Michael Balcon Net Worth is$8 Million Michael Balcon Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Michael Balcon started in films as a distributor, then a producer from the early 1920s, helping to launch the career of Alfred Hitchcock. In the 1930s, Balcon was prominent in building up a huge annual production programme of films for both Gainsborough and Gaumont-British. Head of MGM-British, 1936-38, then in charge of production at Ealing. ...
Date Of Birth May 19, 1896, Birmingham, United Kingdom Died October 17, 1977, Hartfield Place Of Birth Birmingham, England, UK Profession Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Production Manager Spouse Aileen Freda Leatherman (m. 1924–1977) Children Jill Balcon, Jonathan Balcon Star Sign Taurus
# Quote 1 I always look for people whose ideas coincide with mine, and then I'm ready to give them a chance to make a name for themselves. 2 We made films at Ealing that were good, bad and indifferent, but they were indisputably British. They were rooted in the soil of the country. 3 [1977, following publication of Charles Barr's "Ealing Studios"] A great many motives were attributed to why we made the films we did; all I can say is that we just enjoyed making films.
# Fact 1 In 1964 he took control of British Lion Films. 2 Formed Bryanston Films in 1959. 3 Brother of S.C. Balcon . 4 Co-founded, with Carlyle Blackwell , British production company Picadilly Pictures in 1926. 5 He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1948 King's New Year Honours List for his services to the film industry. 6 Chairman of the Experimental Film Fund, created in 1952, an organisation which went on to become part of the British Film Institute and supported the earliest works of directors such as Ridley Scott . 7 Director and Head of Production at Ealing Studios from 1937 to 1959. 8 Grandfather of Daniel Day-Lewis and Tamasin Day-Lewis . 9 Father of actress Jill Balcon , who was married to the poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis (aka Nicholas Blake , and Jonathan Balcon, a former Lloyd's broker. 10 Co-founder, along with Graham Cutts , of Gainsborough Pictures in 1924.
Producer Title Year Status Character Went the Day Well? 1942 producer The Goose Steps Out 1942 producer The Foreman Went to France 1942 producer The Next of Kin 1942 producer The Big Blockade 1942 producer Ships with Wings 1942 producer Black Sheep of Whitehall 1942 producer Find, Fix and Strike 1942 Documentary short producer Turned Out Nice Again 1941 producer The Ghost of St. Michael's 1941 producer All Hands 1940 Short producer Salvage with a Smile 1940 Short producer Three Cockeyed Sailors 1940 producer Spare a Copper 1940 producer Saloon Bar 1940 producer To Hell with Hitler 1940 producer Convoy 1940 producer Dangerous Comment 1940 Short producer The Proud Valley 1940 producer Return to Yesterday 1940 producer Now You're Talking 1940 Short producer Young Veteran 1940 Documentary short executive producer Young Man's Fancy 1939 producer Cheer Boys Cheer 1939 producer There Ain't No Justice 1939 producer The Secret Four 1939 producer Let's Be Famous 1939 producer Happy Families 1939 Documentary short producer Happy Family 1939 Short producer The Ware Case 1938 producer Climbing High 1938 producer - uncredited The Phantom Strikes 1938 producer A Yank at Oxford 1938 producer Sailing Along 1938 producer - uncredited Doctor Syn 1937 producer - uncredited Take My Tip 1937 producer - uncredited Jack of All Trades 1936 producer All In 1936 producer Sabotage 1936 producer - uncredited Windbag the Sailor 1936 producer The Man Who Lived Again 1936 producer - uncredited Everybody Dance 1936 producer Rhythm in the Air 1936 producer Where There's a Will 1936 producer Secret Agent 1936 producer - uncredited Nine Days a Queen 1936 producer - uncredited Pot Luck 1936 producer The First Offence 1936 producer Things Are Looking Up 1935 producer - uncredited King of the Damned 1935 producer Foreign Affaires 1935 producer First a Girl 1935 producer - uncredited Transatlantic Tunnel 1935 producer - uncredited Born for Glory 1935 producer Mister Hobo 1935 producer The Passing of the Third Floor Back 1935 producer - uncredited Alias Bulldog Drummond 1935 producer The Phantom Light 1935 producer - uncredited Stormy Weather 1935 producer - uncredited Me and Marlborough 1935 producer Boys Will Be Boys 1935 producer - uncredited The Clairvoyant 1935 producer - uncredited The 39 Steps 1935 producer - uncredited Oh, Daddy! 1935 producer - uncredited Car of Dreams 1935 producer Wild Boy 1934 producer - uncredited The Man Who Knew Too Much 1934 producer - uncredited The Iron Duke 1934 producer Road House 1934 producer Lady in Danger 1934 producer The Camels Are Coming 1934 producer Power 1934 producer A Song for You 1934 producer Along Came Sally 1934 producer - uncredited Strike! 1934 executive producer Orders Is Orders 1934 producer - uncredited A Cup of Kindness 1934 producer Chu Chin Chow 1934 producer Alexandra 1934 producer - uncredited Man of Aran 1934 Documentary producer Evergreen 1934 producer - uncredited Jack Ahoy 1934 producer Britannia of Billingsgate 1933 producer Turkey Time 1933 producer - uncredited The Constant Nymph 1933 producer Leave It to Smith 1933 producer - uncredited I Was a Spy 1933 producer The Ghoul 1933 producer It's a Boy 1933 producer - uncredited Sleeping Car 1933 producer - uncredited The Woman in Command 1933 producer - uncredited The Good Companions 1933 producer The Man from Toronto 1933 producer - uncredited Marry Me 1932 producer Midshipmaid Gob 1932 producer - uncredited After the Ball 1932 producer Rome Express 1932 producer - uncredited There Goes the Bride 1932 producer - uncredited Love on Wheels 1932 producer Night and Day 1932 producer Edgar Wallace's White Face the Fiend 1932 producer Faithful Hearts 1932 producer Criminal at Large 1932 producer Lord Babs 1932 producer Bull Rushes 1931 Short producer Hot Heir 1931 Short producer I Love a Lassie 1931 Short producer I Love to Be a Sailor 1931 Short producer She Is Ma Daisy 1931 Short producer Somebody's Waiting for Me 1931 Short producer The Saftest of the Family 1931 Short producer The Stronger Sex 1931 producer Tobermory 1931 Short producer Wee Hoose Among the Heather 1931 Short producer Who Killed Doc Robin? 1931 Short producer The Hound of the Baskervilles 1931 producer A Gentleman of Paris 1931 producer The Office Girl 1931 producer - uncredited Michael and Mary 1931 producer Dr. Josser, K.C. 1931 producer Bachelor's Folly 1931 producer Hindle Wakes 1931 producer The Ghost Train 1931 producer Roamin' in the Gloamin' 1931 Short producer The Man They Couldn't Arrest 1931 producer Night in Montmartre 1931 producer Nanny 1931 Short producer Aroma of the South Seas 1931 Short producer The Gaunt Stranger 1931 producer Third Time Lucky 1931 producer A Warm Corner 1930 producer Symphony in Two Flats 1930 producer Just for a Song 1930 producer Al Fresco 1930 Short producer Black and White 1930 Short producer Classic v Jazz 1930 Short producer Dusky Melodies 1930 Short producer Gypsy Land 1930 Short producer Toyland 1930 Short producer Ashes 1930 Short producer Billie Barnes 1930 Short producer Dick Henderson 1930 Short producer Elsie Percival and Ray Raymond 1930 Short producer Ena Reiss 1930 Short producer George Mozart in Domestic Troubles 1930 Short producer Hal Swain and His Sax-O-Five 1930 Short producer Lewis Hardcastle's Dusky Syncopaters 1930 Short producer Martini and His Band No. 1 1930 Short producer Martini and His Band No. 2 1930 Short producer Pete Mandell and His Rhythm Masters No. 1 1930 Short producer Pete Mandell and His Rhythm Masters No. 2 1930 Short producer The Blue Boys No. 1 1930 Short producer The Blue Boys No. 2 1930 Short producer The Volga Singers 1930 Short producer The Walsh Brothers 1930 Short producer Armistice 1929 Short producer Woman to Woman 1929 producer - uncredited City of Play 1929 producer Taxi for Two 1929 producer The Crooked Billet 1929 producer The Return of the Rat 1929 producer - uncredited A Light Woman 1928 producer The Lady of the Lake 1928 producer The First Born 1928 producer Balaclava 1928 producer The Rolling Road 1928 co-producer The Vortex 1928 producer Easy Virtue 1928 producer - uncredited The Constant Nymph 1928 producer One of the Best 1927 producer Der Geisterzug 1927 producer When Boys Leave Home 1927 producer - uncredited Forbidden Love 1927 producer Blighty 1927 producer The Lodger 1927 producer - uncredited The Cabaret Kid 1926 producer The Triumph of the Rat 1926 producer The Mountain Eagle 1926 producer Dangerous Virtue 1925 producer The Pleasure Garden 1925 producer A Typical Budget 1925 Short producer Battling Bruisers 1925 Short producer Cut It Out 1925 Short producer Tom Jones 1963 executive producer - uncredited So This Is Jollygood 1925 Short producer Jungle Fighters 1961 producer The Blunderland of Big Game 1925 Short producer The Scapegoat 1959 producer The Rat 1925 producer Four Desperate Men 1959 producer Die Prinzessin und der Geiger 1925 producer Nowhere to Go 1958 producer The Passionate Adventure 1924 producer Dunkirk 1958 producer White Shadows 1924 producer Davy 1958 producer Woman to Woman 1923 producer All at Sea 1957 producer The Shiralee 1957 producer Decision Against Time 1957 producer The Third Key 1956 producer The Gentle Touch 1956 producer Who Done It? 1956 executive producer - uncredited The Ladykillers 1955 producer Touch and Go 1955 producer PT Raiders 1955 producer The Night My Number Came Up 1955 producer Out of the Clouds 1955 executive producer - uncredited The Divided Heart 1954 producer Lease of Life 1954 producer The Rainbow Jacket 1954 producer West of Zanzibar 1954 producer High and Dry 1954 executive producer The Love Lottery 1954 executive producer Meet Mr. Lucifer 1953 executive producer - uncredited The Square Ring 1953 executive producer The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953 executive producer - uncredited The Cruel Sea 1953 executive producer - as A Michael Balcon production Crash of Silence 1952 producer Ivory Hunter 1951 producer The Man in the White Suit 1951 producer The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 producer Pool of London 1951 producer The Magnet 1950 producer Cage of Gold 1950 producer Bitter Springs 1950 producer Dance Hall 1950 producer The Blue Lamp 1950 producer A Run for Your Money 1949 producer Train of Events 1949 producer Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 producer Whisky Galore 1949 producer Passport to Pimlico 1949 producer Massacre Hill 1949 producer Another Shore 1948 producer Scott of the Antarctic 1948 producer Saraband 1948 producer Against the Wind 1948 producer It Always Rains on Sunday 1947 producer Frieda 1947 producer The Loves of Joanna Godden 1947 producer The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1947 producer Hue and Cry 1947 producer The Overlanders 1946 producer The Captive Heart 1946 producer Pink String and Sealing Wax 1945 producer Johnny Frenchman 1945 producer Dead of Night 1945 producer The Girl of the Canal 1945 producer The Return of the Vikings 1944 producer While Nero Fiddled 1944 producer Champagne Charlie 1944 producer The Halfway House 1944 producer For Those in Peril 1944 producer San Demetrio London 1943 producer My Learned Friend 1943 producer Underground Guerrillas 1943 producer The Bells Go Down 1943 producer Nine Men 1943 producer Did You Ever See a Dream Talking 1943 Short producer - uncredited Save Your Shillings and Smile 1943 Short producer - uncredited The Sky's the Limit 1943/II Short producer Go to Blazes 1942 Short producer
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character The Return of the Rat 1929 presenter Easy Virtue 1928 presenter When Boys Leave Home 1927 presenter The Lodger 1927 presenter
Production Manager Title Year Status Character Yellow Caesar 1941 Documentary short executive in charge of production
Self Title Year Status Character How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran 1978 Documentary Himself (uncredited) Tuesday's Documentary 1970 TV Series documentary Himself Film Profile 1961 TV Series Himself - Subject Contact 1957 TV Series Himself - Interviewee
Known for movies Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Dead of Night (1945)
$8 Million
