About

Known credits:
115
Birthday:
1919-11-04
Place of birth:
Bronx, New York, USA
Website:
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Martin Balsam

Overview

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

Acting
1997 Legend of the Spirit Dog Actor Gramps N/A
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1996 O. Henry's Christmas Actor N/A
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1995 Unknown Soldier Actor Priest 59
Average
1994 The Silence of the Hams Actor Det. Martin Balsam 56
Average
1993 La Classe américaine Actor Callaghan (archive footage) 64
Fair
1993 24 Hour Psycho Actor Milton Arbogast (archive footage) 58
Average
1992 The Sands of Time Actor Father Sorendo N/A
N/A
1991 Cape Fear Actor Judge 71
Good
1990 The Last Match Actor Lawyer 58
Average
1990 Two Evil Eyes Actor Mr. Pym 59
Average
1989 Oceano Actor Don Matias Quintero 69
Fair
1988 The Child Saver Actor Sidney Rosenberg N/A
N/A
1988 The Brother from Space Actor Frather Howard 58
Average
1987 Kids Like These Actor Grandpa N/A
N/A
1987 P.I. Private Investigations Actor Cliff Dowling 59
Average
1987 Brothers in Blood Actor 59
Average
1987 Queenie Actor Marty 58
Average
1986 The Delta Force Actor Ben Kaplan 58
Average
1986 Second Serve Actor Dr. Beck 59
Average
1985 Death Wish 3 Actor Bennett Cross 60
Fair
1985 Murder in Space Actor Alexander Rostov 58
Average
1985 St. Elmo's Fire Actor Mr. Beamish 60
Fair
1985 Space Actor Senator Glancey 69
Fair
1985 Space Actor Sen. Glancey N/A
N/A
1984 Innocent Prey Actor Sheriff Virgil Baker 58
Average
1984 The Goodbye People Actor Max Silverman N/A
N/A
1983 I Want to Live Actor Jack Brady 59
Average
1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last Actor Nathan Burkan 69
Fair
1982 Night of 100 Stars Actor Self 58
Average
1981 People vs. Jean Harris Actor Joel Aurnou N/A
N/A
1981 The Salamander Actor Captain Steffanelli 58
Average
1980 The Warning Actor Questore Martorana 58
Average
1980 There Goes The Bride Actor Elmer Babcock N/A
N/A
1980 The Love Tapes Actor David Franklin N/A
N/A
1979 Cuba Actor Gen. Bello 58
Average
1979 Aunt Mary Actor Harry Strasberg 59
Average
1979 The House on Garibaldi Street Actor Isser Harel 59
Average
1979 Gardenia Actor Salluzzo 59
Average
1979 The Seeding of Sarah Burns Actor Dr. Samuel Melman 59
Average
1979 The Horror Show Actor (archive footage) 58
Average
1978 The Millionaire Actor Arthur Haines N/A
N/A
1978 Rainbow Actor Louis B. Mayer N/A
N/A
1978 Siege Actor Henry Fancher 59
Average
1978 Blood and Diamonds Actor Rizzo 59
Average
1978 Eyes Behind the Stars Actor Inspector Jim Grant 58
Average
1977 The Storyteller Actor Ira Davidoff N/A
N/A
1977 Contract on Cherry Street Actor Ernie Weinberg 59
Average
1977 Silver Bears Actor Joe Fiore 59
Average
1977 The Sentinel Actor Prof. Ruzinsky 59
Average
1976 Raid on Entebbe Actor Daniel Cooper 58
Average
1976 Two-Minute Warning Actor Sam McKeever 59
Average
1976 Death Rage Actor Commissario 58
Average
1976 Meet Him and Die Actor Giulianelli 58
Average
1976 All the President's Men Actor Howard Simons 72
Good
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Actor Edward J. Reilly 59
Average
1975 Season For Assassins Actor Commissioner Katroni 58
Average
1975 Mitchell Actor James Arthur Cummings 57
Average
1975 Cry, Onion! Actor Petrus Lamb 58
Average
1975 Smiling Maniacs Actor Carlo Goja N/A
N/A
1975 Miles To Go Before I Sleep Actor Ben Montgomery N/A
N/A
1974 Murder on the Orient Express Actor Signor Bianchi 68
Fair
1974 Trapped Beneath the Sea Actor T.C. Hollister 58
Average
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Actor Green 67
Fair
1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Actor Harry Walden 59
Average
1973 The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War Actor Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) 59
Average
1973 Counselor at Crime Actor Don Antonio Macaluso 58
Average
1973 The Stone Killer Actor Al Vescari 59
Average
1973 La colonna infame Actor N/A
N/A
1973 The Six Million Dollar Man Actor Dr. Rudy Wells 60
Fair
1973 A Brand New Life Actor Jim Douglas N/A
N/A
1972 Night of Terror Actor Capt. Caleb Sark 58
Average
1972 The Man Actor Jim Talley 58
Average
1972 The Hassled Hooker Actor District Attorney Turrisi 59
Average
1972 Chronicle of a Homicide Actor Giudice Aldo Sola 58
Average
1971 The Anderson Tapes Actor Haskins 59
Average
1971 Confessions of a Police Captain Actor Commissario Bonavia 59
Average
1970 Little Big Man Actor Mr. Merriweather 67
Fair
1970 The Enemy Before Us Actor Angie N/A
N/A
1970 The Old Man Who Cried Wolf Actor Stanley Pulska 58
Average
1970 Catch-22 Actor Col. Cathcart 61
Fair
1970 Hunters Are for Killing Actor Wade Hamilton 58
Average
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Actor Admiral Husband E. Kimmel 65
Fair
1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Actor Mayor Wilker 58
Average
1969 Me, Natalie Actor Uncle Harold 58
Average
1969 Trilogy Actor Ivor Belli 59
Average
1968 Around the World of Mike Todd Actor Michael Todd (voice) 59
Average
1967 Hombre Actor Henry Mendez 62
Fair
1966 After the Fox Actor Harry 59
Average
1965 A Thousand Clowns Actor Arnold 59
Average
1965 The Bedford Incident Actor Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. 60
Fair
1965 Harlow Actor Everett Redman 58
Average
1964 The Carpetbaggers Actor Bernard B. Norman 58
Average
1964 Seven Days in May Actor Paul Girard 62
Fair
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? Actor Sanford Kaufman 59
Average
1962 Conquered City Actor Joseph Feinberg 58
Average
1962 Cape Fear Actor Police Chief Mark Dutton 66
Fair
1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's Actor O.J. Berman 74
Good
1961 Ada Actor Steve Jackson 58
Average
1960 Everybody Go Home! Actor Sergente Quintino Fornaciari 61
Fair
1960 Psycho Actor Private Det. Milton Arbogast 82
Very good
1959 Winterset Actor Garth N/A
N/A
1959 Middle of the Night Actor Jack 59
Average
1959 Al Capone Actor Mac Keeley, reporter 59
Average
1958 Bomber's Moon Actor Captain Joe Reardon N/A
N/A
1958 Marjorie Morningstar Actor Dr. David Harris 59
Average
1957 Time Limit Actor Sgt. Baker 59
Average
1957 12 Angry Men Actor Juror 1 83
Very good
1957 The Defender (Studio One) Actor Francis Toohey 59
Average
1955 A Man Is Ten Feet Tall Actor Charlie Malick N/A
N/A
1954 The Greatest Gift Actor N/A
N/A
1954 On the Waterfront Actor Gillette (uncredited) 74
Good
1953 Valiant Lady Actor 69
Fair
1952 The Living Bible Actor Townsman 58
Average
1949 Concerning a Woman of Sin Actor N/A
N/A
1944 Winged Victory Actor Bit Part (uncredited) 59
Average