Michael Balcon
English film producer (1896-1977) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 81
Sir Michael Elias Balcon was an English film producer known for his leadership of Ealing Studios in west London from 1938 to 1956. Under his direction, the studio became one of the most important British film studios of the day.
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The Long and the Short and the TallFilm, Producer1958
DunkirkFilm, Producer1956
The Long ArmFilm, Producer1954
The 'Maggie'Film, Producer1952
MandyFilm, Producer1950
The Blue LampFilm, Producer1948
Saraband for Dead LoversFilm, Producer1946
The Captive HeartFilm, Producer1944
The Halfway HouseFilm, Producer1937
SabotageFilm, Producer1935
The 39 StepsFilm, Producer1933
The GhoulFilm, Producer1928
Easy VirtueFilm, Producer1925
The Pleasure GardenFilm, Producer1896Born19 May 1896People around Michael
Alfred Hitchcock Michael produced The 39 Steps (1935)
Alec Guinness Michael produced The Ladykillers (1955)
John Mills Michael produced Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Madeleine Carroll Michael produced The 39 Steps and Secret Agent
Ivor Novello Michael produced The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
Clive Brook Michael produced Woman to Woman (1923)- Googie Withers Michael produced Dead of Night (1945)
- Gordon Jackson Michael produced Whisky Galore! (1949)
Joan Greenwood Michael produced Tom Jones (1963)
John Loder Michael produced Sabotage (1937)
Isabel Jeans Michael produced Downhill and Easy Virtue
Miles Mander Michael produced The Pleasure Garden (1925)
Benita Hume Michael produced Easy Virtue and Jew Suss
Leslie Banks Michael produced The Man Who Knew Too Much (1935)- Miles Malleson Michael produced Kind Hearts and Coronets (1957)
- Will Hay Michael produced The Goose Steps Out (1942)
Jessie Matthews Michael produced Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Basil Radford Michael produced Dead of Night (1945)- Gordon Harker Michael produced The Wrecker (1929)
David Farrar Michael produced Cage of Gold (1950)
Marie Ault Michael produced The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
Mervyn Johns Michael produced Dead of Night (1945)- Tom Walls Michael produced Me and Marlborough (1935)
- John Slater Michael produced Passport to Pimlico (1950)
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Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949
The Ladykillers 1955
The 39 Steps 1935
Man of Aran 1934
The Lavender Hill Mob 1951
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In an industry short of Hollywood-style moguls, Balcon emerged as a key figure, and an obdurately British one too, in his benevolent, somewhat headmasterly approach to the running of a creative organization. He is known for his leadership, and his guidance of young Alfred Hitchcock.
