Martin Balsam
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 4, 1919 (106 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
Known For
| 2000 | All About 'The Birds'Self (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | Legend of the Spirit DogGramps | |
| 1996 | O. Henry's Christmas | |
| 1995 | Unknown SoldierPriest | |
| 1994 | The Silence of the HamsDet. Martin Balsam | |
| 1993 | 24 Hour PsychoMilton Arbogast (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | La Classe américaineCallaghan (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | The Sands of TimeFather Sorendo | |
| 1991 | Cape FearJudge | |
| 1990 | Two Evil EyesMr. Pym | |
| 1990 | The Last MatchLawyer | |
| 1989 | OceanoDon Matias Quintero | |
| 1988 | The Brother from SpaceFrather Howard | |
| 1988 | The Child SaverSidney Rosenberg | |
| 1988 | Midnight CallerGil Solarski | |
| 1987 | P.I. Private InvestigationsCliff Dowling | |
| 1987 | Brothers in Blood | |
| 1987 | Kids Like TheseGrandpa | |
| 1987 | Once AgainGerald | |
| 1986 | The Delta ForceBen Kaplan | |
| 1986 | Second ServeDr. Beck | |
| 1985 | St. Elmo's FireMr. Beamish | |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3Bennett Cross | |
| 1985 | Murder in SpaceAlexander Rostov | |
| 1985 | The Twilight ZoneRockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") | |
| 1985 | The Twilight ZoneProf. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") | |
| 1985 | SpaceSenator Glancey | |
| 1984 | The Goodbye PeopleMax Silverman | |
| 1984 | Innocent PreySheriff Virgil Baker | |
| 1984 | Murder, She WroteEdgar Carmody | |
| 1984 | The OctopusFrank Carrisi | |
| 1983 | I Want to LiveJack Brady | |
| 1982 | Night of 100 StarsSelf | |
| 1982 | Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady | |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at LastNathan Burkan | |
| 1981 | The SalamanderCaptain Steffanelli | |
| 1981 | People vs. Jean HarrisJoel Aurnou | |
| 1980 | The Love TapesDavid Franklin | |
| 1980 | The WarningQuestore Martorana | |
| 1980 | There Goes The BrideElmer Babcock | |
| 1979 | The Horror Show(archive footage) | |
| 1979 | CubaGen. Bello | |
| 1979 | The Seeding of Sarah BurnsDr. Samuel Melman | |
| 1979 | GardeniaSalluzzo | |
| 1979 | Aunt MaryHarry Strasberg | |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi StreetIsser Harel | |
| 1979 | All Star Tribute to Ingrid BergmanSelf | |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's PlaceMurray Klein | |
| 1978 | Eyes Behind the StarsInspector Jim Grant | |
| 1978 | Blood and DiamondsRizzo | |
| 1978 | SiegeHenry Fancher | |
| 1978 | RainbowLouis B. Mayer | |
| 1978 | The MillionaireArthur Haines | |
| 1977 | Silver BearsJoe Fiore | |
| 1977 | The SentinelProf. Ruzinsky | |
| 1977 | Contract on Cherry StreetErnie Weinberg | |
| 1977 | The StorytellerIra Davidoff | |
| 1976 | All the President's MenHoward Simons | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute WarningSam McKeever | |
| 1976 | Death RageCommissario | |
| 1976 | Meet Him and DieGiulianelli | |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseEdward J. Reilly | |
| 1976 | Raid on EntebbeDaniel Cooper | |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E.Hyam Zgierski | |
| 1975 | MitchellJames Arthur Cummings | |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion!Petrus Lamb | |
| 1975 | Season for AssassinsCommissioner Katroni | |
| 1975 | Miles To Go Before I SleepBen Montgomery | |
| 1975 | Smiling ManiacsCarlo Goja | |
| 1975 | Death Among FriendsHam Russell Buckner | |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient ExpressSignor Bianchi | |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeGreen | |
| 1974 | Trapped Beneath the SeaT.C. Hollister | |
| 1973 | The Stone KillerAl Vescari | |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Rudy Wells | |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsHarry Walden | |
| 1973 | A Brand New LifeJim Douglas | |
| 1973 | Counselor at CrimeDon Antonio Macaluso | |
| 1973 | La colonna infame | |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and WarDr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
| 1973 | KojakRay Kaufman | |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1972 | The Hassled HookerDistrict Attorney Turrisi | |
| 1972 | The ManJim Talley | |
| 1972 | Night of TerrorCapt. Caleb Sark | |
| 1972 | Chronicle of a HomicideGiudice Aldo Sola | |
| 1971 | The Anderson TapesHaskins | |
| 1971 | Confessions of a Police CaptainCommissario Bonavia | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesJack | |
| 1970 | Catch-22Col. Cathcart | |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora!Admiral Husband E. Kimmel | |
| 1970 | Little Big ManMr. Merriweather | |
| 1970 | The Old Man Who Cried WolfStanley Pulska | |
| 1970 | Hunters Are for KillingWade Hamilton | |
| 1970 | The Enemy Before UsAngie | |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad GuysMayor Wilker | |
| 1969 | Me, NatalieUncle Harold | |
| 1969 | TrilogyIvor Belli | |
| 1968 | Around the World of Mike ToddMichael Todd (voice) | |
| 1968 | The Name of the GameHerb Witmer | |
| 1967 | HombreHenry Mendez | |
| 1966 | After the FoxHarry | |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1965 | HarlowEverett Redman | |
| 1965 | A Thousand ClownsArnold | |
| 1965 | The Bedford IncidentLieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. | |
| 1964 | Seven Days in MayPaul Girard | |
| 1964 | The CarpetbaggersBernard B. Norman | |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock HighArmy Doctor (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Albert Sully | |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Sanford Kaufman | |
| 1963 | The FugitiveAndrew Newmark | |
| 1963 | Arrest and TrialLeo Valera | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreDave Breslaw | |
| 1962 | Cape FearPolice Chief Mark Dutton | |
| 1962 | Conquered CityJoseph Feinberg | |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour | |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany'sO.J. Berman | |
| 1961 | AdaSteve Jackson | |
| 1961 | Cain's HundredJack Garsell | |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | The New BreedFrank Eberhardt | |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareNed Lacey | |
| 1961 | The DefendersFloyd Harker | |
| 1961 | The DefendersBernard Maxwell | |
| 1961 | The DefendersDistrict Attorney | |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareBenny Orloff | |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareDr. Milton Orloff | |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareDr. Carl Noyes | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1960 | PsychoMilton Arbogast | |
| 1960 | Everybody Go Home!Sergente Quintino Fornaciari | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1959 | WintersetGarth | |
| 1959 | Al CaponeMac Keeley, reporter | |
| 1959 | Middle of the NightJack Englander | |
| 1959 | The Twilight ZoneDanny Weiss | |
| 1959 | RawhideFather Fabian | |
| 1959 | The UntouchablesArnold Justin | |
| 1959 | The Twilight ZoneMartin Lombard Senescu | |
| 1958 | Bomber's MoonCaptain Joe Reardon | |
| 1958 | Marjorie MorningstarDr. David Harris | |
| 1958 | Naked CityArnold Fleischman | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1958 | Naked CityCaldwell Wyatt | |
| 1958 | Naked CityCaptain Russel Barris | |
| 1958 | Naked CityJoseph Creeley | |
| 1957 | Time LimitSgt. Baker | |
| 1957 | 12 Angry MenJuror 1 | |
| 1957 | The Defender (Studio One)Francis Toohey | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | DecoyNick Santos | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will TravelMarshal Jim Brock | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSam Butler | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Winner | |
| 1955 | A Man Is Ten Feet TallCharlie Malick | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsEldon Marsh | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLeonard Thompson | |
| 1954 | On the WaterfrontGillette (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | |
| 1954 | The Greatest Gift | |
| 1953 | Valiant Lady | |
| 1952 | The Living BibleTownsman | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameGarth | |
| 1951 | The Living ChristTownsman | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameStrasberg | |
| 1949 | Concerning a Woman of Sin | |
| 1948 | Studio OneEd Coyne | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Actors Studiosoldier | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1948 | Studio OneFrancis Toohey | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television PlayhouseMike Galloway | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television PlayhouseCharlie Malick | |
| 1944 | Winged VictoryBit Part (uncredited) | |
| - | The Time ElementDr. Arnold Gillespie |