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.

Known For

Easy Virtue

The Man in the White Suit

The Long Arm

The 39 Steps

The Ladykillers

Scott of the Antarctic

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Lease of Life

Barnacle Bill

Secret Agent

Acting

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)

1978

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

1970

The Ealing Comedies as Self

Production

1961

The Long and the Short and the Tall as Producer

1959

The Siege of Pinchgut as Producer

The Scapegoat as Producer

1958

Davy as Producer

Nowhere to Go as Producer

Dunkirk as Producer

1957

The Man in the Sky as Producer

The Shiralee as Producer

Barnacle Bill as Producer

1956

The Feminine Touch as Producer

Who Done It? as Executive Producer

The Long Arm as Producer

1955

The Ladykillers as Producer

Out of the Clouds as Executive Producer

The Night My Number Came Up as Producer

1954

Lease of Life as Producer

West of Zanzibar as Producer

The 'Maggie' as Executive Producer

1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt as Executive Producer

Meet Mr. Lucifer as Executive Producer

1952

Mandy as Producer

1951

The Man in the White Suit as Producer

Where No Vultures Fly as Producer

The Lavender Hill Mob as Producer

Pool of London as Producer

1950

The Magnet as Producer

The Blue Lamp as Producer

Bitter Springs as Producer

Cage of Gold as Producer

1949

Passport to Pimlico as Producer

Kind Hearts and Coronets as Producer

Whisky Galore! as Producer

A Run for Your Money as Producer

Train of Events as Producer

Eureka Stockade as Producer

1948

Against the Wind as Producer

Saraband for Dead Lovers as Producer

Another Shore as Producer

Scott of the Antarctic as Producer

1947

It Always Rains on Sunday as Producer

Hue and Cry as Producer

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as Producer

Frieda as Producer

The Loves of Joanna Godden as Producer

1946

The Captive Heart as Producer

The Overlanders as Producer

1945

Dead of Night as Producer

Johnny Frenchman as Producer

Pink String and Sealing Wax as Producer

Painted Boats as Producer

1944

For Those in Peril as Producer

Fiddlers Three as Producer

Champagne Charlie as Producer

The Return of the Vikings as Producer

The Halfway House as Producer

They Came to a City as Producer

1943

San Demetrio London as Producer

Nine Men as Producer

Save Your Shillings and Smile as Producer

The Sky’s the Limit as Producer

Undercover as Producer

The Bells Go Down as Producer

My Learned Friend as Producer

1942

Went the Day Well? as Producer

Find, Fix and Strike as Producer

The Foreman Went to France as Producer

The Big Blockade as Producer

The Next of Kin as Producer

The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Producer

Go to Blazes as Producer

The Goose Steps Out as Producer

1941

Yellow Caesar as Executive In Charge Of Production

Turned Out Nice Again as Producer

Ships with Wings as Producer

The Ghost of St. Michael's as Producer

1940

Let George Do It! as Producer

Saloon Bar as Producer

Return to Yesterday as Producer

Sailors Three as Producer

Convoy as Producer

Dangerous Comment as Producer

Young Veteran as Executive Producer

All Hands as Producer

Now You're Talking as Producer

The Proud Valley as Producer

Salvage with a Smile as Producer

Spare a Copper as Producer

1939

Happy Family as Producer

Cheer Boys Cheer as Producer

The Four Just Men as Producer

1938

A Yank at Oxford as Producer

The Ware Case as Producer

1937

Sabotage as Producer

Take My Tip as Producer

1936

Secret Agent as Producer

The Man Who Changed His Mind as Producer

Rhythm in the Air as Producer

Where There's a Will as Producer

Jack of All Trades as Producer

All In! as Producer

First Offence as Producer

It's Love Again as Producer

Tudor Rose as Producer

1935

The 39 Steps as Producer

Brown on Resolution as Producer

Car of Dreams as Producer

Oh, Daddy! as Producer

Me and Marlborough as Producer

Things Are Looking Up as Producer

Foreign Affaires as Producer

Bulldog Jack as Producer

The Passing of the Third Floor Back as Producer

Stormy Weather as Producer

The Clairvoyant as Producer

1934

The Man Who Knew Too Much as Producer

My Song for You as Producer

Man of Aran as Producer

A Cup of Kindness as Producer

Road House as Producer

Jew Süss as Producer

Aunt Sally as Producer

It's a Boy as Producer

1933

The Constant Nymph as Producer

I Was a Spy as Producer

The Man from Toronto as Producer

The Good Companions as Producer

Britannia of Billingsgate as Producer

Sleeping Car as Producer

Orders Is Orders as Producer

The Ghoul as Producer

1932

There Goes the Bride as Producer

Lord Babs as Producer

Love on Wheels as Producer

The Faithful Heart as Producer

Marry Me as Producer

The Midshipmaid as Producer

The Frightened Lady as Producer

Jack's the Boy as Producer

After the Ball as Producer

White Face as Producer

Rome Express as Producer

1931

P.C. Josser as Producer

The Man They Couldn't Arrest as Producer

The Hound of the Baskervilles as Producer

Hindle Wakes as Producer

Harry Lauder Songs as Producer

My Old China as Producer

Bull Rushes as Producer

Aroma of the South Seas as Producer

The Calendar as Producer

A Gentleman of Paris as Producer

Michael and Mary as Producer

A Night in Montmartre as Producer

The Ghost Train as Producer

The Ringer as Producer

Hot Heir as Producer

The Stronger Sex as Producer

Sunshine Susie as Producer

Who Killed Doc Robin? as Producer

1930

A Warm Corner as Producer

The Crooked Billet as Producer

Symphony in Two Flats as Producer

Just for a Song as Producer

1929

Armistice as Producer

Taxi for Two as Producer

The City of Play as Producer

1928

The Vortex as Producer

Balaclava as Producer

The Constant Nymph as Producer

Easy Virtue as Producer

A Light Woman as Producer

A South Sea Bubble as Producer

The Lady of the Lake as Producer

1927

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog as Producer

Downhill as Producer

Blighty as Producer

The Queen Was in the Parlour as Producer

One of the Best as Producer

Ghost Train as Producer

The Rolling Road as Co-Producer

1926

The Mountain Eagle as Producer

The Cabaret Kid as Producer

1925

The Pleasure Garden as Producer

The Rat as Producer

The Blackguard as Producer

Typical Budget as Producer

The Prude's Fall as Producer

Cut It Out as Producer

1924

The White Shadow as Producer

1923

Woman to Woman as Producer

Crew

1929

The Wrecker as Presenter

1927

Downhill as Presenter

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