Martin Balsam

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-11-04

Deathday

1996-02-13 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Bronx, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Martin Henry Balsam

Martin 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).

Known For

Psycho
8.4%

Psycho

Jun 22, 1960

12 Angry Men
8.5%

12 Angry Men

Apr 10, 1957

Breakfast at Tiffany's
7.7%

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Oct 6, 1961

Cape Fear
7.3%

Cape Fear

Nov 13, 1991

On the Waterfront
7.9%

On the Waterfront

Jun 22, 1954

The Twilight Zone
8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

Little Big Man
7.5%

Little Big Man

Dec 14, 1970

Cape Fear
7.4%

Cape Fear

Apr 12, 1962

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2%

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Jan 26, 1970

St. Elmo's Fire
6.1%

St. Elmo's Fire

Jun 28, 1985

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