Michael Balcon
Production

Michael Balcon

Born 19 May 1896 · Birmingham, England, UK · Died 17 October 1977

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