Martin Balsam
Acting
Born: November 4, 1919 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 13, 1996 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
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
1960
12 Angry Men
1957
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Cape Fear
1991
All the President's Men
1976
On the Waterfront
1954
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
The Twilight Zone
1959
Little Big Man
1970
Cape Fear
1962
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Photos (6)
Movies (108)
12 Angry Men
Juror 1
Psycho
Milton Arbogast
Breakfast at Tiffany's
O.J. Berman
Murder on the Orient Express
Signor Bianchi
Cape Fear
Judge
All the President's Men
Howard Simons
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
The Delta Force
Ben Kaplan
On the Waterfront
Gillette (uncredited)
St. Elmo's Fire
Mr. Beamish
Death Wish 3
Bennett Cross
Cape Fear
Police Chief Mark Dutton
Catch-22
Col. Cathcart
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Green
Hombre
Henry Mendez
The Anderson Tapes
Haskins
Little Big Man
Mr. Merriweather
The Sentinel
Prof. Ruzinsky
The Silence of the Hams
Det. Martin Balsam
The Last Match
Lawyer
Seven Days in May
Paul Girard
Two Evil Eyes
Mr. Pym
The Bedford Incident
Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Conquered City
Joseph Feinberg
Two-Minute Warning
Sam McKeever
Me, Natalie
Uncle Harold
The Salamander
Captain Steffanelli
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Mayor Wilker
Raid on Entebbe
Daniel Cooper
The Stone Killer
Al Vescari
I Want to Live
Jack Brady
Middle of the Night
Jack Englander
Marjorie Morningstar
Dr. David Harris
Cry, Onion!
Petrus Lamb
People vs. Jean Harris
Joel Aurnou
Winged Victory
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
Bernard B. Norman
Time Limit
Sgt. Baker
Al Capone
Mac Keeley, reporter
Death Rage
Commissario
La Classe américaine
Callaghan (archive footage)
Aunt Mary
Harry Strasberg
Silver Bears
Joe Fiore
Cuba
Gen. Bello
The Man
Jim Talley
A Thousand Clowns
Arnold
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Rudy Wells
Confessions of a Police Captain
Commissario Bonavia
Innocent Prey
Sheriff Virgil Baker
After the Fox
Harry
Harlow
Everett Redman
Mitchell
James Arthur Cummings
The Hassled Hooker
District Attorney Turrisi
Second Serve
Dr. Beck
The Defender (Studio One)
Francis Toohey
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Season for Assassins
Commissioner Katroni
Everybody Go Home!
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Meet Him and Die
Giulianelli
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Ada
Steve Jackson
Murder in Space
Alexander Rostov
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Sanford Kaufman
Eyes Behind the Stars
Inspector Jim Grant
The Living Bible
Townsman
Counselor at Crime
Don Antonio Macaluso
Contract on Cherry Street
Ernie Weinberg
P.I. Private Investigations
Cliff Dowling
The Brother from Space
Frather Howard
There Goes The Bride
Elmer Babcock
Siege
Henry Fancher
Trapped Beneath the Sea
T.C. Hollister
The Goodbye People
Max Silverman
Trilogy
Ivor Belli
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Night of Terror
Capt. Caleb Sark
Chronicle of a Homicide
Giudice Aldo Sola
The Child Saver
Sidney Rosenberg
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Stanley Pulska
The Storyteller
Ira Davidoff
The Millionaire
Arthur Haines
The House on Garibaldi Street
Isser Harel
Kids Like These
Grandpa
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Dr. Samuel Melman
The Love Tapes
David Franklin
Once Again
Gerald
The Sands of Time
Father Sorendo
The Warning
Questore Martorana
Rainbow
Louis B. Mayer
Blood and Diamonds
Rizzo
Death Among Friends
Ham Russell Buckner
Hunters Are for Killing
Wade Hamilton
Whatever it Takes
Hap Perchicksky
Unknown Soldier
Priest
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Edward J. Reilly
La colonna infame
1973
Around the World of Mike Todd
Michael Todd (voice)
Gardenia
Salluzzo
Smiling Maniacs
Carlo Goja
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Harry Walden
Bomber's Moon
Captain Joe Reardon
Brothers in Blood
1987
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Ben Montgomery
A Brand New Life
Jim Douglas
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Charlie Malick
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Gramps
TV Shows (56)
Murder, She Wrote
Edgar Carmody · 2 eps
Great Performances
Jack · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Andrew Newmark · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Danny Weiss · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Martin Lombard Senescu · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Marshal Jim Brock · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Hyam Zgierski · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mike Galloway · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Charlie Malick · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Ned Lacey · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Benny Orloff · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Milton Orloff · 3 eps
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Carl Noyes · 2 eps
Hotel
1 eps
The Untouchables
Arnold Justin · 1 eps
Rawhide
Father Fabian · 1 eps
Studio One
Ed Coyne · 1 eps
Studio One
Francis Toohey · 2 eps
The Name of the Game
Herb Witmer · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") · 1 eps
Route 66
2 eps
Naked City
Arnold Fleischman · 1 eps
Naked City
Caldwell Wyatt · 1 eps
Naked City
Joseph Creeley · 1 eps
Naked City
Captain Russel Barris · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Eldon Marsh · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Leonard Thompson · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Butler · 1 eps
The Defenders
Floyd Harker · 1 eps
The Defenders
Bernard Maxwell · 1 eps
The Defenders
District Attorney · 2 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Albert Sully · 1 eps
Kojak
Ray Kaufman · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Army Doctor (uncredited) · 1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Archie Bunker's Place
Murray Klein · 45 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
2 eps
The Octopus
Frank Carrisi · 2 eps
Arrest and Trial
Leo Valera · 1 eps
Midnight Caller
Gil Solarski · 1 eps
Inner Sanctum
3 eps
The New Breed
Frank Eberhardt · 1 eps
Espionage
Richard Carey · 1 eps
Decoy
Nick Santos · 1 eps
The Living Christ
Townsman · 1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Jack Garsell · 1 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
1 eps
The Eleventh Hour
1 eps
Space
Senator Glancey · 5 eps
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Nathan Burkan · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Garth · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Strasberg · 1 eps
Oceano
Don Matias Quintero · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (8)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Night of 100 Stars
Self
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
All About 'The Birds'
Self (archive footage)
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
Self
Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for "The Birds"
Self
