Michael Balcon

1896 - 1977 (age 81) • Production

Born: 5/19/1896 in Birmingham, England, UK

Died: 10/17/1977 (age 81)

Known for: Production

Michael Balcon

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

The 39 Steps

73%

Producer

1935

Kind Hearts and Coronets

76%

Producer

1949

The Ladykillers

73%

Producer

1955

The Man Who Knew Too Much

65%

Producer

1934

Sabotage

67%

Producer

1937

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

72%

Producer

1927

Dead of Night

72%

Producer

1945

The Lavender Hill Mob

72%

Producer

1951

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

70%

Self (archive footage)

2000

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

Self

1978

The Ealing Comedies

Self

1970

The Long and the Short and the Tall

67%

Producer

1961

The Scapegoat

68%

Producer

1959

The Siege of Pinchgut

63%

Producer

1959

Nowhere to Go

66%

Producer

1958

Dunkirk

68%

Producer

1958

Davy

57%

Producer

1958

Barnacle Bill

66%

Producer

1957

The Shiralee

51%

Producer

1957

The Man in the Sky

75%

Producer

1957

The Feminine Touch

68%

Producer

1956

The Long Arm

69%

Producer

1956

Who Done It?

55%

Executive Producer

1956

The Ladykillers

73%

Producer

1955

The Night My Number Came Up

69%

Producer

1955

Out of the Clouds

61%

Executive Producer

1955

Lease of Life

74%

Producer

1954

West of Zanzibar

55%

Producer

1954

The 'Maggie'

63%

Executive Producer

1954

Meet Mr. Lucifer

52%

Executive Producer

1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt

70%

Executive Producer

1953

Mandy

71%

Producer

1952

Where No Vultures Fly

63%

Producer

1951

The Man in the White Suit

69%

Producer

1951

The Lavender Hill Mob

72%

Producer

1951

Pool of London

66%

Producer

1951