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 otherwi… Read more
Known for Batman 1989 Fahrenheit 451 1966 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970 Macbeth 1971 Series ★ 7.8 Steptoe and Son 1962
Charlie Miller Series ★ 7.8 The Avengers 1961
Tom Series ★ 7.7 The Persuaders! 1971
Donkey Cart Driver Series ★ 7.7 The Prisoner 1967
Will ★ 7.3 A Stitch in Time 1963
Workman with Mallet (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 Danger Man 1960
Gaston ★ 7.2 Batman 1989
Scientist ★ 7.1 Macbeth 1971
First Murderer ★ 7.1 Fahrenheit 451 1966
Book Person: Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Candleshoe 1977
Mr. McCress ★ 6.9 I Was a Male War Bride 1949
Male Billet Sergeant (uncredited) Series ★ 6.8 Dempsey and Makepeace 1985
Jim Kelly ★ 6.8 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970
Cabby ★ 6.8 Sink the Bismarck! 1960
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Obsession 1949
American Sailor Promoting Book ★ 6.7 Look Back in Anger 1959
Picky Shopper (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Genevieve 1953
Trumpeter (Uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Flesh and the Fiends 1960
Drunken Sailor ★ 6.6 Moulin Rouge 1952
Dodo (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Quatermass 2 1957
Harry ★ 6.3 Carry On Constable 1960
Matt ★ 6.1 The Canterbury Tales 1972
The Carpenter ★ 6.1 Fiend Without a Face 1958
Sgt. Kasper ★ 6.1 No Orchids for Miss Blandish 1948
Barney ★ 6 The Krays 1990
Referee ★ 5.8 The Oblong Box 1969
Ruddock ★ 5.8 The Fast Lady 1962
Bandit ★ 5.7 The Prisoner of Zenda 1979
★ 5.5 The Holcroft Covenant 1985
Hard Hat ★ 4.8 Too Hot to Handle 1960
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