Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Known for
Acting
Born
November 4, 1919
Died
February 13, 1996 (aged 76)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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The Time Element poster

The Time Element

Movie · as Dr. Arnold Gillespie

2015
True Fear: The Making of Psycho poster

True Fear: The Making of Psycho

Movie · as Self

2000
All About 'The Birds' poster

All About 'The Birds'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1997
Legend of the Spirit Dog poster

Legend of the Spirit Dog

Movie · as Gramps

1996
O. Henry's Christmas poster

O. Henry's Christmas

Movie

1995
Unknown Soldier poster

Unknown Soldier

Movie · as Priest

1994
The Silence of the Hams poster

The Silence of the Hams

Movie · as Det. Martin Balsam

1993
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as Callaghan (archive footage)

1992
The Sands of Time poster

The Sands of Time

Movie · as Father Sorendo

1991
Cape Fear poster

Cape Fear

Movie · as Judge

1990
Two Evil Eyes poster

Two Evil Eyes

Movie · as Mr. Pym

1990
The Last Match poster

The Last Match

Movie · as Lawyer

1989
Oceano poster

Oceano

TV · as Don Matias Quintero · 6 eps

1988
The Brother from Space poster

The Brother from Space

Movie · as Frather Howard

1988
The Child Saver poster

The Child Saver

Movie · as Sidney Rosenberg

1988
Midnight Caller poster

Midnight Caller

TV · as Gil Solarski · 1 ep

1987
P.I. Private Investigations poster

P.I. Private Investigations

Movie · as Cliff Dowling

1987
Brothers in Blood poster

Brothers in Blood

Movie

1987
Kids Like These poster

Kids Like These

Movie · as Grandpa

1987
Once Again poster

Once Again

Movie · as Gerald

1986
The Delta Force poster

The Delta Force

Movie · as Ben Kaplan

1986
Second Serve poster

Second Serve

Movie · as Dr. Beck

1986
Whatever it Takes poster

Whatever it Takes

Movie · as Hap Perchicksky

1985
St. Elmo's Fire poster

St. Elmo's Fire

Movie · as Mr. Beamish

1985
Death Wish 3 poster

Death Wish 3

Movie · as Bennett Cross

1985
Murder in Space poster

Murder in Space

Movie · as Alexander Rostov

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons"), Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") · 1 ep

1985
Space poster

Space

TV · as Senator Glancey · 5 eps

1984
The Goodbye People poster

The Goodbye People

Movie · as Max Silverman

1984
Innocent Prey poster

Innocent Prey

Movie · as Sheriff Virgil Baker

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Edgar Carmody · 2 eps

1984
The Octopus poster

The Octopus

TV · as Frank Carrisi · 2 eps

1983
I Want to Live poster

I Want to Live

Movie · as Jack Brady

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady poster

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Movie · as Self

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · 1 ep

1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last poster

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

TV · as Nathan Burkan · 2 eps

1981
The Salamander poster

The Salamander

Movie · as Captain Steffanelli

1981
People vs. Jean Harris poster

People vs. Jean Harris

Movie · as Joel Aurnou

1980
The Love Tapes poster

The Love Tapes

Movie · as David Franklin

1980
The Warning poster

The Warning

Movie · as Questore Martorana

1980
There Goes The Bride poster

There Goes The Bride

Movie · as Elmer Babcock

1979
The Horror Show poster

The Horror Show

Movie · as (archive footage)

1979
Cuba poster

Cuba

Movie · as Gen. Bello

1979
The Seeding of Sarah Burns poster

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

Movie · as Dr. Samuel Melman

1979
Gardenia poster

Gardenia

Movie · as Salluzzo

1979
Aunt Mary poster

Aunt Mary

Movie · as Harry Strasberg

1979
The House on Garibaldi Street poster

The House on Garibaldi Street

Movie · as Isser Harel

1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman poster

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

Movie · as Self

1979
Archie Bunker's Place poster

Archie Bunker's Place

TV · as Murray Klein · 45 eps

1978
Eyes Behind the Stars poster

Eyes Behind the Stars

Movie · as Inspector Jim Grant

1978
Blood and Diamonds poster

Blood and Diamonds

Movie · as Rizzo

1978
Siege poster

Siege

Movie · as Henry Fancher

1978
Rainbow poster

Rainbow

Movie · as Louis B. Mayer

1978
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

Movie · as Arthur Haines

1977
Silver Bears poster

Silver Bears

Movie · as Joe Fiore

1977
The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel

Movie · as Prof. Ruzinsky

1977
Contract on Cherry Street poster

Contract on Cherry Street

Movie · as Ernie Weinberg

1977
The Storyteller poster

The Storyteller

Movie · as Ira Davidoff

1976
All the President's Men poster

All the President's Men

Movie · as Howard Simons

1976
Two-Minute Warning poster

Two-Minute Warning

Movie · as Sam McKeever

1976
Death Rage poster

Death Rage

Movie · as Commissario

1976
Meet Him and Die poster

Meet Him and Die

Movie · as Giulianelli

1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case poster

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Movie · as Edward J. Reilly

1976
Raid on Entebbe poster

Raid on Entebbe

Movie · as Daniel Cooper

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · as Hyam Zgierski · 1 ep

1975
Mitchell poster

Mitchell

Movie · as James Arthur Cummings

1975
Cry, Onion! poster

Cry, Onion!

Movie · as Petrus Lamb

1975
Season for Assassins poster

Season for Assassins

Movie · as Commissioner Katroni

1975
Miles To Go Before I Sleep poster

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

Movie · as Ben Montgomery

1975
Smiling Maniacs poster

Smiling Maniacs

Movie · as Carlo Goja

1975
Death Among Friends poster

Death Among Friends

Movie · as Ham Russell Buckner

1974
Murder on the Orient Express poster

Murder on the Orient Express

Movie · as Signor Bianchi

1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three poster

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Movie · as Green

1974
Trapped Beneath the Sea poster

Trapped Beneath the Sea

Movie · as T.C. Hollister

1973
The Stone Killer poster

The Stone Killer

Movie · as Al Vescari

1973
The Six Million Dollar Man poster

The Six Million Dollar Man

Movie · as Dr. Rudy Wells

1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams poster

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Movie · as Harry Walden

1973
A Brand New Life poster

A Brand New Life

Movie · as Jim Douglas

1973
The Counsellor poster

The Counsellor

Movie · as Don Antonio Macaluso

1973
La colonna infame poster

La colonna infame

Movie

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

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

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

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Ray Kaufman · 1 ep

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Hassled Hooker poster

The Hassled Hooker

Movie · as District Attorney Turrisi

1972
The Man poster

The Man

Movie · as Jim Talley

1972
Night of Terror poster

Night of Terror

Movie · as Capt. Caleb Sark

1972
Chronicle of a Homicide poster

Chronicle of a Homicide

Movie · as Giudice Aldo Sola

1971
The Anderson Tapes poster

The Anderson Tapes

Movie · as Haskins

1971
Confessions of a Police Captain poster

Confessions of a Police Captain

Movie · as Commissario Bonavia

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Jack · 1 ep

1970
Catch-22 poster

Catch-22

Movie · as Col. Cathcart

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie · as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

1970
Little Big Man poster

Little Big Man

Movie · as Mr. Merriweather

1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf poster

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

Movie · as Stanley Pulska

1970
Hunters Are for Killing poster

Hunters Are for Killing

Movie · as Wade Hamilton

1970
The Enemy Before Us

The Enemy Before Us

Movie · as Angie

1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys poster

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Movie · as Mayor Wilker

1969
Me, Natalie poster

Me, Natalie

Movie · as Uncle Harold

1969
Trilogy poster

Trilogy

Movie · as Ivor Belli

1968
Around the World of Mike Todd poster

Around the World of Mike Todd

Movie · as Michael Todd (voice)

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Herb Witmer · 1 ep

1967
Hombre poster

Hombre

Movie · as Henry Mendez

1966
After the Fox poster

After the Fox

Movie · as Harry

1966
CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse

TV · as Jesse Rothenberg · 1 ep

1965
Harlow poster

Harlow

Movie · as Everett Redman

1965
A Thousand Clowns poster

A Thousand Clowns

Movie · as Arnold

1965
The Bedford Incident poster

The Bedford Incident

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

1964
Seven Days in May poster

Seven Days in May

Movie · as Paul Girard

1964
The Carpetbaggers poster

The Carpetbaggers

Movie · as Bernard B. Norman

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as Army Doctor (uncredited) · 1 ep

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Albert Sully · 1 ep

1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? poster

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Movie · as Sanford Kaufman

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Andrew Newmark · 1 ep

1963
Arrest and Trial poster

Arrest and Trial

TV · as Leo Valera · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Dave Breslaw · 1 ep

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

TV · as Richard Carey · 1 ep

1962
Cape Fear poster

Cape Fear

Movie · as Police Chief Mark Dutton

1962
Conquered City poster

Conquered City

Movie · as Joseph Feinberg

1962
The Eleventh Hour poster

The Eleventh Hour

TV · 1 ep

1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's poster

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Movie · as O.J. Berman

1961
Ada poster

Ada

Movie · as Steve Jackson

1961
Cain's Hundred poster

Cain's Hundred

TV · as Jack Garsell · 1 ep

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1961
The New Breed poster

The New Breed

TV · as Frank Eberhardt · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Ned Lacey, Benny Orloff, Dr. Milton Orloff, Dr. Carl Noyes · 1 ep

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Floyd Harker, Bernard Maxwell, District Attorney · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
Psycho poster

Psycho

Movie · as Milton Arbogast

1960
Everybody Go Home! poster

Everybody Go Home!

Movie · as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · 2 eps

1959
Winterset

Winterset

Movie · as Garth

1959
Al Capone poster

Al Capone

Movie · as Mac Keeley, reporter

1959
Middle of the Night poster

Middle of the Night

Movie · as Jack Englander

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Danny Weiss, Martin Lombard Senescu · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Father Fabian · 1 ep

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as Arnold Justin · 1 ep

1958
Bomber's Moon poster

Bomber's Moon

Movie · as Captain Joe Reardon

1958
Marjorie Morningstar poster

Marjorie Morningstar

Movie · as Dr. David Harris

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Arnold Fleischman, Joseph Creeley, Captain Russel Barris, Caldwell Wyatt · 1 ep

1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV · 2 eps

1957
Time Limit poster

Time Limit

Movie · as Sgt. Baker

1957
12 Angry Men poster

12 Angry Men

Movie · as Juror 1

1957
The Defender (Studio One) poster

The Defender (Studio One)

Movie · as Francis Toohey

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Marshal Jim Brock · 1 ep

1957
Decoy poster

Decoy

TV · as Nick Santos · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Sam Butler · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep

1955
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall poster

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

Movie · as Charlie Malick

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Eldon Marsh, Leonard Thompson · 1 ep

1954
On the Waterfront poster

On the Waterfront

Movie · as Gillette (uncredited)

1954
Inner Sanctum poster

Inner Sanctum

TV · 3 eps

1954
The Greatest Gift

The Greatest Gift

TV · 218 eps

1953
Valiant Lady

Valiant Lady

TV · 272 eps

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Garth, Strasberg · 1 ep

1951
The Living Christ poster

The Living Christ

TV · as Townsman · 1 ep

1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin poster

Concerning a Woman of Sin

Movie

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Ed Coyne, Francis Toohey · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Mike Galloway, Charlie Malick · 1 ep

1948
Actors Studio

Actors Studio

TV · as soldier · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Winged Victory poster

Winged Victory

Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)