Martin Balsam

Personal Info

Birthday

November 4, 1919

Day of Death

1996-02-13

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Bronx, New York, USA

Also Known As

Martin Henry Balsam

Мартин Болсам

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

Murder, She Wrote

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Twilight Zone

Great Performances

Quincy, M.E.

Dr. Kildare

The Fugitive

The Philco Television Playhouse

Filmography

2000
All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
1995
Unknown Soldier
as Priest
1994
The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
1993
La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
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
Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
1988
The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
1987
Once Again
as Gerald
Kids Like These
as Grandpa
P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
1986
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
Second Serve
as Dr. Beck
1985
Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross
Murder in Space
as Alexander Rostov
St. Elmo's Fire
as Mr. Beamish
1984
Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
The Goodbye People
as Max Silverman
1983
I Want to Live
as Jack Brady
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1981
People vs. Jean Harris
as Joel Aurnou
The Salamander
as Captain Steffanelli
1980
The Warning
as Questore Martorana
There Goes The Bride
as Elmer Babcock
The Love Tapes
as David Franklin
1979
Cuba
as Gen. Bello
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
Aunt Mary
as Harry Strasberg
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Isser Harel
Gardenia
as Salluzzo
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as Dr. Samuel Melman
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1978
The Millionaire
as Arthur Haines
Rainbow
as Louis B. Mayer
Siege
as Henry Fancher
Blood and Diamonds
as Rizzo
Eyes Behind the Stars
as Inspector Jim Grant
1977
The Storyteller
as Ira Davidoff
Contract on Cherry Street
as Ernie Weinberg
Silver Bears
as Joe Fiore
The Sentinel
as Prof. Ruzinsky
1976
Raid on Entebbe
as Daniel Cooper
Two-Minute Warning
as Sam McKeever
Death Rage
as Commissario
Meet Him and Die
as Giulianelli
All the President's Men
as Howard Simons
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Edward J. Reilly
1975
Season For Assassins
as Commissioner Katroni
Mitchell
as James Arthur Cummings
Cry, Onion!
as Petrus Lamb
Smiling Maniacs
as Carlo Goja
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
as Ben Montgomery
1974
Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi
Trapped Beneath the Sea
as T.C. Hollister
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Green
1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Harry Walden
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
Counselor at Crime
as Don Antonio Macaluso
The Stone Killer
as Al Vescari
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Rudy Wells
A Brand New Life
as Jim Douglas
1972
Night of Terror
as Capt. Caleb Sark
The Man
as Jim Talley
The Hassled Hooker
as District Attorney Turrisi
Chronicle of a Homicide
as Giudice Aldo Sola
1971
The Anderson Tapes
as Haskins
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Commissario Bonavia
1970
Little Big Man
as Mr. Merriweather
The Enemy Before Us
as Angie
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Stanley Pulska
Catch-22
as Col. Cathcart
Hunters Are for Killing
as Wade Hamilton
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mayor Wilker
Me, Natalie
as Uncle Harold
Trilogy
as Ivor Belli
1968
Around the World of Mike Todd
as Michael Todd (voice)
1967
Hombre
as Henry Mendez
1966
After the Fox
as Harry
1965
A Thousand Clowns
as Arnold
The Bedford Incident
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Harlow
as Everett Redman
1964
The Carpetbaggers
as Bernard B. Norman
Seven Days in May
as Paul Girard
1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Sanford Kaufman
1962
Conquered City
as Joseph Feinberg
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman
Ada
as Steve Jackson
1960
Everybody Go Home!
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Psycho
as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
1959
Winterset
as Garth
Middle of the Night
as Jack
Al Capone
as Mac Keeley, reporter
1958
Bomber's Moon
as Captain Joe Reardon
Marjorie Morningstar
as Dr. David Harris
1957
Time Limit
as Sgt. Baker
12 Angry Men
as Juror 1
The Defender (Studio One)
as Francis Toohey
1955
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Charlie Malick
1954
On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)
1952
The Living Bible
as Townsman
1944
Winged Victory
as Bit Part (uncredited)