Biography for
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Date of Birth

10 September 1937, London, England, UK

Date of Death

April 1980, (stomach cancer)

Nickname

The Abominable Showman

Height

6' 7" (2.01 m)

Mini Biography

A legendary figure in British film distribution of the Sixties and Seventies, Anthony Balch was renowned for buying up European art/exploitation films and giving them catchy new English titles ('Weird Weirdo', 'Don't Deliver Us From Evil'), as well as being responsible for the legendary sound version of Benjamin Christensen's silent documentary classic 'Witchcraft Through The Ages', where the intertitles were replaced with a commentary by his friend William S.Burroughs, with whom he started his film career with the shorts 'Towers Open Fire' and 'Cut Ups', both extensions of Burroughs' writing technique. His only two features were the surreal Burroughs-influenced 'Secret of Sex' (1969) and the comedy 'Horror Hospital' (1973).

IMDb Mini Biography By: !Michael Brooke

Trivia

Richard Gordon, producer of Balch's "Secrets of Sex," and interviewer Tom Weaver discuss Balch's life and career on the audio commentary track of the DVD of "Secrets of Sex" (sold under the title "Bizarre"; Synapse Films, 2005).

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