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Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

ActingBorn November 4, 1919Died February 13, 1996 (age 76)The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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

2000
All About 'The Birds'

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1997Movie
1995Movie
1994
The Silence of the Hams

as Det. Martin Balsam

Movie
1993
La Classe américaine

as Callaghan (archive footage)

Movie
1992
The Sands of Time

as Father Sorendo

Movie
1991
Cape Fear

as Judge

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Two Evil Eyes

as Mr. Pym

Movie
1989
Oceano

as Don Matias Quintero

TV
1988
Midnight Caller

as Gil Solarski

TV
1988
The Brother from Space

as Frather Howard

Movie
1988
The Child Saver

as Sidney Rosenberg

Movie
1987
Once Again

as Gerald

Movie
1987
Kids Like These

as Grandpa

Movie
1987Movie
1986
The Delta Force

as Ben Kaplan

Movie
1986
Second Serve

as Dr. Beck

Movie
1985
Death Wish 3

as Bennett Cross

Movie
1985
The Twilight Zone

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

TV
1985
The Twilight Zone

as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")

TV
1985
Murder in Space

as Alexander Rostov

Movie
1985
St. Elmo's Fire

as Mr. Beamish

Movie
1985
Space

as Senator Glancey

TV
1984
Innocent Prey

as Sheriff Virgil Baker

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Edgar Carmody

TV
1984
The Goodbye People

as Max Silverman

Movie
1984
The Octopus

as Frank Carrisi

TV
1983
I Want to Live

as Jack Brady

Movie
1982TV
1982TV
1982Movie
1981Movie
1981
The Salamander

as Captain Steffanelli

Movie
1980
The Warning

as Questore Martorana

Movie
1980
There Goes The Bride

as Elmer Babcock

Movie
1980
The Love Tapes

as David Franklin

Movie
1979
Cuba

as Gen. Bello

Movie
1979
Aunt Mary

as Harry Strasberg

Movie
1979
Archie Bunker's Place

as Murray Klein

TV
1979Movie
1979
Gardenia

as Salluzzo

Movie
1979
The Seeding of Sarah Burns

as Dr. Samuel Melman

Movie
1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Movie
1978
The Millionaire

as Arthur Haines

Movie
1978
Rainbow

as Louis B. Mayer

Movie
1978
Siege

as Henry Fancher

Movie
1978Movie
1978
Eyes Behind the Stars

as Inspector Jim Grant

Movie
1977
The Storyteller

as Ira Davidoff

Movie
1977
Contract on Cherry Street

as Ernie Weinberg

Movie
1977
Silver Bears

as Joe Fiore

Movie
1977
The Sentinel

as Prof. Ruzinsky

Movie
1976
Raid on Entebbe

as Daniel Cooper

Movie
1976
Two-Minute Warning

as Sam McKeever

Movie
1976
Death Rage

as Commissario

Movie
1976
Meet Him and Die

as Giulianelli

Movie
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Hyam Zgierski

TV
1976
All the President's Men

as Howard Simons

Movie
1976Movie
1975
Season for Assassins

as Commissioner Katroni

Movie
1975
Mitchell

as James Arthur Cummings

Movie
1975
Cry, Onion!

as Petrus Lamb

Movie
1975
Death Among Friends

as Ham Russell Buckner

Movie
1975
Smiling Maniacs

as Carlo Goja

Movie
1975Movie
1974Movie
1974
Trapped Beneath the Sea

as T.C. Hollister

Movie
1973
Kojak

as Ray Kaufman

TV
1973Movie
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

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

Movie
1973
Counselor at Crime

as Don Antonio Macaluso

Movie
1973
The Stone Killer

as Al Vescari

Movie
1973Movie
1973
A Brand New Life

as Jim Douglas

Movie
1972
Night of Terror

as Capt. Caleb Sark

Movie
1972
The Man

as Jim Talley

Movie
1972
The Hassled Hooker

as District Attorney Turrisi

Movie
1972
Chronicle of a Homicide

as Giudice Aldo Sola

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Confessions of a Police Captain

as Commissario Bonavia

Movie
1971TV
1970
Little Big Man

as Mr. Merriweather

Movie
1970Movie
1970Movie
1970
Catch-22

as Col. Cathcart

Movie
1970
Hunters Are for Killing

as Wade Hamilton

Movie
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Movie
1969Movie
1969
Me, Natalie

as Uncle Harold

Movie
1969
Trilogy

as Ivor Belli

Movie
1968
The Name of the Game

as Herb Witmer

TV
1968
Around the World of Mike Todd

as Michael Todd (voice)

Movie
1967
Hombre

as Henry Mendez

Movie
1966
CBS Playhouse

as Jesse Rothenberg

TV
1966Movie
1965Movie
1965
The Bedford Incident

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

Movie
1965
Harlow

as Everett Redman

Movie
1964TV
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Army Doctor (uncredited)

TV
1964
The Carpetbaggers

as Bernard B. Norman

Movie
1964
Seven Days in May

as Paul Girard

Movie
1963Movie
1963
Espionage

as Richard Carey

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Andrew Newmark

TV
1963
Arrest and Trial

as Leo Valera

TV
1962
Conquered City

as Joseph Feinberg

Movie
1962
Cape Fear

as Police Chief Mark Dutton

Movie
1961Movie
1961
The New Breed

as Frank Eberhardt

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Ned Lacey

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Benny Orloff

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Milton Orloff

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Carl Noyes

TV
1961
Cain's Hundred

as Jack Garsell

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Floyd Harker

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Bernard Maxwell

TV
1961
The Defenders

as District Attorney

TV
1961
Ada

as Steve Jackson

Movie
1960
Everybody Go Home!

as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

Movie
1960TV
1960
Psycho

as Milton Arbogast

Movie
1959
Winterset

as Garth

Movie
1959
The Untouchables

as Arnold Justin

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Danny Weiss

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Martin Lombard Senescu

TV
1959
Middle of the Night

as Jack Englander

Movie
1959
Al Capone

as Mac Keeley, reporter

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as Father Fabian

TV
1958
Naked City

as Arnold Fleischman

TV
1958
Naked City

as Caldwell Wyatt

TV
1958
Naked City

as Captain Russel Barris

TV
1958
Naked City

as Joseph Creeley

TV
1958
Bomber's Moon

as Captain Joe Reardon

Movie
1958
Marjorie Morningstar

as Dr. David Harris

Movie
1957
Time Limit

as Sgt. Baker

Movie
1957
Decoy

as Nick Santos

TV
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Marshal Jim Brock

TV
1957
12 Angry Men

as Juror 1

Movie
1957
The Defender (Studio One)

as Francis Toohey

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
1955
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

as Charlie Malick

Movie
1955TV
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Leonard Thompson

TV
1954
On the Waterfront

as Gillette (uncredited)

Movie
1952
The Living Bible

as Townsman

Movie
1951TV
1951TV
1951TV
1948
Studio One

as Ed Coyne

TV
1948
Studio One

as Francis Toohey

TV
1948TV
1948TV
1948
Actors Studio

as soldier

TV
1944
Winged Victory

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Movie
The Time Element

as Dr. Arnold Gillespie

Movie
Whatever it Takes

as Hap Perchicksky

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 4, 1919
Day of DeathFebruary 13, 1996
Place of BirthThe Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity1.5