Michael Balfour

Michael Balfour

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1918-02-11
Deathday: 1997-10-24 (79 years old)

Biography

Michael Creighton Balfour (11 February 1918 – 24 October 1997) was an English actor, working mainly in British films and TV, following his TV debut in the BBC's The Marvellous History of St Bernard, in 1938. He was a recognisable face, often in small character parts and supporting roles, in nearly two hundred films and TV shows, from the 1940s to the 1990s, often playing comical heavies or otherwise shady characters notable for their "loud" clothes, sometimes convincingly cast as an American.


He worked for a roll call of film directors, including Tony Richardson, Pete Walker, Billy Wilder, Lewis Gilbert, Roman Polanski, Leslie Norman, Tim Burton, John Frankenheimer, François Truffaut, John Gilling, Stanley Donen, Ken Annakin, Cavalcanti, Lance Comfort, Terence Young, Gerald Thomas, Pasolini, John Paddy Carstairs, Terence Fisher, Val Guest, Frank Launder, John Huston, Basil Dearden and Howard Hawks.


Balfour had parts in many popular TV shows of the era including Educated Evans, Mess Mates, Danger Man, The Avengers, Hancock's Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Rogue's Gallery, Z-Cars, The Onedin Line, and the detective drama The Vise, playing Saber's assistant Barney O'Keefe.


Balfour was also known as the passenger in a Jaguar XK120 car driven by actor Bonar Colleano when it crashed, killing Colleano. Balfour's injuries required him to have 98 stitches, but he was released from hospital in time to attend Colleano's funeral.


As his screen career began to slow down in the late 1970s, Michael Balfour went on tour with European circuses, as a clown. He founded Circus Hazzard, and created his own clown character. His son later became a circus manager.


As well as performing, Balfour was a dedicated painter and sculptor, and in later years turned increasingly to sculpture and the arts, even running his own gallery for a while. For his subjects, he frequently drew on his own family career as a circus clown

Filmography

all 113

Movies 92

TV Shows 21

Voice 1

Heart Attack Victim (uncredited)
All Coppers Are...

All Coppers Are... (1972)

Movie
First Murderer
Macbeth

Macbeth (1971)

Movie
6
Donkey Cart Driver
The Persuaders!

The Persuaders! (1971)

TV
1
Mr. Gutteridge
Hoverbug

Hoverbug (1969)

Movie
Book Person: Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (uncredited)
Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Movie
Freddy / Harry
The Cheaters

The Cheaters (1960)

TV
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

Movie
Picky Shopper (uncredited)
Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger (1959)

Movie
Russ / Inspector Hill
Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling (1959)

TV
Alphonso Italian Ship's Engineer
Sailor of Fortune

Sailor of Fortune (1957)

TV
Ward / Mr. Bollanger
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre (1956)

TV
Hobbs / Bill Nelson / Joe Ward / Nicky Medwin / Pip Rutley
Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

TV
Charlie Mead's Mate
It's a Great Day

It's a Great Day (1955)

Movie
Bennett, short henchman
Devil's Point

Devil's Point (1954)

Movie
Barney O'Keefe
Mark Saber

Mark Saber (1954)

TV
Turner, Nick Hammond's Assistant
Small Town Story

Small Town Story (1953)

Movie
American Sergeant
The Red Beret

The Red Beret (1953)

Movie
Trumpeter (Uncredited)
Genevieve

Genevieve (1953)

Movie
'The Mae McCleod' Captain
The Steel Key

The Steel Key (1953)

Movie
Dodo (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge (1952)

Movie
6
Male Billet Sergeant (uncredited)
I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

Movie
6
American Sailor Promoting Book
Obsession

Obsession (1949)

Movie
Crook (uncredited)
Stop Press Girl

Stop Press Girl (1949)

Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Woman Hater

Woman Hater (1948)

Movie

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1918-02-11

Deathday
1997-10-24 (79 years old)

Birth Place
Kent, United Kingdom

Children
Perry Balfour

Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom

Also Known As
Michael S. Creighton-Balfour, Michael Creighton Balfour

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