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Michael Balfour

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British actor (1918-1997)

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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.

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Filmography 40

Batman1989 · ★ 7.2
Fahrenheit 4511966 · ★ 7.1
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970 · ★ 6.8
Macbeth1971 · ★ 7.1
The Canterbury Tales1972 · ★ 6.1
Sink the Bismarck!1960 · ★ 6.9
Quatermass 21957 · ★ 6.4
The Krays1990 · ★ 6.1
Moulin Rouge1952 · ★ 6.6
I Was a Male War Bride1949 · ★ 6.9
Candleshoe1977 · ★ 6.9
The Holcroft Covenant1985 · ★ 5.5
The Oblong Box1969 · ★ 5.7
Fiend Without a Face1958 · ★ 6.0
Look Back in Anger1959 · ★ 6.7
Obsession1949 · ★ 6.8
Carry On Constable1960 · ★ 6.3
The Flesh and the Fiends1960 · ★ 6.6
Genevieve1953 · ★ 6.7
The Prisoner of Zenda1979
A Stitch in Time1963
No Orchids for Miss Blandish1948
The Fast Lady1962
Too Hot to Handle1960
Venetian Bird1952
The Red Beret1953
The Sea Shall Not Have Them1954
Press for Time1966
Man of Violence1970
Impulse1954
Kaleidoscope1966
Joseph Andrews1977
Revenge of Billy the Kid1992
The Adventurers1970
One Good Turn1955
Casanova1987
Albert R.N.1953
The Diamond Wizard1954
Park Plaza 6051953
Pit of Darkness1961

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Television 24

The Avengers1961
The Persuaders!1971
The Prisoner1967
Danger Man1960
Dempsey and Makepeace1985
Department S1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969
Dixon of Dock Green1955
Sunday Night Theatre1950
Hancock's Half Hour1956
Interpol Calling1959
The Larkins1958
New Scotland Yard1972
Armchair Theatre1956
Cold Comfort Farm1968
Rogues' Gallery1968
The Jazz Age1968
Mickey Dunne1967
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder1969
Kelly Monteith1979
Reluctant Bandit1965
Sailor of Fortune1957
The Cheaters1960
Strange Experiences1955

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About this person

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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1997 · aged 79
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7 languages

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