Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

1919-11-04 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA Male 163 Known Credits

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).

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-11-04

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Known Credits

163

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Martin Henry Balsam, Мартин Болсам

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

12 Angry Men

1957

Juror 1

Psycho

1960

Milton Arbogast

Cape Fear

1991

Judge

Catch-22

1970

Col. Cathcart

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

O.J. Berman

All the President's Men

1976

Howard Simons

Two Evil Eyes

1990

Mr. Pym

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Signor Bianchi

Hombre

1967

Henry Mendez

On the Waterfront

1954

Gillette (uncredited)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

The Delta Force

1986

Ben Kaplan

Cuba

1979

Gen. Bello

Death Wish 3

1985

Bennett Cross

Innocent Prey

1984

Sheriff Virgil Baker

Conquered City

1962

Joseph Feinberg

Cape Fear

1962

Police Chief Mark Dutton

Aunt Mary

1979

Harry Strasberg

Little Big Man

1970

Mr. Merriweather

Me, Natalie

1969

Uncle Harold

St. Elmo's Fire

1985

Mr. Beamish

La Classe américaine

1993

Callaghan (archive footage)

The Sentinel

1977

Prof. Ruzinsky

The Silence of the Hams

1994

Det. Martin Balsam

The Bedford Incident

1965

Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

Seven Days in May

1964

Paul Girard

Middle of the Night

1959

Jack Englander

The Goodbye People

1984

Max Silverman

Two-Minute Warning

1976

Sam McKeever

Raid on Entebbe

1976

Daniel Cooper

The Defender (Studio One)

1957

Francis Toohey

The Brother from Space

1988

Frather Howard

Al Capone

1959

Mac Keeley, reporter

The Last Match

1990

Lawyer

The Stone Killer

1973

Al Vescari

Eyes Behind the Stars

1978

Inspector Jim Grant

The Salamander

1981

Captain Steffanelli

Kids Like These

1987

Grandpa

People vs. Jean Harris

1981

Joel Aurnou

I Want to Live

1983

Jack Brady

The Carpetbaggers

1964

Bernard B. Norman

Silver Bears

1977

Joe Fiore

After the Fox

1966

Harry

The Sands of Time

1992

Father Sorendo

Time Limit

1957

Sgt. Baker

Marjorie Morningstar

1958

Dr. David Harris

Everybody Go Home!

1960

Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

Death Among Friends

1975

Ham Russell Buckner

Cry, Onion!

1975

Petrus Lamb

Mitchell

1975

James Arthur Cummings

Ada

1961

Steve Jackson

Harlow

1965

Everett Redman

Second Serve

1986

Dr. Beck

The Horror Show

1979

(archive footage)

Confessions of a Police Captain

1971

Commissario Bonavia

Death Rage

1976

Commissario

Night of Terror

1972

Capt. Caleb Sark

Murder in Space

1985

Alexander Rostov

There Goes The Bride

1980

Elmer Babcock

All About 'The Birds'

2000

Self (archive footage)

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

1973

Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

The Time Element

Dr. Arnold Gillespie

The Living Bible

1952

Townsman

The Six Million Dollar Man

1973

Dr. Rudy Wells

Bomber's Moon

1958

Captain Joe Reardon

A Brand New Life

1973

Jim Douglas

Counselor at Crime

1973

Don Antonio Macaluso

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976

Edward J. Reilly

The Child Saver

1988

Sidney Rosenberg

Meet Him and Die

1976

Giulianelli

Rainbow

1978

Louis B. Mayer

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

Stanley Pulska

The Storyteller

1977

Ira Davidoff

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

1979

Dr. Samuel Melman

The Millionaire

1978

Arthur Haines

Winged Victory

1944

Bit Part (uncredited)

Contract on Cherry Street

1977

Ernie Weinberg

The Man

1972

Jim Talley

Whatever it Takes

1986

Hap Perchicksky

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

1955

Charlie Malick

Once Again

1987

Gerald

Hunters Are for Killing

1970

Wade Hamilton

Smiling Maniacs

1975

Carlo Goja

Trapped Beneath the Sea

1974

T.C. Hollister

Season for Assassins

1975

Commissioner Katroni

Trilogy

1969

Ivor Belli

Winterset

1959

Garth

Chronicle of a Homicide

1972

Giudice Aldo Sola

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

1975

Ben Montgomery

The Love Tapes

1980

David Franklin

Gardenia

1979

Salluzzo

The Hassled Hooker

1972

District Attorney Turrisi

The Warning

1980

Questore Martorana

Siege

1978

Henry Fancher

Around the World of Mike Todd

1968

Michael Todd (voice)

Unknown Soldier

1995

Priest

TV Credits

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Self (1 episodes)

Great Performances

1971

Jack (1 episodes)

The Fugitive

1963

Andrew Newmark (1 episodes)

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Edgar Carmody (2 episodes)

The Twilight Zone

1959

Danny Weiss (1 episodes)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Dave Breslaw (1 episodes)

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

(1 episodes)

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Hyam Zgierski (1 episodes)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

Sam Butler (1 episodes)

Studio One

1948

Ed Coyne (1 episodes)

Dr. Kildare

1961

Ned Lacey (1 episodes)

Tony Awards

1956

Self - Winner (1 episodes)

Rawhide

1959

Father Fabian (1 episodes)

Naked City

1958

Arnold Fleischman (1 episodes)

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

Self (1 episodes)

Hotel

1982

(1 episodes)

Kojak

1973

Ray Kaufman (1 episodes)

The Untouchables

1959

Arnold Justin (1 episodes)

The Twilight Zone

1985

Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") (1 episodes)

The Defenders

1961

Floyd Harker (1 episodes)

Route 66

1960

(2 episodes)

The Name of the Game

1968

Herb Witmer (1 episodes)

Valiant Lady

1953

(272 episodes)

12 O'Clock High

1964

Army Doctor (uncredited) (1 episodes)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Eldon Marsh (1 episodes)

Police Story

1973

(1 episodes)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

Albert Sully (1 episodes)

The Octopus

1984

Frank Carrisi (2 episodes)

Archie Bunker's Place

1979

Murray Klein (45 episodes)

Cain's Hundred

1961

Jack Garsell (1 episodes)

Arrest and Trial

1963

Leo Valera (1 episodes)

Midnight Caller

1988

Gil Solarski (1 episodes)

Inner Sanctum

1954

(3 episodes)

CBS Playhouse

1966

Jesse Rothenberg (1 episodes)

The New Breed

1961

Frank Eberhardt (1 episodes)

Actors Studio

1948

soldier (1 episodes)

Decoy

1957

Nick Santos (1 episodes)

The Eleventh Hour

1962

(1 episodes)

Espionage

1963

Richard Carey (1 episodes)

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

(1 episodes)

The Greatest Gift

1954

(218 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Garth (1 episodes)

Space

1985

Senator Glancey (5 episodes)

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

1982

Nathan Burkan (2 episodes)

Oceano

1989

Don Matias Quintero (6 episodes)

The Living Christ

1951

Townsman (1 episodes)

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