Martin Balsam
Known for Acting · 161 credits
- Born
- 1919-11-04
- Died
- 1996-02-13
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Martin Henry Balsam · Мартин Болсам
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
TV Shows (48)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Edgar Carmody
The Fugitive
1963
as Andrew Newmark
Great Performances
1971
as Jack
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Hyam Zgierski
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Danny Weiss / Martin Lombard Senescu
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Mike Galloway / Charlie Malick
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Marshal Jim Brock
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ned Lacey / Benny Orloff / Dr. Milton Orloff / Dr. Carl Noyes
Hotel
1982
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") / Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Dave Breslaw
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Naked City
1958
as Arnold Fleischman / Joseph Creeley / Captain Russel Barris / Caldwell Wyatt
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Butler
The Untouchables
1959
as Arnold Justin
Studio One
1948
as Ed Coyne / Francis Toohey
Rawhide
1959
as Father Fabian
Route 66
1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Floyd Harker / Bernard Maxwell / District Attorney
Kojak
1973
as Ray Kaufman
The Name of the Game
1968
as Herb Witmer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Eldon Marsh / Leonard Thompson
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Albert Sully
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Police Story
1973
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
The Octopus
1984
as Frank Carrisi
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Leo Valera
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
as Murray Klein
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Jack Garsell
Decoy
1957
as Nick Santos
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Midnight Caller
1988
as Gil Solarski
Espionage
1963
as Richard Carey
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Jesse Rothenberg
The New Breed
1961
as Frank Eberhardt
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Inner Sanctum
1954
Valiant Lady
1953
The Greatest Gift
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Garth / Strasberg
Space
1985
as Senator Glancey
Actors Studio
1948
as soldier
The Living Christ
1951
as Townsman
Oceano
1989
as Don Matias Quintero
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
as Nathan Burkan
Movies (113)
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 1
Psycho
1960
as Milton Arbogast
On the Waterfront
1954
as Gillette (uncredited)
Cape Fear
1991
as Judge
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
as O.J. Berman
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Signor Bianchi
The Delta Force
1986
as Ben Kaplan
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
All the President's Men
1976
as Howard Simons
Cape Fear
1962
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Catch-22
1970
as Col. Cathcart
Death Wish 3
1985
as Bennett Cross
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Mr. Beamish
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Green
Hombre
1967
as Henry Mendez
The Sentinel
1977
as Prof. Ruzinsky
Cry, Onion!
1975
as Petrus Lamb
Seven Days in May
1964
as Paul Girard
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Little Big Man
1970
as Mr. Merriweather
The Stone Killer
1973
as Al Vescari
Me, Natalie
1969
as Uncle Harold
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Sam McKeever
The Silence of the Hams
1994
as Det. Martin Balsam
Cuba
1979
as Gen. Bello
Al Capone
1959
as Mac Keeley, reporter
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Daniel Cooper
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Bernard B. Norman
Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Mr. Pym
Rainbow
1978
as Louis B. Mayer
La Classe américaine
1993
as Callaghan (archive footage)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Mayor Wilker
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Middle of the Night
1959
as Jack Englander
After the Fox
1966
as Harry
Murder in Space
1985
as Alexander Rostov
Winged Victory
1944
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Harlow
1965
as Everett Redman
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Man
1972
as Jim Talley
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
as Commissario Bonavia
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Silver Bears
1977
as Joe Fiore
Mitchell
1975
as James Arthur Cummings
The Salamander
1981
as Captain Steffanelli
Ada
1961
as Steve Jackson
I Want to Live
1983
as Jack Brady
Second Serve
1986
as Dr. Beck
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Isser Harel
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Haskins
Gardenia
1979
as Salluzzo
Time Limit
1957
as Sgt. Baker
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
as Dr. David Harris
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
as Dr. Samuel Melman
The Last Match
1990
as Lawyer
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
as Wade Hamilton
The Storyteller
1977
as Ira Davidoff
The Warning
1980
as Questore Martorana
Everybody Go Home!
1960
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
1975
as Ben Montgomery
Siege
1978
as Henry Fancher
Counselor at Crime
1973
as Don Antonio Macaluso
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
as Joel Aurnou
Death Among Friends
1975
as Ham Russell Buckner
The Millionaire
1978
as Arthur Haines
Conquered City
1962
as Joseph Feinberg
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Edward J. Reilly
The Sands of Time
1992
as Father Sorendo
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Elmer Babcock
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Stanley Pulska
Eyes Behind the Stars
1978
as Inspector Jim Grant
Death Rage
1976
as Commissario
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
as Sanford Kaufman
Trapped Beneath the Sea
1974
as T.C. Hollister
The Brother from Space
1988
as Frather Howard
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
as Francis Toohey
P.I. Private Investigations
1987
as Cliff Dowling
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968
as Michael Todd (voice)
A Thousand Clowns
1965
as Arnold
The Hassled Hooker
1972
as District Attorney Turrisi
Innocent Prey
1984
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
Season for Assassins
1975
as Commissioner Katroni
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Harry Walden
Trilogy
1969
as Ivor Belli
Unknown Soldier
1995
as Priest
Once Again
1987
as Gerald
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
as Ernie Weinberg
Smiling Maniacs
1975
as Carlo Goja
Aunt Mary
1979
as Harry Strasberg
Night of Terror
1972
as Capt. Caleb Sark
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Captain Joe Reardon
Brothers in Blood
1987
Blood and Diamonds
1978
as Rizzo
The Goodbye People
1984
as Max Silverman
Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997
as Gramps
The Love Tapes
1980
as David Franklin
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
Winterset
1959
as Garth
The Child Saver
1988
as Sidney Rosenberg
A Brand New Life
1973
as Jim Douglas
The Living Bible
1952
as Townsman
All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
La colonna infame
1973
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
as Giudice Aldo Sola
The Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Charlie Malick
Kids Like These
1987
as Grandpa
Meet Him and Die
1976
as Giulianelli
The Enemy Before Us
1970
as Angie
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
About Martin Balsam
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). With 161 credits spanning from 1944 to 2000, Martin Balsam has appeared in 113 films and 48 TV shows.
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Most Popular Martin Balsam Movies
- 12 Angry Men (1957) — as Juror 1
- Psycho (1960) — as Milton Arbogast
- On the Waterfront (1954) — as Gillette (uncredited)
- Cape Fear (1991) — as Judge
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) — as O.J. Berman
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