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:
- 132
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Winged Victory 1944-12-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie O. Henry's Christmas 1996-06-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | O. Henry's Christmas | 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 | The Last Match | Lawyer | 1990-02-01 |
| Movie | Two Evil Eyes | Mr. Pym | 1990-01-25 |
| Movie | Innocent Prey | Sheriff Virgil Baker | 1989-06-15 |
| Movie | The Brother from Space | Frather Howard | 1988-01-01 |
| Series | Midnight Caller | Gil Solarski | 1988-10-25 |
| Movie | The Child Saver | Sidney Rosenberg | 1988-01-18 |
| Movie | Queenie | Marty | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | Brothers in Blood | Unknown | 1987-05-12 |
| Movie | Kids Like These | Grandpa | 1987-11-08 |
| Movie | P.I. Private Investigations | Cliff Dowling | 1987-06-05 |
| Movie | Second Serve | Dr. Beck | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | The Delta Force | Ben Kaplan | 1986-02-14 |
| Movie | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish | 1985-06-28 |
| Movie | Murder in Space | Alexander Rostov | 1985-07-28 |
| Series | Space | Senator Glancey | 1985-04-14 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Donald Knowles | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | Death Wish 3 | Bennett Cross | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | The Goodbye People | Max Silverman | 1984-09-11 |
| Series | The Octopus | Frank Carrisi | 1984-03-11 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Edgar Carmody | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | I Want to Live | Jack Brady | 1983-05-09 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nathan Burkan | 1982-10-24 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Captain Steffanelli | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | People vs. Jean Harris | Joel Aurnou | 1981-05-07 |
| Movie | The Warning | Questore Martorana | 1980-08-15 |
| Movie | The Love Tapes | David Franklin | 1980-05-09 |
| Movie | There Goes The Bride | Elmer Babcock | 1980-07-07 |
| Movie | Gardenia | Salluzzo | 1979-05-05 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | The House on Garibaldi Street | Isser Harel | 1979-05-28 |
| Movie | The Seeding of Sarah Burns | Dr. Samuel Melman | 1979-04-07 |
| Series | Archie Bunker's Place | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | Aunt Mary | Harry Strasberg | 1979-12-05 |
| Movie | Cuba | Gen. Bello | 1979-12-21 |
| 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 | The Storyteller | Ira Davidoff | 1977-12-05 |
| Movie | Contract on Cherry Street | Ernie Weinberg | 1977-11-19 |
| Movie | All the President's Men | Howard Simons | 1976-04-09 |
| Movie | Meet Him and Die | Giulianelli | 1976-10-08 |
| Movie | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Edward J. Reilly | 1976-02-26 |
| Movie | Death Rage | Commissario | 1976-10-22 |
| Movie | Raid on Entebbe | Daniel Cooper | 1976-12-26 |
| Movie | Two-Minute Warning | Sam McKeever | 1976-11-12 |
| Movie | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | Ben Montgomery | 1975-01-08 |
| Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Carlo Goja | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | Mitchell | James Arthur Cummings | 1975-09-10 |
| Movie | Cry, Onion! | Petrus Lamb | 1975-08-25 |
| 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 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | A Brand New Life | Jim Douglas | 1973-02-20 |
| Movie | The Stone Killer | Al Vescari | 1973-08-08 |
| Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells | 1973-03-07 |
| Movie | La colonna infame | 1973-04-19 | |
| Movie | Counselor at Crime | Don Antonio Macaluso | 1973-08-30 |
| Movie | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Harry Walden | 1973-10-21 |
| Series | Kojak | Ray Kaufman | 1973-10-24 |
| 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 | The Man | Jim Talley | 1972-07-19 |
| Movie | Night of Terror | Capt. Caleb Sark | 1972-10-10 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Police Captain | Commissario Bonavia | 1971-03-26 |
| Movie | The Anderson Tapes | Haskins | 1971-06-17 |
| Movie | Hunters Are for Killing | Wade Hamilton | 1970-03-12 |
| Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | Catch-22 | Col. Cathcart | 1970-06-24 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Stanley Pulska | 1970-10-13 |
| Movie | Little Big Man | Mr. Merriweather | 1970-12-23 |
| Movie | Trilogy | Ivor Belli | 1969-06-08 |
| Movie | Me, Natalie | Uncle Harold | 1969-07-13 |
| Movie | Around the World of Mike Todd | Michael Todd (voice) | 1968-09-08 |
| Movie | Hombre | Henry Mendez | 1967-03-21 |
| Movie | After the Fox | Harry | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Harlow | Everett Redman | 1965-06-23 |
| Movie | The Bedford Incident | Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. | 1965-10-11 |
| 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 | The Fugitive | Andrew Newmark | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Dave Breslaw | 1963-10-04 |
| Movie | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Sanford Kaufman | 1963-12-25 |
| Movie | Cape Fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton | 1962-04-12 |
| Series | The Eleventh Hour | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
| Movie | Conquered City | Joseph Feinberg | 1962-12-05 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Jack Garsell | 1961-09-19 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | Ada | Steve Jackson | 1961-08-25 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Series | The New Breed | Frank Eberhardt | 1961-10-03 |
| Movie | Psycho | Private Det. Milton Arbogast | 1960-06-22 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Movie | Everybody Go Home! | Sergente Quintino Fornaciari | 1960-10-27 |
| 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 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
| Series | Naked City | Captain Russel Barris | 1958-09-30 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 1 | 1957-04-10 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | Decoy | Nick Santos | 1957-10-14 |
| Movie | Time Limit | Sgt. Baker | 1957-10-23 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Leonard Thompson | 1955-10-02 |
| Movie | On the Waterfront | Gillette (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
| Movie | The Living Bible | Townsman | 1952-01-01 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Strasberg | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Concerning a Woman of Sin | 1949-03-24 | |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - live scenes from 'Middle of the Night' | 1948-06-20 |
| 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 |