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Michael Balfour is a distinguished researcher in applied theatre and performance, with a focus on diverse social contexts. His work spans prison theatre, refugee performance, and the impact of performance in sites of war. Balfour also explores the intersection of arts and health, conducting major studies on play-based approaches for individuals ...
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 ...
Michael Balfour possessed a chubby, lived-in face which seemed to convey a perpetual state of bewilderment. The ubiquitous character actor tended to pop up in just about every second 50's or 60's British B-movie or television episode, which usually found him typecast as obtuse cabbies, wisecracking sidekicks or dumb thugs.
Re: Michael Balfour, actor. « Reply #5 on: January 24, 2024, 09:54:33 am ». Michael Balfour came close to death nearly forty years before he died. He was the passenger in a Jaguar XK140 driven by the American actor, Bonar Colleone, which crashed soon after exiting the Birkenhead end of the Queensway Tunnel, under the Mersey, on 18 August 1958.
Michael Balfour's films include The Canterbury Tales, Macbeth, Look Back in Anger , The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Biography. British actor, painter, sculptor and clown, born in Kent, England, on February 11, 1918. He got married to actress Kathleen Stuart (1950-1972), and they had two children.
The Reluctant Bride. Holcroft Covenant. Just William's Luck. Quel Bandito Sono Io. The Monster of Highgate Ponds. Hoverbug. Delayed Action. Reach for the Sky. See Michael Balfour full list of ...
