
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.
Filmography
All 205
Movies 205
Producer 199
Self 4
Self (archive footage)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
Movie
Self - Interviewee

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios (1986)
Movie
Self

How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran (1978)
Movie
Self

The Ealing Comedies (1970)
Movie
Producer

The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
Movie
Producer

The Scapegoat (1959)
Movie
Producer

The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
Movie
6
Producer

Nowhere to Go (1958)
Movie
Producer

Dunkirk (1958)
Movie
Producer

Davy (1958)
Movie
Producer

Barnacle Bill (1957)
Movie
Producer

The Shiralee (1957)
Movie
Producer

The Man in the Sky (1957)
Movie
Producer

The Feminine Touch (1956)
Movie
Producer

The Long Arm (1956)
Movie
Producer

The Ladykillers (1955)
Movie
5.75
Producer

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
Movie
Producer

The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
Movie
Producer

The Divided Heart (1954)
Movie
Producer

Lease of Life (1954)
Movie
Producer

The Rainbow Jacket (1954)
Movie
Producer

West of Zanzibar (1954)
Movie
Executive Producer

The 'Maggie' (1954)
Movie
Executive Producer

Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
Movie
Executive Producer

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Movie
Producer

Mandy (1952)
Movie
Producer

Where No Vultures Fly (1951)
Movie
Producer

The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Movie
5
Producer

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Movie
9
Producer

Pool of London (1951)
Movie
Producer

Cage of Gold (1950)
Movie
Producer

The Magnet (1950)
Movie
Producer

Bitter Springs (1950)
Movie
Producer

Dance Hall (1950)
Movie
Producer

The Blue Lamp (1950)
Movie
1
Producer

A Run for Your Money (1949)
Movie
Producer

Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Movie
Producer

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Movie
4.25
Producer

Whisky Galore! (1949)
Movie
4
Producer

Eureka Stockade (1949)
Movie
Producer

Train of Events (1949)
Movie
Producer

Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Movie
6
Producer

Another Shore (1948)
Movie
Producer

Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
Movie
Producer

Against the Wind (1948)
Movie
Producer

It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Movie
6
Producer

Frieda (1947)
Movie
Producer

The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
Movie
Producer

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Movie
Producer

Hue and Cry (1947)
Movie
1
Producer

The Overlanders (1946)
Movie
Producer

The Captive Heart (1946)
Movie
Producer

Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
Movie
Producer

Johnny Frenchman (1945)
Movie
Producer

Dead of Night (1945)
Movie
1
Producer

Painted Boats (1945)
Movie
Producer

The Return of the Vikings (1944)
Movie
Producer

Fiddlers Three (1944)
Movie
Producer

Champagne Charlie (1944)
Movie
Producer

They Came to a City (1944)
Movie
Producer

For Those in Peril (1944)
Movie
Producer

The Halfway House (1944)
Movie
Producer

San Demetrio London (1943)
Movie
Producer

My Learned Friend (1943)
Movie
Producer

Undercover (1943)
Movie
Producer

The Bells Go Down (1943)
Movie
Producer

Nine Men (1943)
Movie
Producer

Went the Day Well? (1942)
Movie
6
Producer

The Goose Steps Out (1942)
Movie
6
Producer

The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Movie
Producer

The Next of Kin (1942)
Movie
Producer

The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
Movie
Producer

The Big Blockade (1942)
Movie
Producer

Go to Blazes (1942)
Movie
Producer

Find, Fix and Strike (1942)
Movie
Producer

Ships with Wings (1941)
Movie
Producer

Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
Movie
Executive In Charge Of Production

Yellow Caesar (1941)
Movie
Producer

The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
Movie
Producer

Sailors Three (1940)
Movie
Producer

Spare a Copper (1940)
Movie
Executive Producer

Young Veteran (1940)
Movie
Producer

Saloon Bar (1940)
Movie
Producer

Convoy (1940)
Movie
Producer

Let George Do It! (1940)
Movie
Producer

All Hands (1940)
Movie
Producer

Dangerous Comment (1940)
Movie
Producer

The Proud Valley (1940)
Movie
Producer

Return to Yesterday (1940)
Movie
Producer

Now You're Talking (1940)
Movie
Producer

Salvage with a Smile (1940)
Movie
Producer

Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
Movie
Producer

Young Man's Fancy (1939)
Movie
Producer

There Ain't No Justice (1939)
Movie
Producer

The Four Just Men (1939)
Movie
Producer

Let's Be Famous (1939)
Movie
Producer

The Ware Case (1938)
Movie
Producer

The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
Movie
Producer

A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Movie
Producer

Sabotage (1937)
Movie
6
Producer

Jack of All Trades (1936)
Movie
Producer

All In! (1936)
Movie
Producer

The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Movie
Producer

Tudor Rose (1936)
Movie
Producer

Rhythm in the Air (1936)
Movie
Producer

Where There's a Will (1936)
Movie
Producer

Secret Agent (1936)
Movie
4.8
Producer

Pot Luck (1936)
Movie
Producer

Foreign Affaires (1935)
Movie
Producer

Bulldog Jack (1935)
Movie
Producer

The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
Movie
Producer

Stormy Weather (1935)
Movie
Producer

Me and Marlborough (1935)
Movie
Producer

Things Are Looking Up (1935)
Movie
Producer

The Clairvoyant (1935)
Movie
Producer

The 39 Steps (1935)
Movie
4.67
Producer

Brown on Resolution (1935)
Movie
Producer

Oh, Daddy! (1935)
Movie
Producer

Car of Dreams (1935)
Movie
Producer

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Movie
1
Producer

The Iron Duke (1934)
Movie
Producer

Road House (1934)
Movie
Producer

Lady in Danger (1934)
Movie
Producer

Jew Süss (1934)
Movie
Producer

My Song for You (1934)
Movie
Producer

Aunt Sally (1934)
Movie
Producer

A Cup of Kindness (1934)
Movie
Producer

Man of Aran (1934)
Movie
Producer

Chu Chin Chow (1934)
Movie
Producer

The Constant Nymph (1933)
Movie
Producer

I Was A Spy (1933)
Movie
Producer

The Ghoul (1933)
Movie
6
Producer

Orders Is Orders (1933)
Movie
Producer

Sleeping Car (1933)
Movie
Producer

The Good Companions (1933)
Movie
Producer

Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
Movie
Producer

The Man from Toronto (1933)
Movie
Producer

The Midshipmaid (1932)
Movie
Producer

After the Ball (1932)
Movie
Producer

Rome Express (1932)
Movie
Producer

There Goes the Bride (1932)
Movie
Producer

Marry Me (1932)
Movie
Producer

Love on Wheels (1932)
Movie
Producer

Jack's the Boy (1932)
Movie
Producer

The Faithful Heart (1932)
Movie
Producer

White Face (1932)
Movie
Producer

The Frightened Lady (1932)
Movie
Producer

Lord Babs (1932)
Movie
Producer

Who Killed Doc Robin? (1931)
Movie
Producer

Sunshine Susie (1931)
Movie
Producer

A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
Movie
Producer

Dr. Josser K.C. (1931)
Movie
Producer

P.C. Josser (1931)
Movie
Producer

Michael and Mary (1931)
Movie
Producer

The Calendar (1931)
Movie
Producer

Hindle Wakes (1931)
Movie
Producer

The Ghost Train (1931)
Movie
Producer

My Old China (1931)
Movie
Producer

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931)
Movie
Producer

The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931)
Movie
Producer

A Night in Montmartre (1931)
Movie
Producer

The Ringer (1931)
Movie
Producer

The Stronger Sex (1931)
Movie
Producer

Third Time Lucky (1931)
Movie
Producer

Bull Rushes (1931)
Movie
Producer

Harry Lauder Songs (1931)
Movie
Producer

Aroma of the South Seas (1931)
Movie
Producer

Hot Heir (1931)
Movie
Producer

Ashes (1930)
Movie
Producer

A Warm Corner (1930)
Movie
Producer

Symphony in Two Flats (1930)
Movie
Producer

The Crooked Billet (1930)
Movie
Producer

Just for a Song (1930)
Movie
Producer

Alfresco (1930)
Movie
Producer

Armistice (1929)
Movie
Presenter

The Wrecker (1929)
Movie
Producer

The City of Play (1929)
Movie
Producer

The Lady of the Lake (1928)
Movie
Producer

The First Born (1928)
Movie
Producer

Taxi for Two (1928)
Movie
Producer

A South Sea Bubble (1928)
Movie
Producer

Balaclava (1928)
Movie
Producer

The Vortex (1928)
Movie
Producer

Easy Virtue (1928)
Movie
Producer

The Constant Nymph (1928)
Movie
Producer

A Light Woman (1928)
Movie
Producer

One of the Best (1927)
Movie
Producer / Presenter

Downhill (1927)
Movie
Producer

Ghost Train (1927)
Movie
Producer

The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)
Movie
Producer

Blighty (1927)
Movie
Producer

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
Movie
4.55
Producer

The Pleasure Garden (1927)
Movie
Producer

The Cabaret Kid (1926)
Movie
Producer

The Mountain Eagle (1926)
Movie
Producer

The Triumph of the Rat (1926)
Movie
Producer

The Prude's Fall (1925)
Movie
Producer

Cut It Out (1925)
Movie
Producer

Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery (1925)
Movie
Producer

The Blackguard (1925)
Movie
Producer

The Rat (1925)
Movie
Producer

So This Is Jollygood (1925)
Movie
Producer

The Passionate Adventure (1924)
Movie
Producer

The White Shadow (1924)
Movie
Producer

Woman to Woman (1923)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.2
Based on 325 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1923
1931
1936
1932
2000
Information
Known forProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1896-05-19
Deathday1977-10-17 (81 years old)
Place of birthBirmingham, United Kingdom
ChildrenJonathan Michael Henry Balcon, Jill Balcon
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsKnight Bachelor
- Michael Balcon
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