Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam 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:
- 135
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Winged Victory 1944-12-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie All About 'The Birds' 2000-05-28
Known For
Filmography
| 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 | 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 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 | 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 | Murder in Space | Alexander Rostov | 1985-07-28 |
| Movie | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish | 1985-06-28 |
| Movie | Death Wish 3 | Bennett Cross | 1985-11-01 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") | 1985-09-27 |
| Series | The Octopus | Frank Carrisi | 1984-03-11 |
| Movie | The Goodbye People | Max Silverman | 1984-09-11 |
| 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 | 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 | Aunt Mary | Harry Strasberg | 1979-12-05 |
| Movie | The House on Garibaldi Street | Isser Harel | 1979-05-28 |
| Series | Archie Bunker's Place | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Two-Minute Warning | Sam McKeever | 1976-11-12 |
| Movie | Raid on Entebbe | Daniel Cooper | 1976-12-26 |
| Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Carlo Goja | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | Ben Montgomery | 1975-01-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells | 1973-03-07 |
| Movie | A Brand New Life | Jim Douglas | 1973-02-20 |
| Movie | The Stone Killer | Al Vescari | 1973-08-08 |
| Movie | La colonna infame | Unknown | 1973-04-19 |
| 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 | Counselor at Crime | Don Antonio Macaluso | 1973-08-30 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | A Thousand Clowns | Arnold | 1965-12-13 |
| Movie | The Carpetbaggers | Bernard B. Norman | 1964-04-08 |
| Movie | Seven Days in May | Paul Girard | 1964-02-01 |
| 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 | Cape Fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton | 1962-04-12 |
| Movie | Conquered City | Joseph Feinberg | 1962-12-05 |
| 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 | Private Det. 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 | 1959-05-20 |
| Movie | Al Capone | Mac Keeley, reporter | 1959-03-25 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Danny Weiss | 1959-10-02 |
| Movie | Winterset | Garth | 1959-10-26 |
| Movie | Marjorie Morningstar | Dr. David Harris | 1958-04-24 |
| Movie | Bomber's Moon | Captain Joe Reardon | 1958-08-07 |
| Series | Naked City | Caldwell Wyatt | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 1 | 1957-04-10 |
| Movie | Time Limit | Sgt. Baker | 1957-10-23 |
| Series | Decoy | Nick Santos | 1957-10-14 |
| 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 |