Michael Balfour
Feb 11, 1918 — Oct 24, 1997 (79 years)
Dover, Kent, England, UK
82 Movies
19 Series
Born in Dover, Kent, England, UK, Michael Balfour is an actor. Their performance in Batman as Scientist remains one of the most memorable of their filmography. Their work further includes The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and Macbeth. They have 82 films and 19 TV productions to their name, working mainly across genres like drama, crime, horror.
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82Movies
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Michael Balfour
82 Movies
19 Series
Born in Dover, Kent, England, UK, Michael Balfour is an actor. Their performance in Batman as Scientist remains one of the most memorable of their filmography. Their work further includes The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and Macbeth. They have 82 films and 19 TV productions to their name, working mainly across genres like drama, crime, horror.
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82
Movies
19
Series
Movies
Batman
1989
Venetian Bird
1952
Barbados Quest
1955
Fahrenheit 451
1966
Kaleidoscope
1966
Helter Skelter
1949
The Adventurers
1970
Too Hot to Handle
1960
The Canterbury Tales
1972
The Holcroft Covenant
1985
Moulin Rouge
1952
Macbeth
1971
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
Obsession
1949
The Oblong Box
1969
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
One Good Turn
1955
Quatermass 2
1957
Look Back in Anger
1959
The Delavine Affair
1955
Prelude to Fame
1950
Carry On Constable
1960
I Was a Male War Bride
1949
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954
Candleshoe
1977
The Fast Lady
1962
Strangler's Web
1965
Fiend Without a Face
1958
The Krays
1990
The Red Beret
1953
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
The Small Voice
1948
The Steel Bayonet
1958
Just William's Luck
1947
Melody Club
1949
A Stitch in Time
1963
River Beat
1954
Press for Time
1966
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
The Rescue Squad
1963
Joseph Andrews
1977
Genevieve
1953
The Reluctant Bride
1955
Her Favourite Husband
1950
The Steel Key
1953
Surprise Package
1960
The Diamond Wizard
1954
Woman Hater
1948
Echo of Diana
1963
TV Shows
Sailor of Fortune
1957
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
New Scotland Yard
1972
Interpol Calling
1959
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The Larkins
1958
The Prisoner
1967
The Persuaders!
1971
Department S
1969
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
1969
Danger Man
1960
The Cheaters
1960
Armchair Theatre
1956
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
The Avengers
1961
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Strange Experiences
1955
Mickey Dunne
1967
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Gyles MacDonald
1992
Film
The Krays
Referee
1990
Film
Batman
Scientist
1989
Film
The Holcroft Covenant
Hard Hat
1985
Film
Dempsey and Makepeace
Jim Kelly
1985
TV
Candleshoe
Mr. McCress
1977
Film
The Stick Up
Sam
1977
Film
Joseph Andrews
Ruffian
1977
Film
The Canterbury Tales
The Carpenter
1972
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Michael Balfour still alive?
Michael Balfour passed away on October 24, 1997 at age 79.
What are the most famous roles of Michael Balfour?
Michael Balfour is best known for roles in Batman, Fahrenheit 451, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
How many movies has Michael Balfour been in?
Over a 50-year career (since 1947), Michael Balfour has appeared in 96 movies and 28 TV shows.
What was Michael Balfour's first movie?
The career of Michael Balfour began with Just William's Luck (1947).
What is Michael Balfour's most recent movie or series?
Michael Balfour's most recent release is Revenge of Billy the Kid, which premiered on January 1, 1992.
What TV shows has Michael Balfour appeared in?
On television, Michael Balfour has appeared in The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Persuaders!, Dempsey and Makepeace.
Michael Balfour
1918-02-11 · Dover, Kent, England, UK
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 Burton, John Frankenheimer, François Truffaut, John Gilling, Stanley Donen, Ken Annakin, Cavalcanti, Lance Comfort, Terence Young, Gerald Thomas, Pasolini, John Paddy Carstairs, Terence Fisher, Val Guest, Frank Launder, John Huston, Basil Dearden and Howard Hawks.
Balfour had parts in many popular TV shows of the era including Educated Evans, Mess Mates, Danger Man, The Avengers, Hancock's Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Rogue's Gallery, Z-Cars, The Onedin Line, and the detective drama The Vise, playing Saber's assistant Barney O'Keefe.
Balfour was also known as the passenger in a Jaguar XK120 car driven by actor Bonar Colleano when it crashed, killing Colleano. Balfour's injuries required him to have 98 stitches, but he was released from hospital in time to attend Colleano's funeral.
As his screen career began to slow down in the late 1970s, Michael Balfour went on tour with European circuses, as a clown. He founded Circus Hazzard, and created his own clown character. His son later became a circus manager.
As well as performing, Balfour was a dedicated painter and sculptor, and in later years turned increasingly to sculpture and the arts, even running his own gallery for a while. For his subjects, he frequently drew on his own family career as a circus clown