Michael Balfour

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-02-11 (79 years old)

Deathday

1997-10-24

Place of Birth

Dover, Kent, England, UK

Michael Balfour

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 Bu...

Acting

1962

1949

Obsession

as American Sailor Promoting Book

1954

Meet Mr. Callaghan

as Coffee Stallkeeper

1966

Press for Time

as Sewerman

1970

Man of Violence

as Cafe Owner

1957

1953

Recoil

as Parkes

1950

1992

Revenge of Billy the Kid

as Gyles MacDonald

1955

Secret Venture

as Stevens

1955

Barbados Quest

as Barney Wilson

1953

3 Steps to the Gallows

as Carter, boxing fan

1953

Park Plaza 605

as Ted Birston

1954

1977

1956

Breakaway

as Barney

1951

A Case For P.C. 49

as Chubby Price

1948

The Small Voice

as Frankie

1954

1972

The Canterbury Tales

as The Carpenter

1952

Top Secret

as Jersey Sailor

1957

Light Fingers

as The Major

1958

The Steel Bayonet

as Pte. Thomas

1953

Black 13

as Joe

1969

The Oblong Box

as Ruddock

1954

Impulse

as uncredited

1950

Help Yourself

as Charlie

1954

Scarlet Web

as Barman

1953

Three's Company

as The Drunk

1959

Look Back in Anger

as Picky Shopper (uncredited)

1954

River Beat

as Adams

1952

Moulin Rouge

as Dodo (uncredited)

1949

1949

I Was a Male War Bride

as Male Billet Sergeant (uncredited)

1971

Macbeth

as First Murderer

1969

Hoverbug

as Mr. Gutteridge

1958

Fiend Without a Face

as Sgt. Kasper

1976

The Copter Kids

as Benny Baker

1965

Strangler's Web

as John Vichelski

1948

William Comes to Town

as Stall-holder

1977

Candleshoe

as Mr. McCress

1951

The Quiet Woman

as Lefty Brown

1952

13 East Street

as Joey Long

1957

Quatermass 2

as Harry

1972

All Coppers Are...

as Heart Attack Victim (uncredited)

1953

The Red Beret

as American Sergeant

1954

Devil's Point

as Bennett, short henchman

1989

Batman

as Scientist

1953

1960

Too Hot to Handle

as Tourist Guide

1960

Sink the Bismarck!

as Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

1961

1949

Don't Ever Leave Me

as Jim Kennedy

1953

Love in Pawn

as Alaric

1970

The Adventurers

as Detective

1953

Genevieve

as Trumpeter (Uncredited)

1958

The Big Money

as 'Wilberforce'

1952

Venetian Bird

as Moretto

1963

Echo of Diana

as Newsagent

1949

1962

The Fast Lady

as Bandit

1955

It's a Great Day

as Charlie Mead's Mate

1953

The Steel Key

as 'The Mae McCleod' Captain

1966

Fahrenheit 451

as Book Person: Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (uncredited)

1985

1949

Stop Press Girl

as Crook (uncredited)

1948

Woman Hater

as Reporter (uncredited)

1960

The Flesh and the Fiends

as Drunken Sailor

1966

Kaleidoscope

as Poker Player

1990

The Krays

as Referee

1960

1963

The Rescue Squad

as Barrow-Boy

1977

Joseph Andrews

as Ruffian

1961

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