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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Production

Gender

male

Known Credits

192

Birth Date

1896-05-19 00:00:00

Birth Place

Birmingham, England, UK

Known For

• 

  The 39 Steps
• 

  Dunkirk
• 

  The Ladykillers
• 

  Kind Hearts and Coronets
• 

  Dead of Night
• 

  Sailors Three

Credits

• actors (2 credits)

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Ealing Comedies

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1970

• production (188 credits)

  • The Long and the Short and the Tall

    producer

    production
    1961
  • The Scapegoat

    producer

    production
    1959
  • The Siege of Pinchgut

    producer

    production
    1959
  • Nowhere to Go

    producer

    production
    1958
  • Dunkirk

    producer

    production
    1958
  • Davy

    producer

    production
    1958
  • Barnacle Bill

    producer

    production
    1957
  • The Shiralee

    producer

    production
    1957
  • The Man in the Sky

    producer

    production
    1957
  • The Feminine Touch

    producer

    production
    1956
  • The Long Arm

    producer

    production
    1956
  • Who Done It?

    executive producer

    production
    1956
  • The Ladykillers

    producer

    production
    1955
  • The Night My Number Came Up

    producer

    production
    1955
  • Out of the Clouds

    executive producer

    production
    1955
  • Lease of Life

    producer

    production
    1954
  • West of Zanzibar

    producer

    production
    1954
  • The 'Maggie'

    executive producer

    production
    1954
  • Meet Mr. Lucifer

    executive producer

    production
    1953
  • The Titfield Thunderbolt

    executive producer

    production
    1953
  • Mandy

    producer

    production
    1952
  • Where No Vultures Fly

    producer

    production
    1951
  • The Man in the White Suit

    producer

    production
    1951
  • The Lavender Hill Mob

    producer

    production
    1951
  • Pool of London

    producer

    production
    1951
  • Cage of Gold

    producer

    production
    1950
  • The Magnet

    producer

    production
    1950
  • Bitter Springs

    producer

    production
    1950
  • The Blue Lamp

    producer

    production
    1950
  • A Run for Your Money

    producer

    production
    1949
  • Passport to Pimlico

    producer

    production
    1949
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets

    producer

    production
    1949
  • Whisky Galore!

    producer

    production
    1949
  • Eureka Stockade

    producer

    production
    1949
  • Train of Events

    producer

    production
    1949
  • Scott of the Antarctic

    producer

    production
    1948
  • Another Shore

    producer

    production
    1948
  • Saraband for Dead Lovers

    producer

    production
    1948
  • Against the Wind

    producer

    production
    1948
  • It Always Rains on Sunday

    producer

    production
    1947
  • Frieda

    producer

    production
    1947
  • The Loves of Joanna Godden

    producer

    production
    1947
  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    producer

    production
    1947
  • Hue and Cry

    producer

    production
    1947
  • The Overlanders

    producer

    production
    1946
  • The Captive Heart

    producer

    production
    1946
  • Pink String and Sealing Wax

    producer

    production
    1945
  • Johnny Frenchman

    producer

    production
    1945
  • Dead of Night

    producer

    production
    1945
  • Painted Boats

    producer

    production
    1945
  • The Return of the Vikings

    producer

    production
    1944
  • Fiddlers Three

    producer

    production
    1944
  • Champagne Charlie

    producer

    production
    1944
  • They Came to a City

    producer

    production
    1944
  • For Those in Peril

    producer

    production
    1944
  • San Demetrio London

    producer

    production
    1943
  • My Learned Friend

    producer

    production
    1943
  • Undercover

    producer

    production
    1943
  • The Bells Go Down

    producer

    production
    1943
  • Nine Men

    producer

    production
    1943
  • Save Your Shillings and Smile

    producer

    production
    1943
  • The Sky’s the Limit

    producer

    production
    1943
  • Went the Day Well?

    producer

    production
    1942
  • The Goose Steps Out

    producer

    production
    1942
  • The Foreman Went to France

    producer

    production
    1942
  • The Next of Kin

    producer

    production
    1942
  • The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    producer

    production
    1942
  • The Big Blockade

    producer

    production
    1942
  • Find, Fix and Strike

    producer

    production
    1942
  • Go to Blazes

    producer

    production
    1942
  • Ships with Wings

    producer

    production
    1941
  • Turned Out Nice Again

    producer

    production
    1941
  • Yellow Caesar

    executive in charge of production

    production
    1941
  • The Ghost of St. Michael's

    producer

    production
    1941
  • Sailors Three

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Spare a Copper

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Young Veteran

    executive producer

    production
    1940
  • Saloon Bar

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Convoy

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Let George Do It!

    producer

    production
    1940
  • All Hands

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Dangerous Comment

    producer

    production
    1940
  • The Proud Valley

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Return to Yesterday

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Now You're Talking

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Salvage with a Smile

    producer

    production
    1940
  • Cheer Boys Cheer

    producer

    production
    1939
  • The Four Just Men

    producer

    production
    1939
  • Happy Family

    producer

    production
    1939
  • The Ware Case

    producer

    production
    1938
  • Climbing High

    producer

    production
    1938
  • A Yank at Oxford

    producer

    production
    1938
  • Sabotage

    producer

    production
    1937
  • Take My Tip

    producer

    production
    1937
  • Jack of All Trades

    producer

    production
    1936
  • All In!

    producer

    production
    1936
  • The Man Who Changed His Mind

    producer

    production
    1936
  • Tudor Rose

    producer

    production
    1936
  • Rhythm in the Air

    producer

    production
    1936
  • Where There's a Will

    producer

    production
    1936
  • Secret Agent

    producer

    production
    1936
  • It's Love Again

    producer

    production
    1936
  • First Offence

    producer

    production
    1936
  • Foreign Affaires

    producer

    production
    1935
  • The Passing of the Third Floor Back

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Bulldog Jack

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Stormy Weather

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Me and Marlborough

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Things Are Looking Up

    producer

    production
    1935
  • The Clairvoyant

    producer

    production
    1935
  • The 39 Steps

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Brown on Resolution

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Oh, Daddy!

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Car of Dreams

    producer

    production
    1935
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    producer

    production
    1934
  • The Iron Duke

    producer

    production
    1934
  • Road House

    producer

    production
    1934
  • Jew Süss

    producer

    production
    1934
  • My Song for You

    producer

    production
    1934
  • Aunt Sally

    producer

    production
    1934
  • It's a Boy

    producer

    production
    1934
  • A Cup of Kindness

    producer

    production
    1934
  • Man of Aran

    producer

    production
    1934
  • The Constant Nymph

    producer

    production
    1933
  • I Was a Spy

    producer

    production
    1933
  • The Ghoul

    producer

    production
    1933
  • Orders Is Orders

    producer

    production
    1933
  • Sleeping Car

    producer

    production
    1933
  • The Good Companions

    producer

    production
    1933
  • The Man from Toronto

    producer

    production
    1933
  • Britannia of Billingsgate

    producer

    production
    1933
  • The Midshipmaid

    producer

    production
    1932
  • After the Ball

    producer

    production
    1932
  • Rome Express

    producer

    production
    1932
  • There Goes the Bride

    producer

    production
    1932
  • Marry Me

    producer

    production
    1932
  • Love on Wheels

    producer

    production
    1932
  • Jack's the Boy

    producer

    production
    1932
  • The Faithful Heart

    producer

    production
    1932
  • White Face

    producer

    production
    1932
  • The Frightened Lady

    producer

    production
    1932
  • Lord Babs

    producer

    production
    1932
  • Who Killed Doc Robin?

    producer

    production
    1931
  • Sunshine Susie

    producer

    production
    1931
  • A Gentleman of Paris

    producer

    production
    1931
  • P.C. Josser

    producer

    production
    1931
  • Michael and Mary

    producer

    production
    1931
  • The Calendar

    producer

    production
    1931
  • Hindle Wakes

    producer

    production
    1931
  • The Ghost Train

    producer

    production
    1931
  • My Old China

    producer

    production
    1931
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    producer

    production
    1931
  • The Man They Couldn't Arrest

    producer

    production
    1931
  • A Night in Montmartre

    producer

    production
    1931
  • The Ringer

    producer

    production
    1931
  • The Stronger Sex

    producer

    production
    1931
  • Bull Rushes

    producer

    production
    1931
  • Aroma of the South Seas

    producer

    production
    1931
  • A Warm Corner

    producer

    production
    1930
  • Symphony in Two Flats

    producer

    production
    1930
  • The Crooked Billet

    producer

    production
    1930
  • Just for a Song

    producer

    production
    1930
  • Taxi for Two

    producer

    production
    1929
  • The City of Play

    producer

    production
    1929
  • The Lady of the Lake

    producer

    production
    1928
  • A South Sea Bubble

    producer

    production
    1928
  • Balaclava

    producer

    production
    1928
  • Easy Virtue

    producer

    production
    1928
  • The Vortex

    producer

    production
    1928
  • The Constant Nymph

    producer

    production
    1928
  • A Light Woman

    producer

    production
    1928
  • One of the Best

    producer

    production
    1927
  • Downhill

    producer

    production
    1927
  • The Rolling Road

    co-producer

    production
    1927
  • The Ghost Train

    producer

    production
    1927
  • The Queen Was in the Parlour

    producer

    production
    1927
  • Blighty

    producer

    production
    1927
  • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    producer

    production
    1927
  • The Mountain Eagle

    producer

    production
    1926
  • The Cabaret Kid

    producer

    production
    1926
  • The Prude's Fall

    producer

    production
    1925
  • The Pleasure Garden

    producer

    production
    1925
  • Cut It Out

    producer

    production
    1925
  • The Rat

    producer

    production
    1925
  • The Blackguard

    producer

    production
    1925
  • Typical Budget

    producer

    production
    1925
  • The White Shadow

    producer

    production
    1924
  • Woman to Woman

    producer

    production
    1923

• crew (2 credits)

  • The Wrecker

    presenter

    crew
    1929
  • Downhill

    presenter

    crew
    1927