Michael Balfour
Acting
Born February 11, 1918 · Dover, Kent, England, UK
Biography
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, Le…
Known For · 40 titles
The Avengers
The Persuaders!
Sunday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Dixon of Dock Green
Danger Man
Dempsey and Makepeace
The Prisoner
Interpol Calling
New Scotland Yard
Batman
Hancock's Half Hour
Steptoe and Son
Department S
The Cheaters
The Larkins
Sailor of Fortune
Strange Experiences
The Jazz Age
Theatre '70
Sink the Bismarck!
The Canterbury Tales
Late Night Theatre
Kelly Monteith
Fahrenheit 451
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Armchair Theatre
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Macbeth
Mickey Dunne
The Krays
I Was a Male War Bride
Rogues' Gallery
Cold Comfort Farm
It's Not Me - It's Them!
The Holcroft Covenant
Venetian Bird
The Prisoner of Zenda
Escape
Kaleidoscope