Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

  • Birthday: 1919-11-04
  • Deathday: 1996-02-13
  • Place of birth: Bronx, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Martin Henry 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).

Filmography

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

As O.J. Berman

Psycho

1960

As Private Det. Milton Arbogast

All the President's Men

1976

As Howard Simons

The Brother from Space

1988

As Frather Howard

Catch-22

1970

As Col. Cathcart

The Silence of the Hams

1994

As Det. Martin Balsam

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

As Signor Bianchi

The Hassled Hooker

1972

As District Attorney Turrisi

Little Big Man

1970

As Mr. Merriweather

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

As Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Cape Fear

1962

As Police Chief Mark Dutton

Night of Terror

1972

As Capt. Caleb Sark

The Anderson Tapes

1971

As Haskins

St. Elmo's Fire

1985

As Mr. Beamish

Two-Minute Warning

1976

As Sam McKeever

Seven Days in May

1964

As Paul Girard

Harlow

1965

As Everett Redman

Death Wish 3

1985

As Bennett Cross

"Mitchell"!

1975

As James Arthur Cummings

The Stone Killer

1973

As Al Vescari

Hombre

1967

As Henry Mendez

Two Evil Eyes

1990

As Mr. Pym

A Thousand Clowns

1965

As Arnold

The Carpetbaggers

1964

As Bernard B. Norman

Al Capone

1959

As Mac Keeley, reporter

Silver Bears

1977

As Joe Fiore

Cuba

1979

As Gen. Bello

The Delta Force

1986

As Ben Kaplan

Time Limit

1957

As Sgt. Baker

The Six Million Dollar Man

1973

As Dr. Rudy Wells

The Bedford Incident

1965

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

The Sentinel

1977

As Prof. Ruzinsky

Everybody Go Home!

1960

As Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

After the Fox

1966

As Harry

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969

As Mayor Wilker

Eyes Behind the Stars

1978

As Inspector Jim Grant

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

1973

As Harry Walden

Cry, Onion!

1975

As Petrus Lamb

P.I. Private Investigations

1987

As Cliff Dowling

Middle of the Night

1959

As Jack

Blood and Diamonds

1978

As Rizzo

Season For Assassins

1975

As Commissioner Katroni

Death Rage

1976

As Commissario

Contract on Cherry Street

1977

As Ernie Weinberg

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

1975

As Ben Montgomery

The Salamander

1981

As Captain Steffanelli

Confessions of a Police Captain

1971

As Commissario Bonavia

Meet Him and Die

1976

As Giulianelli

Ada

1961

As Steve Jackson

Me, Natalie

1969

As Uncle Harold

Siege

1978

As Henry Fancher

The Last Match

1990

As Lawyer

Trilogy

1969

As Ivor Belli

The Man

1972

As Jim Talley

Murder in Space

1985

As Alexander Rostov

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

As Stanley Pulska

Cape Fear

1991

As Judge

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

1963

As Sanford Kaufman

A Brand New Life

1973

As Jim Douglas

On the Waterfront

1954

As Gillette (uncredited)

Rainbow

1978

As Louis B. Mayer

Aunt Mary

1979

As Harry Strasberg

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976

As Edward J. Reilly

People vs. Jean Harris

1981

As Joel Aurnou

Second Serve

1986

As Dr. Beck

Conquered City

1962

As Joseph Feinberg

Hunters Are for Killing

1987

As Wade Hamilton

Smiling Maniacs

1975

As Carlo Goja

Chronicle of a Homicide

1972

As Giudice Aldo Sola

The Warning

1980

As Questore Martorana

Trapped Beneath the Sea

1974

As T.C. Hollister

Gardenia

1979

As Salluzzo

Counselor at Crime

1973

As Don Antonio Macaluso

Marjorie Morningstar

1958

As Dr. David Harris

The Storyteller

1977

As Ira Davidoff

There Goes The Bride

1980

As Elmer Babcock

The Goodbye People

1984

As Max Silverman

Innocent Prey

1989

As Sheriff Virgil Baker

The House on Garibaldi Street

1979

As Isser Harel

Queenie

1987

As Marty

Kids Like These

1987

As Grandpa

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

1973

As Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

Raid on Entebbe

1976

As Daniel Cooper

Around the World of Mike Todd

1968

As Michael Todd (voice)

12 Angry Men

1957

As Juror 1

La Classe américaine

1993

As Callaghan (archive footage)

The Child Saver

1988

As Sidney Rosenberg

I Want to Live

1983

As Jack Brady

The Enemy Before Us

1970

As Angie

The Defender (Studio One)

1957

As Francis Toohey

Night of 100 Stars

1982

As Self

The Love Tapes

1980

As David Franklin

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

1955

As Charlie Malick

The Millionaire

1978

As Arthur Haines

The Sands of Time

1992

As Father Sorendo

Unknown Soldier

1995

As Priest

Winterset

1959

As Garth

The Horror Show

1979

As (archive footage)

Winged Victory

1944

As Bit Part (uncredited)

24 Hour Psycho

1993

As Milton Arbogast (archive footage)

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

1979

As Dr. Samuel Melman

Bomber's Moon

1958

As Captain Joe Reardon

Psychos

2014

As Det. Milton Arbogast

The Living Bible

1952

As Townsman

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