Wings	Producer
1941	Turned Out Nice Again	Producer
1941	The Ghost of St. Michael's	Producer
1940	Sailors Three	Producer
1940	Spare a Copper	Producer
1940	Saloon Bar	Producer
1940	Convoy	Producer
1940	Let George Do It!	Producer
1940	All Hands	Producer
1940	Dangerous Comment	Producer
1940	The Proud Valley	Producer
1940	Return to Yesterday	Producer
1940	Now You're Talking	Producer
1940	Salvage with a Smile	Producer
1939	Cheer Boys Cheer	Producer
1939	The Four Just Men	Producer
1939	Happy Family	Producer
1938	The Ware Case	Producer
1938	Climbing High	Producer
1938	A Yank at Oxford	Producer
1937	Take My Tip	Producer
1936	Jack of All Trades	Producer
1936	Sabotage	Producer
1936	All In!	Producer
1936	The Man Who Changed His Mind	Producer
1936	Tudor Rose	Producer
1936	Rhythm in the Air	Producer
1936	Where There's a Will	Producer
1936	Secret Agent	Producer
1936	It's Love Again	Producer
1936	First Offence	Producer
1935	Foreign Affaires	Producer
1935	Bulldog Jack	Producer
1935	The Passing of the Third Floor Back	Producer
1935	Stormy Weather	Producer
1935	Me and Marlborough	Producer
1935	Things Are Looking Up	Producer
1935	The Clairvoyant	Producer
1935	The 39 Steps	Producer
1935	Brown on Resolution	Producer
1935	Oh, Daddy!	Producer
1935	Car of Dreams	Producer
1934	The Man Who Knew Too Much	Producer
1934	The Iron Duke	Producer
1934	Road House	Producer
1934	Jew Süss	Producer
1934	My Song for You	Producer
1934	Aunt Sally	Producer
1934	It's a Boy	Producer
1934	A Cup of Kindness	Producer
1934	Man of Aran	Producer
1933	The Constant Nymph	Producer
1933	I Was a Spy	Producer
1933	The Ghoul	Producer
1933	Orders Is Orders	Producer
1933	Sleeping Car	Producer
1933	The Good Companions	Producer
1933	The Man from Toronto	Producer
1933	Britannia of Billingsgate	Producer
1932	The Midshipmaid	Producer
1932	After the Ball	Producer
1932	Rome Express	Producer
1932	There Goes the Bride	Producer
1932	Marry Me	Producer
1932	Love on Wheels	Producer
1932	Jack's the Boy	Producer
1932	The Faithful Heart	Producer
1932	White Face	Producer
1932	The Frightened Lady	Producer
1932	Lord Babs	Producer
1931	Who Killed Doc Robin?	Producer
1931	Sunshine Susie	Producer
1931	A Gentleman of Paris	Producer
1931	P.C. Josser	Producer
1931	Michael and Mary	Producer
1931	The Calendar	Producer
1931	Hindle Wakes	Producer
1931	The Ghost Train	Producer
1931	My Old China	Producer
1931	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Producer
1931	The Man They Couldn't Arrest	Producer
1931	A Night in Montmartre	Producer
1931	The Ringer	Producer
1931	The Stronger Sex	Producer
1931	Bull Rushes	Producer
1931	Harry Lauder Songs	Producer
1931	Aroma of the South Seas	Producer
1931	Hot Heir	Producer
1930	A Warm Corner	Producer
1930	Symphony in Two Flats	Producer
1930	The Crooked Billet	Producer
1930	Just for a Song	Producer
1929	Taxi for Two	Producer
1929	Armistice	Producer
1929	The City of Play	Producer
1928	The Lady of the Lake	Producer
1928	A South Sea Bubble	Producer
1928	Balaclava	Producer
1928	Easy Virtue	Producer
1928	The Vortex	Producer
1928	The Constant Nymph	Producer
1928	A Light Woman	Producer
1927	One of the Best	Producer
1927	Downhill	Producer
1927	The Ghost Train	Producer
1927	The Queen Was in the Parlour	Producer
1927	Blighty	Producer
1927	The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog	Producer
1926	The Mountain Eagle	Producer
1926	The Cabaret Kid	Producer
1925	The Prude's Fall	Producer
1925	The Pleasure Garden	Producer
1925	Cut It Out	Producer
1925	The Rat	Producer
1925	The Blackguard	Producer
1925	Typical Budget	Producer
1924	The White Shadow	Producer
1923	Woman to Woman	Producer

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