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:
- 144
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Winged Victory 1944-12-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Time Element 2027
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Time Element | Dr. Arnold Gillespie | 2027 |
| Movie | All About 'The Birds' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-05-28 |
| 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 | 24 Hour Psycho | Milton Arbogast (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | La Classe américaine | Callaghan (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Child Saver | Sidney Rosenberg | 1988-01-18 |
| Series | Midnight Caller | Gil Solarski | 1988-10-25 |
| Movie | The Brother from Space | Frather Howard | 1988-06-21 |
| Movie | Queenie | Marty | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | Brothers in Blood | 1987-05-12 | |
| Movie | Kids Like These | Grandpa | 1987-11-08 |
| Movie | P.I. Private Investigations | Cliff Dowling | 1987-06-05 |
| Movie | Once Again | Gerald | 1987-12-01 |
| Movie | Second Serve | Dr. Beck | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | The Delta Force | Ben Kaplan | 1986-02-14 |
| Movie | Murder in Space | Alexander Rostov | 1985-07-28 |
| Series | Space | Senator Glancey | 1985-04-14 |
| Movie | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish | 1985-06-28 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") | 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 | Innocent Prey | Sheriff Virgil Baker | 1984-12-12 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Gardenia | Salluzzo | 1979-05-05 |
| Movie | The Seeding of Sarah Burns | Dr. Samuel Melman | 1979-04-07 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | The House on Garibaldi Street | Isser Harel | 1979-05-28 |
| Movie | All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman | Self | 1979-12-06 |
| 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 | Siege | Henry Fancher | 1978-04-26 |
| 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 | The Millionaire | Arthur Haines | 1978-12-19 |
| Movie | Silver Bears | Joe Fiore | 1977-06-03 |
| Movie | The Sentinel | Prof. Ruzinsky | 1977-01-07 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Edward J. Reilly | 1976-02-26 |
| Movie | Meet Him and Die | Giulianelli | 1976-10-08 |
| 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 | Smiling Maniacs | Carlo Goja | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | Ben Montgomery | 1975-01-08 |
| Movie | Death Among Friends | Ham Russell Buckner | 1975-05-20 |
| 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 | Murder on the Orient Express | Signor Bianchi | 1974-11-22 |
| Movie | Trapped Beneath the Sea | T.C. Hollister | 1974-10-22 |
| Movie | La colonna infame | 1973-04-19 | |
| 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 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Harry Walden | 1973-10-21 |
| Movie | Counselor at Crime | Don Antonio Macaluso | 1973-08-30 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Movie | The Anderson Tapes | Haskins | 1971-06-17 |
| Movie | Hunters Are for Killing | Wade Hamilton | 1970-03-12 |
| Movie | Catch-22 | Col. Cathcart | 1970-06-24 |
| Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | The Enemy Before Us | Angie | 1970-10-16 |
| 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 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mayor Wilker | 1969-10-10 |
| 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 | A Thousand Clowns | Arnold | 1965-12-13 |
| 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 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Albert Sully | 1964-09-22 |
| Series | 12 O'Clock High | Army Doctor (uncredited) | 1964-09-18 |
| 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 | Conquered City | Joseph Feinberg | 1962-12-05 |
| Movie | Cape Fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton | 1962-04-12 |
| Series | The Eleventh Hour | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
| Movie | Ada | Steve Jackson | 1961-08-25 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Jack Garsell | 1961-09-19 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | The New Breed | Frank Eberhardt | 1961-10-03 |
| Movie | Psycho | Milton Arbogast | 1960-06-22 |
| Movie | Everybody Go Home! | Sergente Quintino Fornaciari | 1960-10-27 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Movie | Middle of the Night | Jack Englander | 1959-05-20 |
| Movie | Al Capone | Mac Keeley, reporter | 1959-03-25 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Martin Lombard Senescu | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Arnold Justin | 1959-10-15 |
| Movie | Winterset | Garth | 1959-10-26 |
| Movie | Bomber's Moon | Captain Joe Reardon | 1958-08-07 |
| Movie | Marjorie Morningstar | Dr. David Harris | 1958-04-24 |
| Series | Naked City | Joseph Creeley | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
| Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Francis Toohey | 1957-02-25 |
| 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 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Marshal Jim Brock | 1957-09-14 |
| Movie | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Charlie Malick | 1955-10-02 |
| 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 | Unknown | 1949-03-24 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948-06-20 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Charlie Malick | 1948-10-03 |
| Series | Studio One | Francis Toohey | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Winged Victory | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |