Martin Balsam
Biography
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).
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
173
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-11-04 (106 years old)
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Acting
2000
All About 'The Birds' as Self (archive footage)1997
Legend of the Spirit Dog as Gramps1996
O. Henry's Christmas as Not available1995
Unknown Soldier as Priest1994
The Silence of the Hams as Det. Martin Balsam1993
La Classe américaine as Callaghan (archive footage)1993
24 Hour Psycho as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)1992
The Sands of Time as Father Sorendo1991
Cape Fear as Judge1990
Two Evil Eyes as Mr. Pym1990
The Last Match as Lawyer1989
Oceano as Don Matias Quintero1988
Midnight Caller as Gil Solarski1988
The Brother from Space as Frather Howard1988
The Child Saver as Sidney Rosenberg1987
Once Again as Gerald1987
P.I. Private Investigations as Cliff Dowling1987
Brothers in Blood as Not available1987
Kids Like These as Grandpa1986
The Delta Force as Ben Kaplan1986
Second Serve as Dr. Beck1985
The Twilight Zone as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")1985
The Twilight Zone as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")1985
Death Wish 3 as Bennett Cross1985
Murder in Space as Alexander Rostov1985
St. Elmo's Fire as Mr. Beamish1985
Space as Senator Glancey1984
Murder, She Wrote as Edgar Carmody1984
The Octopus as Frank Carrisi1984
The Goodbye People as Max Silverman1984
Innocent Prey as Sheriff Virgil Baker1983
I Want to Live as Jack Brady1982
Hotel as Not available1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Nathan Burkan1981
The Salamander as Captain Steffanelli1981
People vs. Jean Harris as Joel Aurnou1980
The Warning as Questore Martorana1980
The Love Tapes as David Franklin1980
There Goes The Bride as Elmer Babcock1979
Cuba as Gen. Bello1979
The Horror Show as (archive footage)1979
Archie Bunker's Place as Not available1979
Aunt Mary as Harry Strasberg1979
The House on Garibaldi Street as Isser Harel1979
The Seeding of Sarah Burns as Dr. Samuel Melman1979
Gardenia as Salluzzo1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self1978
Rainbow as Louis B. Mayer1978
Siege as Henry Fancher1978
Blood and Diamonds as Rizzo1978
The Millionaire as Arthur Haines1978
Eyes Behind the Stars as Inspector Jim Grant1977
The Sentinel as Prof. Ruzinsky1977
The Storyteller as Ira Davidoff1977
Silver Bears as Joe Fiore1977
Contract on Cherry Street as Ernie Weinberg1976
Quincy, M.E. as Hyam Zgierski1976
Two-Minute Warning as Sam McKeever1976
All the President's Men as Howard Simons1976
Raid on Entebbe as Daniel Cooper1976
Death Rage as Commissario1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Edward J. Reilly1976
Meet Him and Die as Giulianelli1975
Cry, Onion! as Petrus Lamb1975
Mitchell as James Arthur Cummings1975
Miles To Go Before I Sleep as Ben Montgomery1975
Season for Assassins as Commissioner Katroni1975
Death Among Friends as Ham Russell Buckner1975
Smiling Maniacs as Carlo Goja1974
Murder on the Orient Express as Signor Bianchi1974
Trapped Beneath the Sea as T.C. Hollister1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Green1973
Counselor at Crime as Don Antonio Macaluso1973
Kojak as Ray Kaufman1973
Police Story as Not available1973
The Stone Killer as Al Vescari1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)1973
La colonna infame as Not available1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Harry Walden1973
A Brand New Life as Jim Douglas1973
The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Rudy Wells1972
The Man as Jim Talley1972
The Hassled Hooker as District Attorney Turrisi1972
Night of Terror as Capt. Caleb Sark1972
Chronicle of a Homicide as Giudice Aldo Sola1971
Great Performances as Jack1971
The Anderson Tapes as Haskins1971
Confessions of a Police Captain as Commissario Bonavia1970
Catch-22 as Col. Cathcart1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel1970
Little Big Man as Mr. Merriweather1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Stanley Pulska1970
The Enemy Before Us as Angie1970
Hunters Are for Killing as Wade Hamilton1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Mayor Wilker1969
Trilogy as Ivor Belli1969
Me, Natalie as Uncle Harold1968
The Name of the Game as Herb Witmer1968
Around the World of Mike Todd as Michael Todd (voice)1967
Hombre as Henry Mendez1966
After the Fox as Harry1966
CBS Playhouse as Not available1965
Harlow as Everett Redman1965
The Bedford Incident as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.1965
A Thousand Clowns as Arnold1964
The Carpetbaggers as Bernard B. Norman1964
12 O'Clock High as Army Doctor (uncredited)1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Albert Sully1964
Seven Days in May as Paul Girard1963
The Fugitive as Andrew Newmark1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Dave Breslaw1963
Arrest and Trial as Leo Valera1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as Sanford Kaufman1962
Cape Fear as Police Chief Mark Dutton1962
The Eleventh Hour as Not available1962
Conquered City as Joseph Feinberg1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self1961
Dr. Kildare as Ned Lacey1961
Dr. Kildare as Benny Orloff1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Milton Orloff1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Carl Noyes1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's as O.J. Berman1961
The Defenders as Floyd Harker1961
The Defenders as Bernard Maxwell1961
The Defenders as District Attorney1961
Ada as Steve Jackson1961
Cain's Hundred as Jack Garsell1961
The New Breed as Frank Eberhardt1961
Target: The Corruptors! as Not available1960
Psycho as Private Det. Milton Arbogast1960
Route 66 as Not available1960
Everybody Go Home! as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari1959
The Twilight Zone as Danny Weiss1959
Al Capone as Mac Keeley, reporter1959
Rawhide as Father Fabian1959
Winterset as Garth1959
Middle of the Night as Jack1958
Naked City as Arnold Fleischman1958
Naked City as Caldwell Wyatt1958
Naked City as Captain Russel Barris1958
Naked City as Joseph Creeley1958
Marjorie Morningstar as Dr. David Harris1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Not available1958
Bomber's Moon as Captain Joe Reardon1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Not available1957
12 Angry Men as Juror 11957
Time Limit as Sgt. Baker1957
The Defender (Studio One) as Francis Toohey1957
Decoy as Nick Santos1956
Tony Awards as Self - Winner1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Butler1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Eldon Marsh1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Leonard Thompson1955
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall as Charlie Malick1954
Inner Sanctum as Not available1954
On the Waterfront as Gillette (uncredited)1954
The Greatest Gift as Not available1953
Valiant Lady as Not availableNaN
The Time Element as Dr. Arnold Gillespie1952
The Living Bible as Townsman1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Garth1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Strasberg1951
The Living Christ as Townsman1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin as Not available1948
Studio One as Ed Coyne1948
Studio One as Francis Toohey1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Mike Galloway1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Charlie Malick1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self1948
Actors Studio as soldier1944
Winged Victory as Bit Part (uncredited)