Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), as well as for his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983).
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- Born:
- Nov 4, 1919 In Bronx, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 155
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Winged Victory 1944-12-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie Legend of the Spirit Dog 1997-08-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Legend of the Spirit Dog | Gramps | 1997-08-19 |
| Movie | O. Henry's Christmas | Unknown | 1996-06-03 |
| Movie | Unknown Soldier | Priest | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | The Silence of the Hams | Det. Martin Balsam | 1994-03-11 |
| Movie | La Classe américaine | Callaghan (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
| Movie | 24 Hour Psycho | Milton Arbogast (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | The Sands of Time | Father Sorendo | 1992-11-23 |
| Movie | Cape Fear | Judge | 1991-11-13 |
| Movie | Two Evil Eyes | Mr. Pym | 1990-01-25 |
| Movie | The Last Match | Lawyer | 1990-02-01 |
| Series | Oceano | Don Matias Quintero | 1989-08-20 |
| Movie | The Child Saver | Sidney Rosenberg | 1988-01-18 |
| Movie | The Brother from Space | Frather Howard | 1988-01-01 |
| Series | Midnight Caller | Gil Solarski | 1988-10-25 |
| Movie | Queenie | Marty | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | Brothers in Blood | Unknown | 1987-05-12 |
| Movie | P.I. Private Investigations | Cliff Dowling | 1987-06-05 |
| Movie | Kids Like These | Grandpa | 1987-11-08 |
| Movie | Second Serve | Dr. Beck | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | The Delta Force | Ben Kaplan | 1986-02-14 |
| Series | Space | Senator Glancey | 1985-04-14 |
| Movie | Death Wish 3 | Bennett Cross | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish | 1985-06-28 |
| Movie | Murder in Space | Alexander Rostov | 1985-07-28 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Donald Knowles | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | The Goodbye People | Max Silverman | 1984-09-11 |
| Series | The Octopus | Frank Carrisi | 1984-03-11 |
| Movie | Innocent Prey | Sheriff Virgil Baker | 1984-12-12 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Edgar Carmody | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | I Want to Live | Jack Brady | 1983-05-09 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Series | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nathan Burkan | 1982-10-24 |
| Movie | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nathan Burkan | 1982-10-24 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Captain Steffanelli | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | People vs. Jean Harris | Joel Aurnou | 1981-05-07 |
| Movie | The Love Tapes | David Franklin | 1980-05-09 |
| Movie | There Goes The Bride | Elmer Babcock | 1980-07-07 |
| Movie | The Warning | Questore Martorana | 1980-08-15 |
| Movie | The Seeding of Sarah Burns | Dr. Samuel Melman | 1979-04-07 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | Gardenia | Salluzzo | 1979-05-05 |
| Movie | The House on Garibaldi Street | Isser Harel | 1979-05-28 |
| Movie | Cuba | Gen. Bello | 1979-12-21 |
| Movie | Aunt Mary | Harry Strasberg | 1979-12-05 |
| Series | Archie Bunker's Place | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | Eyes Behind the Stars | Inspector Jim Grant | 1978-02-21 |
| Movie | Blood and Diamonds | Rizzo | 1978-03-17 |
| Movie | Rainbow | Louis B. Mayer | 1978-11-06 |
| Movie | Siege | Henry Fancher | 1978-04-26 |
| Movie | The Millionaire | Arthur Haines | 1978-12-19 |
| Movie | The Sentinel | Prof. Ruzinsky | 1977-01-07 |
| Movie | Silver Bears | Joe Fiore | 1977-06-03 |
| Movie | Contract on Cherry Street | Ernie Weinberg | 1977-11-19 |
| Movie | The Storyteller | Ira Davidoff | 1977-12-05 |
| Movie | All the President's Men | Howard Simons | 1976-04-09 |
| Series | Quincy, M.E. | Hyam Zgierski | 1976-10-03 |
| Movie | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Edward J. Reilly | 1976-02-26 |
| Movie | Two-Minute Warning | Sam McKeever | 1976-11-12 |
| Movie | Meet Him and Die | Giulianelli | 1976-10-08 |
| Movie | Raid on Entebbe | Daniel Cooper | 1976-12-26 |
| Movie | Death Rage | Commissario | 1976-10-22 |
| Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Carlo Goja | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | Cry, Onion! | Petrus Lamb | 1975-08-25 |
| Movie | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | Ben Montgomery | 1975-01-08 |
| Movie | Mitchell | James Arthur Cummings | 1975-09-10 |
| Movie | Season For Assassins | Commissioner Katroni | 1975-12-27 |
| Series | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells | 1974-01-18 |
| Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Green | 1974-10-02 |
| Movie | Trapped Beneath the Sea | T.C. Hollister | 1974-10-22 |
| Movie | Murder on the Orient Express | Signor Bianchi | 1974-11-22 |
| Movie | La colonna infame | Unknown | 1973-04-19 |
| Movie | The Stone Killer | Al Vescari | 1973-08-08 |
| Movie | A Brand New Life | Jim Douglas | 1973-02-20 |
| Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells | 1973-03-07 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | Counselor at Crime | Don Antonio Macaluso | 1973-08-30 |
| Series | Kojak | Ray Kaufman | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Harry Walden | 1973-10-21 |
| Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) | 1973-10-20 |
| Movie | Chronicle of a Homicide | Giudice Aldo Sola | 1972-02-04 |
| Movie | The Hassled Hooker | District Attorney Turrisi | 1972-04-07 |
| Movie | Night of Terror | Capt. Caleb Sark | 1972-10-10 |
| Movie | The Man | Jim Talley | 1972-07-19 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Police Captain | Commissario Bonavia | 1971-03-26 |
| Series | Great Performances | Jack | 1971-01-28 |
| Movie | The Anderson Tapes | Haskins | 1971-06-17 |
| Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | Catch-22 | Col. Cathcart | 1970-06-24 |
| Movie | Hunters Are for Killing | Wade Hamilton | 1970-03-12 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Stanley Pulska | 1970-10-13 |
| Movie | The Enemy Before Us | Angie | 1970-10-16 |
| Movie | Little Big Man | Mr. Merriweather | 1970-12-23 |
| Movie | Trilogy | Ivor Belli | 1969-06-08 |
| Movie | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mayor Wilker | 1969-10-10 |
| Movie | Me, Natalie | Uncle Harold | 1969-07-13 |
| Movie | Around the World of Mike Todd | Michael Todd (voice) | 1968-09-08 |
| Series | The Name of the Game | Herb Witmer | 1968-09-20 |
| Movie | Hombre | Henry Mendez | 1967-03-21 |
| Movie | After the Fox | Harry | 1966-09-08 |
| Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
| Movie | The Bedford Incident | Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. | 1965-10-11 |
| Movie | Harlow | Everett Redman | 1965-06-23 |
| Movie | A Thousand Clowns | Arnold | 1965-12-13 |
| Movie | Seven Days in May | Paul Girard | 1964-02-01 |
| Movie | The Carpetbaggers | Bernard B. Norman | 1964-04-08 |
| Series | 12 O'Clock High | Army Doctor (uncredited) | 1964-09-18 |
| Series | Arrest and Trial | Leo Valera | 1963-09-15 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Andrew Newmark | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Sanford Kaufman | 1963-12-25 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Dave Breslaw | 1963-10-04 |
| Series | The Eleventh Hour | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
| Movie | Cape Fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton | 1962-04-12 |
| Movie | Conquered City | Joseph Feinberg | 1962-12-05 |
| Series | The Defenders | District Attorney | 1961-09-16 |
| Movie | Ada | Steve Jackson | 1961-08-25 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Jack Garsell | 1961-09-19 |
| Series | The New Breed | Frank Eberhardt | 1961-10-03 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | Breakfast at Tiffany's | O.J. Berman | 1961-10-06 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Movie | Psycho | Private Det. Milton Arbogast | 1960-06-22 |
| Movie | Everybody Go Home! | Sergente Quintino Fornaciari | 1960-10-27 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Rawhide | Father Fabian | 1959-01-09 |
| Movie | Al Capone | Mac Keeley, reporter | 1959-03-25 |
| Movie | Middle of the Night | Jack | 1959-05-20 |
| Movie | Winterset | Garth | 1959-10-26 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Danny Weiss | 1959-10-02 |
| Movie | Marjorie Morningstar | Dr. David Harris | 1958-04-24 |
| Movie | Bomber's Moon | Captain Joe Reardon | 1958-08-07 |
| Series | Naked City | Captain Russel Barris | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
| Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Francis Toohey | 1957-02-25 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 1 | 1957-04-10 |
| Series | Decoy | Nick Santos | 1957-10-14 |
| Movie | Time Limit | Sgt. Baker | 1957-10-23 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1956-04-01 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sam Butler | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Charlie Malick | 1955-10-02 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Leonard Thompson | 1955-10-02 |
| Series | Inner Sanctum | Unknown | 1954-01-09 |
| Movie | On the Waterfront | Gillette (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
| Series | The Greatest Gift | Unknown | 1954-08-30 |
| Series | Valiant Lady | Unknown | 1953-10-12 |
| Movie | The Living Bible | Townsman | 1952-01-01 |
| Series | The Living Christ | Townsman | 1951-01-07 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Strasberg | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Concerning a Woman of Sin | Unknown | 1949-03-24 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948-06-20 |
| Series | Actors Studio | soldier | 1948-09-26 |
| Series | Studio One | Francis Toohey | 1948-11-07 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Charlie Malick | 1948-10-03 |
| Movie | Winged Victory | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |