Michael Balfour

Michael Balfour

Nacimiento : 1918-02-11, Dover, Kent, England, UK

Muerte : 1997-10-24

Perfil

Michael Balfour

Películas

Revenge of Billy the Kid
Gyles MacDonald
The horny farmer McDonald has his wicked way with a goat. Life returns to normal for the family, until the goat gives birth! The mutant off spring, called Billy, is tormented by the Farmer's sons, only the daughter feels any pity for him. It isn't long before Billy, who keeps growing bigger, plans revenge..
Los Krays
Referee
Narra la vida de dos gemelos, Ronald y Reginald Kray, nacidos en Londres en 1943, que con el uso desmedido de la violencia y las amenazas, llegan a convertirse en los gángsters más importantes del suburbio en el que se criaron.
Batman
Scientist
Atormentado por haber visto morir a sus padres delante suyo, Bruce Wayne se enfunda cada noche en el traje de Batman, adopta la terrorífica forma de un murciélago y surca los tejados de Gotham City combatiendo el crimen y manteniendo a raya la corrupción de su ciudad. Pero esta vez Batman tendrá que enfrentarse a su más terrible enemigo, El Joker, que pretende someter a toda la ciudad bajo los deseos de su mente perturbada.
El pacto de Berlín
Hard Hat
El arquitecto neoyorquino Noel Holcroft (Michael Caine) recibe una inesperada herencia de su padre, un antiguo nazi: 40.000 millones de dólares, desviados de los fondos del III Reich, que deben ser destinados a ayudar a los supervivientes del Holocausto. Al intentar averiguar más sobre la misteriosa herencia, descubre que está en marcha una amenazadora operación cuyo objetivo es fundar el IV Reich. Holcroft hará lo posible por desbaratarla
El estrafalario prisionero de Zenda
El cuento clásico de Anthony Hope desde un punto de vista nada tradicional con la interpretación de Peter Sellers. Como en la historia original, el nuevo rey Rodolfo de Ruritania teme por su vida, y es sustituido por un doble: un taxista de Londres. Rubias encantadoras, traiciones, una batalla por la vida y el honor, y el placer de disfrutar la vida de la forma más extravagante.
El secreto del castillo
Mr. McCress
El castillo esconde un tesoro y Harry Bundage lo quiere. Pero necesita conseguir una cómplice (Casey Brown) que se haga pasar por la nieta de la heredera, desaparecida tiempo atrás. Ambos intentarán engañarlos a todos y quedarse con el tesoro. Usurpadora involuntaria, Casey debe encontrar los indicios que lleven al tesoro, cuidando de no despertar las sospechas de los otros habitantes del castillo, los huérfanos acogidos por Lady St. Edmund y su mayordomo, Priory.
The Stick Up
Sam
Duke Turnbeau (David Soul) has come to England, in the 1930s, as a way to improve his fortunes. For some reason, he believes that his larcenous ways will bring him prosperity in the country which at one time or another has had rulership over a large portion of the globe. While there, he meets Rosie McCratchit (Pamela McMyler), a lovely Irish gal who could do with some improvement in her fortunes as well. Together, they have a series of legal, quasi-legal and definitely illegal adventures, including Duke's cow-roping and Rosie's response to the mud-wrestling challenge of the Amazon Lady, as well as an attempted armored-car robbery.
The Copter Kids
Helicopter pilots help children to track down cattle rustlers.
Los cuentos de Canterbury
The Carpenter
Un grupo de peregrinos que van a Canterbury se entretienen narrando cuentos: el joven Nicola conquista a la mujer de un rico leñador aprovechando su superstición; dos estudiantes se vengan de un molinero que roba harina a sus clientes; el inocente Perkin es expulsado de su pueblo y acaba arruinado; una insaciable viuda de Bath destruye con su fogosidad a sus maridos para heredar sus bienes; un rico y anciano solterón decide casarse con la jovencísima Maggio, que lo traiciona con un hermoso joven. Mientras tanto, un escribiente toma nota de los sucesos, analizando con humor e ironía las debilidades humanas.
All Coppers Are...
Heart Attack Victim (uncredited)
A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
Macbeth: un hombre frente al rey
First Murderer
Escocia, siglo XI. Impulsado por la retorcida profecía de tres brujas y la despiadada ambición de su esposa, el señor de la guerra Macbeth, audaz y valiente, pero también débil y dubitativo, traiciona a su buen rey y a sus hermanos de armas y se hunde en el lodo sangriento de un camino sin retorno, sembrado de crimen y sospecha.
La vida privada de Sherlock Holmes
Cabby
Sherlock Holmes y el doctor Watson parten hacia Escocia para investigar la desaparición del marido de una bella mujer. Una vez allí, descubren que en el caso está involucrada una sociedad que pertenece al Servicio Secreto de su Majestad. Pero, antes de que pueda aplicar sus extraordinarias dotes de deducción para resolver el asunto, Holmes comete un error que, además de arruinar su reputación, podría también poner en peligro la seguridad de Gran Bretaña.
Man of Violence
Cafe Owner
Moon (Michael Latimer) is a mercenary who joins forces with two crooked cops in an attempt to steal 90 million dollars in gold from an Arab country decimated by political chaos. Sex, violence and mayhem accompany the group of double-crossing heavies who covet the purloined loot. A bevy of females willingly submit to seduction, and a sadistic homosexual murderer trails Moon and his malevolent gang for the gold in this compelling crime drama.
Los libertinos
Detective
Adaptación de un best seller de Harold Robbins ambientado en un imaginario país sudamericano en el que tiene lugar una revolución. Considerables dosis de sexo y violencia para un filme que obtuvo críticas bastante negativas.
El ataúd (La caja oblonga)
Ruddock
El aristócrata Julian Markham mantiene a su hermano desfigurado, Sir Edward, encerrado en una torre de su casa. De vez en cuando Sir Edward escapa y causa estragos en la ciudad...
Hoverbug
Mr. Gutteridge
The young inventors Dick and Jenny Brewster, build their own 'Hoverbug' and hope to win the race which has been organised for home-made Hovercraft, but their arch rivals, Charlie and Sydney, bend the rules by enlisting professional help and by employing devious means to sabotage the Hoverbug.
Fahrenheit 451
Book Person: Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (uncredited)
En el futuro, el gobierno mantiene el control de la opinión pública proscribiendo la literatura y manteniendo un grupo de ejecutores, conocidos como «bomberos», para realizar las necesarias quemas de libros. El bombero Montag comienza a cuestionar la moralidad de su vocación…
El magnífico bribón
Poker Player
Barney Lincoln es un intrépido jugador que obtiene sensacionales victorias en póquer y "chemin de fer" porque ha conseguido marcar las planchas de la fábrica de Ginebra donde se imprimen las cartas de todas las salas de juego de Europa. Cuando Barney se sienta a la mesa principal del casino, aparece Angela, a quien conoció en Londres, y resulta ser la hija de un inspector de Scotland Yard, 'Manny' McGinnis, que busca un hombre para un trabajo delicado: el inspector solicita la ayuda de Barney para jugar al póquer con un turbio personaje londinense, a quien Scotland Yard quiere llevar a la ruina financiera.
Press for Time
Sewerman
Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible job". A few favours are called in and Norman becomes the newest reporter at the seaside town of Tinmouth. After causing chaos at a local council meeting and causing the demolition of a new house he tries to organise a beauty pageant. A slapstick tale of corruption in high and low places
Strangler's Web
John Vichelski
What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of an aging one time showgirl on Hampstead Heath by her lover is complicated by several factors, including a far more respectable paramour, and her insistence that a great inheritance was due her that nobody can verify.
Echo of Diana
Newsagent
When a woman begins to investigate her husband's mysterious death in a plane accident she discovers the involvement of a woman known simply as Diana.
A volante y a lo loco
Bandit
Murdoch Troon es un sencillo funcionario que está locamente enamorado de Claire, hija de un prestigioso millonario. Con la intención de impresionar al padre de su querida, Murdoch aprenderá a conducir un antiguo coche deportivo.
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
Bert
The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.
Pit of Darkness
Fisher
When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Then he discovers that the private detective, hired by his wife, has been found murdered, and a safe that his firm installed in a large country house, has been cleverly opened, and the contents are missing. So with the help of his wife, he sets out to uncover the truth.
Too Hot to Handle
Tourist Guide
En el Soho de Londres, Johnny Solo regenta el Pink Flamingo Club. No se deja intimidar fácilmente, así que cuando comienza a recibir amenazas y ofertas de protección, las rechaza. Detrás de la trama está Diamonds Dielli, un competidor. Midnight Franklin, su novia y estrella del club, trata de convencerlo para que abandone el negocio.
¡Hundid el Bismarck!
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Basada en una historia real, reLata una de las más famosas batallas navales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En la primavera de 1941, el Bismarck, el acorazado más temible de la armada alemana, considerado el azote de la flota del Atlántico, permanece anclado en la costa noruega. Buscando el camino hacia la libertad y seguridad proporcionada por la Luftwaffe, el acorazado es perseguido por la Marina Real Británica.
La Carne y el Demonio
Drunken Sailor
El doctor Robert Knox imparte clases de anatomía a jóvenes estudiantes en la Academia que lleva su nombre. Al concluir una de sus clases, el prestigioso Knox recibe la visita de su prima, mientras horas más tarde se cita a altas horas de la madrugada con Billy Burke y William Hare, un par de siniestros personajes del pueblo que proveen al veterano profesor de cadáveres recientes para sus prácticas. El modus operandi de Burke y Hare resulta siempre el mismo en sus inicios: el asesinato de viejos sin recursos económicos perpetrados cerca o dentro de la casa del primero, provista de habitaciones para huéspedes, que regenta junto a su esposa. Pero el perfil de las víctimas cambia cuando Hare intenta violar a Mary Patterson, la díscola y alcohólica prometida de Christopher Jackson, uno de sus alumnos menos brillantes de la clase de anatomía cuyas clases dirige Knox.
Monstruo sin rostro
Sgt. Kasper
Un capitán en una base aérea del Canadá debe investigar una serie de desapariciones. Las sospechas recaen en un científico que ha estado realizando experimentos en el campo de la telequinesis.
The Big Money
'Wilberforce'
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
The Steel Bayonet
Pte. Thomas
Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post, reporting on enemy movements before the imminent offensive to liberate Tunis. However German infantrymen discover their operations. The ensuing battle for control of this small piece of land will decide who controls Tunis but more critically, the victors in the battle of democracy versus fascism.
Light Fingers
The Major
Humphrey assigns a "watchdog" to keep an eye on his wife Rose, whom he thinks is a thief. She isn't - but the watchdog is.
Quatermass 2
Harry
El profesor Quatermass descubre por casualidad, investigando un área de mucha actividad de meteoritos, una instalación gubernamental secreta rodeada de fuertes medidas de seguridad. Aparentemente el misterioso complejo se dedica a la fabricación de comida sintética, pero Quatermass llega a la terrible conclusión de que los extraterrestres están invadiendo la Tierra usando esta instalación como tapadera. Para salvar al país y al mundo entero de los invasores, Quatermass deberá enfrentarse a peligros terribles con un final incierto.
Breakaway
Barney
When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to England. His girlfriend Paula is kidnapped but her handbag is discovered at the scene of the crime by the aristocratic private eye, Duke Martin. Inside it he discovers the secret formula that the agents are searching for and tracks down her sister Paula. As Johnny grows frantic for the safe return of his girlfriend, Duke Martin plays a deadly game of double bluff with the enemy agents.
Secret Venture
Stevens
An American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries seem determined to get.
The Reluctant Bride
Boxer
A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parents, both famous explorers, are reported lost while on an African safari.
Barbados Quest
Barney Wilson
Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stamp called the Barbados Overplate. Someone is willing to commit murder to get his or her hands on the stamp, which puts a crimp in Duke's efforts to romance every beautiful woman he meets.
The Delavine Affair
Sammy
Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds himself framed for murder.
It's a Great Day
Charlie Mead's Mate
Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.
Devil's Point
Bennett, short henchman
A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.
Delayed Action
Honey
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
Meet Mr. Callaghan
Coffee Stallkeeper
A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Dray
During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives awaiting the rescue they hope will come. The film's title reflects the motto of the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, one of whose high speed launches battles against its own mechanical problems, enemy action, time and the weather to locate and rescue the downed crew and the vital secret papers they carry.
Impulse
uncredited
An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Three Steps to the Gallows
Carter, boxing fan
A U.S. sailor (Scott Brady) docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.
Black 13
Joe
The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.
Albert R.N.
Hank
Historia basada en hechos reales. En 1944, tras el fracaso de varios intentos de fuga en un campo alemán de prisioneros de guerra, un grupo de oficiales empieza a sospechar que entre ellos hay un traidor. El teniente Ainsworth, un artista en la vida civil, hace un maniquí llamado Albert para engañar a los guardias alemanes que pasan lista a los presos cuando vuelven de las duchas que están situadas fuera del campo.
Park Plaza 605
Ted Birston
Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
Sesenta segundos de vida
American Sergeant
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un grupo de paracaidistas del bando aliado participa en peligrosas misiones contra el enemigo.
Recoil
Parkes
A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.
Johnny on the Run
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.
Genoveva
Trumpeter (Uncredited)
Alan McKim, un joven abogado, decide participar en el Rally Anual de coches antiguos de Londres a Brighton con su Darraq de 1904 llamado Genoveva. Wendy, su esposa, opina que la carrera es una tontería y un símbolo de inmadurez. Ambrose Claverhouse, amigo del joven matrimonio, decide competir con Alan en el Rally: Rosalind Peters, antigua novia de Ambrose, será su acompañante. Una carrera llena de tropiezos y sorpresas está a punto de empezar...
The Steel Key
'The Mae McCleod' Captain
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
Love in Pawn
Alaric
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation. Eventually, the husband arrives back at the houseboat just in time to prevent the wife from leaving him.
Top Secret
Jersey Sailor
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...
Venetian Bird
Moretto
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his local contact. In his quest to clear his name, Mercer uncovers a conspiracy. Even the local magistrate seems to be working against him, and Mercer begins to suspect the man he came to find is behind it all.
13 East Street
Joey Long
When police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a thorough job of it. First, he robs a jewelry store, gets caught and is sentenced to prison. Then he teams up with gang-member Joey to make their escape. Once in the gang, Blake identifies the boss, Larry, and most of the other thieves, but not the "inside man." As a big fur job looms closer, the detective's task is complicated by the playful but seductive advances of Judy, a dazzling blonde who happens also to be the jealous Larry's girl friend.
A Case For P.C. 49
Chubby Price
A model’s scheme to murder a millionaire with the intention of inheriting his fortune is uncovered by a police constable.
The Quiet Woman
Lefty Brown
The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she discovers the previous owner had allowed local smugglers to use it as a base. She soon has become romantically involved with one of the smugglers, which causes enormous problems when a customs officer turns up, followed closely by her former husband.
Cage of Gold
American Soldier (uncredited)
A young woman, Judith Moray, deserts her prospective fiance, the nice doctor Alan Kearn, for an old flame, the dashing but roguish former wing commander Bill Glennan. Glennan makes her pregnant and marries her, but leaves her on the morning after the wedding when he learns that her father can't offer him financial support. Two years later she - having been told that Glennan is dead - has married Kearn and borne him a son. But then Glennan suddenly reappears and begins to blackmail her.
Her Favourite Husband
Pete
While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.
Help Yourself
Charlie
Joe the Burglar explains how he goes about his job for the benefit of the audience, providing a lesson in how to avoid being broken into.
La novia era él
Male Billet Sergeant (uncredited)
Un capitán de los servicios de contraespionaje francés se ve obligado a disfrazarse de mujer para convertirse en la esposa de un teniente americano.
Obsession
American Sailor Promoting Book
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Don't Ever Leave Me
Jim Kennedy
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
Melody Club
Max
Customers at the Melody Club are burgled while attending the the club. A detective investigates.
Stop Press Girl
Crook (uncredited)
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.
Helter Skelter
Barman
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
The Small Voice
Frankie
A man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they have picked up some dangerous criminals.
El enemigo de las mujeres
Reporter (uncredited)
Ligera comedia amorosa en la que un playboy que vive en una zona vacacional presume de que no hay mujer que se le pueda resistir. Sin embargo, su ego cae por los suelos cuando conoce a una actriz que está por la zona de incógnito, y que no parece hacerle demasiado caso. Ante tamaña afrenta, el hombre decide seducirla a cualquier precio... incluido el matrimonio.
Coche cama a Trieste
Spiegel
Un lujoso tren que viaja hacia Trieste es el escenario de este entretenido film de espionaje, en el que se tratará de dar con aquellos que robaron unos importantes documentos a un político durante una recepción de una embajada francesa.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Barney
Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the bridegroom. More mayhem ensues as the three kidnappers soon end up dead.
Just William's Luck
Tonks
Comic adventures of an 11-year-old boy and his neighborhood pals.
Design for Loving
Bernie
Design for Loving is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring June Thorburn, Pete Murray and Soraya Rafat. Its plot concerns a beatnik who becomes a top fashion model. It is also known by the alternative title Fashion for Loving.