# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-balfour
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:05:31.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-balfour"
name: "Michael Balfour"
slug: "michael-balfour"
description: "Michael Creighton Balfour 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."
tagline: "British actor (1918-1997)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Michael_Balfour_%28actor%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1918-02-11"
deathDate: "1997-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.067212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050163/"
    handle:    "nm0050163"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Balfour"
    title: "Michael Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Balfour_(akteur)"
    title: "Michael Balfour (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ميخائيل بلفور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "مايكل بلفور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Balfour_(actor)"
    title: "Michael Balfour (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "مایکل بالفور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Balfour"
    title: "Michael Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18161447"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18763"
    title: "Michael Balfour"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump