T. S. Balaiah
Acting
Tirunelveli S. Balaiah (August 22, 1914 – July 22, 1972) was a Tamil film actor best known for playing supporting roles in the Tamil film industry. He was introduced to the cine field by directorEllis R. Dungan in Sathi Leelavathi (1936), along with MGR, N.S.Krishnan and M.K. Radha. He was one of the very few actors who excelled as a villain, as well as in character roles and comic roles. Among his villain roles, Ambikapathy (1937), Madurai Veeran (1956), Hello Mr. Zamindar, andThiruvilayadal (1965) were classics. Balaiah also excelled in comedy roles in movies such asKavalai Illatha Manithan (1960), Kaadhalika Neramillai (1964), Bama Vijayam (1967) and Thillana Mohanambal (1968). Actor Sivaji Ganesan had once mentioned that Balaiah was his most admired actor.
Known for
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Vilaiyaattu Pillai
1970
Muthaiah's uncle
movieThillana Mohanambal
1968
Muthurakku
movieOoty Varai Uravu
1967
Vedachalam
movieBama Vijayam
1967
Ethiaraj
movieThiruvilayadal
1965
Hemanatha Bagavathar
moviePazhani
1965
Chokkalingam Pannaiyar
movieKadhalikka Neramillai
1964
Vishwanathan
movieArivaali
1963
Nallamuthu Naicker
Chitor Rani Padmini
1963
Alauddin Khalji
Thayilla Pillai
1961
Pathanjali Sasthri
movieEllam Unakkaga
1961
Venkatachalam
Paava Mannippu
1961
Manickam Pillai
movieParthiban Kanavu
1960
Marappa Bhupathi
movieKalathur Kannamma
1960
Ramalingam
Athisaya Thirudan
1958
Minister Neelakalakantam
Avan Amaran
1958
Lily's father
movieMadurai Veeran
1956
Narasappan
movieThookku Thookki
1954
Seth Namakharam
Anbu
1953
Thirumalai
movieOr Iravu
1951
Jagaveeran
movieChandrika
1950
Shankar
moviePrasanna
1950
Ayyappan
Meera
1945
Vikram
movieBurma Rani
1945
Ranjith Singh
Jagathalapratapan
1944
Gururakarman
movieAryamala
1941
Balarayan
movieUthama Puthiran
1940
Naganathan