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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 4, 1919
Place of Birth:
Bronx, New York, USA
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Martin Balsam
Biography
Martin Henry Balsam 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | All About 'The Birds' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Legend of the Spirit Dog | Gramps |
| 1996 | O. Henry's Christmas | |
| 1995 | Unknown Soldier | Priest |
| 1994 | The Silence of the Hams | Det. Martin Balsam |
| 1993 | 24 Hour Psycho | Milton Arbogast (archive footage) |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | Callaghan (archive footage) |
| 1992 | The Sands of Time | Father Sorendo |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Judge |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Mr. Pym |
| 1990 | The Last Match | Lawyer |
| 1988 | The Brother from Space | Frather Howard |
| 1988 | The Child Saver | Sidney Rosenberg |
| 1987 | P.I. Private Investigations | Cliff Dowling |
| 1987 | Brothers in Blood | |
| 1987 | Kids Like These | Grandpa |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Ben Kaplan |
| 1986 | Second Serve | Dr. Beck |
| 1985 | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3 | Bennett Cross |
| 1985 | Murder in Space | Alexander Rostov |
| 1984 | The Goodbye People | Max Silverman |
| 1984 | Innocent Prey | Sheriff Virgil Baker |
| 1983 | I Want to Live | Jack Brady |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | The Salamander | Captain Steffanelli |
| 1981 | People vs. Jean Harris | Joel Aurnou |
| 1980 | The Love Tapes | David Franklin |
| 1980 | The Warning | Questore Martorana |
| 1980 | There Goes The Bride | Elmer Babcock |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1979 | Cuba | Gen. Bello |
| 1979 | The Seeding of Sarah Burns | Dr. Samuel Melman |
| 1979 | Gardenia | Salluzzo |
| 1979 | Aunt Mary | Harry Strasberg |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi Street | Isser Harel |
| 1978 | Eyes Behind the Stars | Inspector Jim Grant |
| 1978 | Blood and Diamonds | Rizzo |
| 1978 | Siege | Henry Fancher |
| 1978 | Rainbow | Louis B. Mayer |
| 1978 | The Millionaire | Arthur Haines |
| 1977 | Silver Bears | Joe Fiore |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Prof. Ruzinsky |
| 1977 | Contract on Cherry Street | Ernie Weinberg |
| 1977 | The Storyteller | Ira Davidoff |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Howard Simons |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Sam McKeever |
| 1976 | Death Rage | Commissario |
| 1976 | Meet Him and Die | Giulianelli |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Edward J. Reilly |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe | Daniel Cooper |
| 1975 | Mitchell | James Arthur Cummings |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion! | Petrus Lamb |
| 1975 | Season For Assassins | Commissioner Katroni |
| 1975 | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | Ben Montgomery |
| 1975 | Smiling Maniacs | Carlo Goja |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Signor Bianchi |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Green |
| 1974 | Trapped Beneath the Sea | T.C. Hollister |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer | Al Vescari |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Harry Walden |
| 1973 | A Brand New Life | Jim Douglas |
| 1973 | Counselor at Crime | Don Antonio Macaluso |
| 1973 | La colonna infame | |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) |
| 1972 | The Hassled Hooker | District Attorney Turrisi |
| 1972 | The Man | Jim Talley |
| 1972 | Night of Terror | Capt. Caleb Sark |
| 1972 | Chronicle of a Homicide | Giudice Aldo Sola |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes | Haskins |
| 1971 | Confessions of a Police Captain | Commissario Bonavia |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | Col. Cathcart |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel |
| 1970 | Little Big Man | Mr. Merriweather |
| 1970 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Stanley Pulska |
| 1970 | Hunters Are for Killing | Wade Hamilton |
| 1970 | The Enemy Before Us | Angie |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mayor Wilker |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Uncle Harold |
| 1969 | Trilogy | Ivor Belli |
| 1968 | Around the World of Mike Todd | Michael Todd (voice) |
| 1967 | Hombre | Henry Mendez |
| 1966 | After the Fox | Harry |
| 1965 | Harlow | Everett Redman |
| 1965 | A Thousand Clowns | Arnold |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Paul Girard |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | Bernard B. Norman |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Sanford Kaufman |
| 1962 | Cape Fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton |
| 1962 | Conquered City | Joseph Feinberg |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | O.J. Berman |
| 1961 | Ada | Steve Jackson |
| 1960 | Psycho | Private Det. Milton Arbogast |
| 1960 | Everybody Go Home! | Sergente Quintino Fornaciari |
| 1959 | Winterset | Garth |
| 1959 | Al Capone | Mac Keeley, reporter |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night | Jack |
| 1958 | Bomber's Moon | Captain Joe Reardon |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar | Dr. David Harris |
| 1957 | Time Limit | Sgt. Baker |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 1 |
| 1957 | The Defender (Studio One) | Francis Toohey |
| 1955 | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Charlie Malick |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Gillette (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Living Bible | Townsman |
| 1949 | Concerning a Woman of Sin | |
| 1944 | Winged Victory | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| The Time Element | Dr. Arnold Gillespie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Oceano | Don Matias Quintero |
| 1988 | Midnight Caller | Gil Solarski |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") |
| 1985 | Space | Senator Glancey |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Edgar Carmody |
| 1984 | The Octopus | Frank Carrisi |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nathan Burkan |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place | |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Hyam Zgierski |
| 1973 | Kojak | Ray Kaufman |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Jack |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Herb Witmer |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Army Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Andrew Newmark |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Leo Valera |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Dave Breslaw |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour | |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Jack Garsell |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Frank Eberhardt |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Ned Lacey |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Floyd Harker |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Bernard Maxwell |
| 1961 | The Defenders | District Attorney |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Benny Orloff |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Milton Orloff |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Danny Weiss |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Father Fabian |
| 1958 | Naked City | Arnold Fleischman |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1958 | Naked City | Caldwell Wyatt |
| 1958 | Naked City | Captain Russel Barris |
| 1958 | Naked City | Joseph Creeley |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Decoy | Nick Santos |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sam Butler |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Eldon Marsh |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Leonard Thompson |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | |
| 1954 | The Greatest Gift | |
| 1953 | Valiant Lady | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Garth |
| 1951 | The Living Christ | Townsman |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Strasberg |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ed Coyne |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Actors Studio | soldier |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Francis Toohey |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Mike Galloway |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Charlie Malick |