Martin Balsam
Acting
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
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movieAll About 'The Birds'
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieUnknown Soldier
1995
Priest
movieThe Silence of the Hams
1994
Det. Martin Balsam
movieLa Classe américaine
1993
Callaghan (archive footage)
movieThe Sands of Time
1992
Father Sorendo
movieCape Fear
1991
Judge
movieThe Last Match
1990
Lawyer
movieTwo Evil Eyes
1990
Mr. Pym
tvOceano
1989
Don Matias Quintero
tvMidnight Caller
1988
Gil Solarski
movieThe Brother from Space
1988
Frather Howard
movieThe Child Saver
1988
Sidney Rosenberg
movieOnce Again
1987
Gerald
movieKids Like These
1987
Grandpa
movieP.I. Private Investigations
1987
Cliff Dowling
movieWhatever it Takes
1986
Hap Perchicksky
movieThe Delta Force
1986
Ben Kaplan
movieSecond Serve
1986
Dr. Beck
movieDeath Wish 3
1985
Bennett Cross
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") / Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
movieMurder in Space
1985
Alexander Rostov
movieSt. Elmo's Fire
1985
Mr. Beamish
tvSpace
1985
Senator Glancey
movieInnocent Prey
1984
Sheriff Virgil Baker
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Edgar Carmody
movieThe Goodbye People
1984
Max Silverman
tvThe Octopus
1984
Frank Carrisi
movieI Want to Live
1983
Jack Brady
tvLittle Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Nathan Burkan
moviePeople vs. Jean Harris
1981
Joel Aurnou
movieThe Salamander
1981
Captain Steffanelli
movieThe Warning
1980
Questore Martorana
movieThere Goes The Bride
1980
Elmer Babcock
movieThe Love Tapes
1980
David Franklin
movieCuba
1979
Gen. Bello
movieAunt Mary
1979
Harry Strasberg
tvArchie Bunker's Place
1979
Murray Klein
movieThe House on Garibaldi Street
1979
Isser Harel
movieGardenia
1979
Salluzzo
movieThe Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
Dr. Samuel Melman
movieThe Horror Show
1979
(archive footage)
movieThe Millionaire
1978
Arthur Haines
movieRainbow
1978
Louis B. Mayer
movieSiege
1978
Henry Fancher
movieEyes Behind the Stars
1978
Inspector Jim Grant
movieThe Storyteller
1977
Ira Davidoff
movieContract on Cherry Street
1977
Ernie Weinberg
movieSilver Bears
1977
Joe Fiore
movieThe Sentinel
1977
Prof. Ruzinsky
movieRaid on Entebbe
1976
Daniel Cooper
movieTwo-Minute Warning
1976
Sam McKeever
movieDeath Rage
1976
Commissario
movieMeet Him and Die
1976
Giulianelli
tvQuincy, M.E.
1976
Hyam Zgierski
movieAll the President's Men
1976
Howard Simons
movieThe Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
Edward J. Reilly
movieSeason for Assassins
1975
Commissioner Katroni
movieMitchell
1975
James Arthur Cummings
movieCry, Onion!
1975
Petrus Lamb
movieDeath Among Friends
1975
Ham Russell Buckner
movieSmiling Maniacs
1975
Carlo Goja
movieMiles To Go Before I Sleep
1975
Ben Montgomery
movieMurder on the Orient Express
1974
Signor Bianchi
movieTrapped Beneath the Sea
1974
T.C. Hollister
tvKojak
1973
Ray Kaufman
movieSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
Harry Walden
movieThe Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
movieCounselor at Crime
1973
Don Antonio Macaluso
movieThe Stone Killer
1973
Al Vescari
movieThe Six Million Dollar Man
1973
Dr. Rudy Wells
movieA Brand New Life
1973
Jim Douglas
movieNight of Terror
1972
Capt. Caleb Sark
movieThe Man
1972
Jim Talley
movieThe Hassled Hooker
1972
District Attorney Turrisi
movieChronicle of a Homicide
1972
Giudice Aldo Sola
movieThe Anderson Tapes
1971
Haskins
movieConfessions of a Police Captain
1971
Commissario Bonavia
movieLittle Big Man
1970
Mr. Merriweather
movieThe Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
Stanley Pulska
movieCatch-22
1970
Col. Cathcart
movieHunters Are for Killing
1970
Wade Hamilton
movieTora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
movieThe Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
Mayor Wilker
movieMe, Natalie
1969
Uncle Harold
movieTrilogy
1969
Ivor Belli
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Herb Witmer
movieAround the World of Mike Todd
1968
Michael Todd (voice)
movieHombre
1967
Henry Mendez
CBS Playhouse
1966
Jesse Rothenberg
movieThe Bedford Incident
1965
Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
movieHarlow
1965
Everett Redman
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Albert Sully
tv12 O'Clock High
1964
Army Doctor (uncredited)
movieThe Carpetbaggers
1964
Bernard B. Norman
movieSeven Days in May
1964
Paul Girard
movieWho's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
Sanford Kaufman
tvEspionage
1963
Richard Carey
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Andrew Newmark
tvArrest and Trial
1963
Leo Valera
movieConquered City
1962
Joseph Feinberg
movieCape Fear
1962
Police Chief Mark Dutton
movieBreakfast at Tiffany's
1961
O.J. Berman
tvThe New Breed
1961
Frank Eberhardt
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Ned Lacey / Benny Orloff / Dr. Milton Orloff / Dr. Carl Noyes
tvCain's Hundred
1961
Jack Garsell
tvThe Defenders
1961
Floyd Harker / Bernard Maxwell / District Attorney
movieAda
1961
Steve Jackson
movieEverybody Go Home!
1960
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
moviePsycho
1960
Milton Arbogast
tvThe Untouchables
1959
Arnold Justin
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Danny Weiss / Martin Lombard Senescu
movieMiddle of the Night
1959
Jack Englander
movieAl Capone
1959
Mac Keeley, reporter
tvRawhide
1959
Father Fabian
tvNaked City
1958
Arnold Fleischman / Caldwell Wyatt / Joseph Creeley / Captain Russel Barris
movieBomber's Moon
1958
Captain Joe Reardon
movieMarjorie Morningstar
1958
Dr. David Harris
movieTime Limit
1957
Sgt. Baker
tvDecoy
1957
Nick Santos
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Marshal Jim Brock
movie12 Angry Men
1957
Juror 1
movieThe Defender (Studio One)
1957
Francis Toohey
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Sam Butler
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Winner
movieA Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
Charlie Malick
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Eldon Marsh / Leonard Thompson
movieOn the Waterfront
1954
Gillette (uncredited)
movieThe Living Bible
1952
Townsman
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Garth / Strasberg
tvThe Living Christ
1951
Townsman
tvStudio One
1948
Ed Coyne / Francis Toohey
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Mike Galloway / Charlie Malick
movieWinged Victory
1944
Bit Part (uncredited)
movieThe Time Element
Dr. Arnold Gillespie