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 (7)
Movies (107)
12 Angry Men
Juror 1
Psycho
Milton Arbogast
Cape Fear
Judge
All the President's Men
Howard Simons
On the Waterfront
Gillette (uncredited)
Murder on the Orient Express
Signor Bianchi
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Breakfast at Tiffany's
O.J. Berman
The Delta Force
Ben Kaplan
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Green
St. Elmo's Fire
Mr. Beamish
Catch-22
Col. Cathcart
Death Wish 3
Bennett Cross
Little Big Man
Mr. Merriweather
The Sentinel
Prof. Ruzinsky
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Mayor Wilker
Cape Fear
Police Chief Mark Dutton
The Anderson Tapes
Haskins
The Salamander
Captain Steffanelli
Two Evil Eyes
Mr. Pym
Hombre
Henry Mendez
The Silence of the Hams
Det. Martin Balsam
The Carpetbaggers
Bernard B. Norman
Seven Days in May
Paul Girard
Al Capone
Mac Keeley, reporter
The Bedford Incident
Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Rudy Wells
The Stone Killer
Al Vescari
The Hassled Hooker
District Attorney Turrisi
Two-Minute Warning
Sam McKeever
Me, Natalie
Uncle Harold
After the Fox
Harry
Marjorie Morningstar
Dr. David Harris
Harlow
Everett Redman
Middle of the Night
Jack Englander
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Stanley Pulska
Death Rage
Commissario
Silver Bears
Joe Fiore
Raid on Entebbe
Daniel Cooper
Everybody Go Home!
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Cry, Onion!
Petrus Lamb
The Last Match
Lawyer
Aunt Mary
Harry Strasberg
Cuba
Gen. Bello
Chronicle of a Homicide
Giudice Aldo Sola
Confessions of a Police Captain
Commissario Bonavia
A Thousand Clowns
Arnold
The Counsellor
Don Antonio Macaluso
The Warning
Questore Martorana
Time Limit
Sgt. Baker
A Brand New Life
Jim Douglas
Winged Victory
Bit Part (uncredited)
La Classe américaine
Callaghan (archive footage)
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Charlie Malick
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
Murder in Space
Alexander Rostov
The Defender (Studio One)
Francis Toohey
The Sands of Time
Father Sorendo
Trilogy
Ivor Belli
Innocent Prey
Sheriff Virgil Baker
P.I. Private Investigations
Cliff Dowling
Second Serve
Dr. Beck
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Sanford Kaufman
Mitchell
James Arthur Cummings
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Contract on Cherry Street
Ernie Weinberg
There Goes The Bride
Elmer Babcock
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Edward J. Reilly
I Want to Live
Jack Brady
Trapped Beneath the Sea
T.C. Hollister
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Harry Walden
Meet Him and Die
Giulianelli
People vs. Jean Harris
Joel Aurnou
The House on Garibaldi Street
Isser Harel
The Brother from Space
Frather Howard
Rainbow
Louis B. Mayer
Blood and Diamonds
Rizzo
Conquered City
Joseph Feinberg
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Dr. Samuel Melman
Hunters Are for Killing
Wade Hamilton
Season for Assassins
Commissioner Katroni
Gardenia
Salluzzo
Night of Terror
Capt. Caleb Sark
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Smiling Maniacs
Carlo Goja
Around the World of Mike Todd
Michael Todd (voice)
Ada
Steve Jackson
La colonna infame
1973
The Love Tapes
David Franklin
Eyes Behind the Stars
Inspector Jim Grant
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Ben Montgomery
The Child Saver
Sidney Rosenberg
The Man
Jim Talley
Siege
Henry Fancher
The Goodbye People
Max Silverman
The Living Bible
Townsman
Death Among Friends
Ham Russell Buckner
Bomber's Moon
Captain Joe Reardon
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Gramps
Whatever it Takes
Hap Perchicksky
The Storyteller
Ira Davidoff
Kids Like These
Grandpa
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
Once Again
Gerald
The Millionaire
Arthur Haines
Unknown Soldier
Priest
Brothers in Blood
1987
TV Shows (56)
Murder, She Wrote
Edgar Carmody · 2 eps
Great Performances
Jack · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Andrew Newmark · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Hyam Zgierski · 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
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mike Galloway · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Charlie Malick · 1 eps
Hotel
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
Studio One
Ed Coyne · 1 eps
Studio One
Francis Toohey · 2 eps
Naked City
Arnold Fleischman · 1 eps
Naked City
Joseph Creeley · 1 eps
Naked City
Captain Russel Barris · 1 eps
Naked City
Caldwell Wyatt · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Butler · 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
The Untouchables
Arnold Justin · 1 eps
Route 66
2 eps
Rawhide
Father Fabian · 1 eps
The Defenders
Floyd Harker · 1 eps
The Defenders
Bernard Maxwell · 1 eps
The Defenders
District Attorney · 2 eps
Kojak
Ray Kaufman · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Herb Witmer · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Eldon Marsh · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Leonard Thompson · 1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Army Doctor (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Albert Sully · 1 eps
The Octopus
Frank Carrisi · 2 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
2 eps
Archie Bunker's Place
Murray Klein · 45 eps
Midnight Caller
Gil Solarski · 1 eps
Arrest and Trial
Leo Valera · 1 eps
The New Breed
Frank Eberhardt · 1 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
1 eps
Espionage
Richard Carey · 1 eps
Decoy
Nick Santos · 1 eps
The Eleventh Hour
1 eps
Inner Sanctum
3 eps
Cain's Hundred
Jack Garsell · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Garth · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Strasberg · 1 eps
The Living Christ
Townsman · 1 eps
Space
Senator Glancey · 5 eps
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Nathan Burkan · 2 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
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
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
