Person
Martin Balsam
Acting · 1919–1996 · 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
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Fugitive
Andrew Newmark
Murder, She Wrote
Edgar Carmody
Great Performances
Jack
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Dave Breslaw
The Twilight Zone
Danny Weiss
Rawhide
Father Fabian
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Butler
Filmography
- 2015True Fear: The Making of PsychoSelf
- 2000All About 'The Birds'Self (archive footage)
- 1997Legend of the Spirit DogGramps
- 1996O. Henry's Christmas
- 1995Unknown SoldierPriest
- 1994The Silence of the HamsDet. Martin Balsam
- 1993La Classe américaineCallaghan (archive footage)
- 1992The Sands of TimeFather Sorendo
- 1991Cape FearJudge
- 1990The Last MatchLawyer
- 1990Two Evil EyesMr. Pym
- 1989OceanoDon Matias Quintero
- 1988Midnight CallerGil Solarski
- 1988The Brother from SpaceFrather Howard
- 1988The Child SaverSidney Rosenberg
- 1987Once AgainGerald
- 1987Kids Like TheseGrandpa
- 1987P.I. Private InvestigationsCliff Dowling
- 1987Brothers in Blood
- 1986Whatever it TakesHap Perchicksky
- 1986The Delta ForceBen Kaplan
- 1986Second ServeDr. Beck
- 1985Death Wish 3Bennett Cross
- 1985The Twilight ZoneRockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
- 1985Murder in SpaceAlexander Rostov
- 1985St. Elmo's FireMr. Beamish
- 1985SpaceSenator Glancey
- 1984Innocent PreySheriff Virgil Baker
- 1984Murder, She WroteEdgar Carmody
- 1984The Goodbye PeopleMax Silverman
- 1984The OctopusFrank Carrisi
- 1983I Want to LiveJack Brady
- 1982Little Gloria... Happy at LastNathan Burkan
- 1982Hotel
- 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
- 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
- 1981People vs. Jean HarrisJoel Aurnou
- 1981The SalamanderCaptain Steffanelli
- 1980The WarningQuestore Martorana
- 1980There Goes The BrideElmer Babcock
- 1980The Love TapesDavid Franklin
- 1979CubaGen. Bello
- 1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid BergmanSelf
- 1979Aunt MaryHarry Strasberg
- 1979Archie Bunker's PlaceMurray Klein
- 1979The House on Garibaldi StreetIsser Harel
- 1979GardeniaSalluzzo
- 1979The Seeding of Sarah BurnsDr. Samuel Melman
- 1979The Horror Show(archive footage)
- 1978The MillionaireArthur Haines
- 1978RainbowLouis B. Mayer
- 1978SiegeHenry Fancher
- 1978Blood and DiamondsRizzo
- 1978Eyes Behind the StarsInspector Jim Grant
- 1977The StorytellerIra Davidoff
- 1977Contract on Cherry StreetErnie Weinberg
- 1977Silver BearsJoe Fiore
- 1977The SentinelProf. Ruzinsky
- 1976Raid on EntebbeDaniel Cooper
- 1976Two-Minute WarningSam McKeever
- 1976Death RageCommissario
- 1976Meet Him and DieGiulianelli
- 1976Quincy, M.E.Hyam Zgierski
- 1976All the President's MenHoward Simons
- 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseEdward J. Reilly
- 1975Season for AssassinsCommissioner Katroni
- 1975MitchellJames Arthur Cummings
- 1975Cry, Onion!Petrus Lamb
- 1975Death Among FriendsHam Russell Buckner
- 1975Smiling ManiacsCarlo Goja
- 1975Miles To Go Before I SleepBen Montgomery
- 1974Murder on the Orient ExpressSignor Bianchi
- 1974Trapped Beneath the SeaT.C. Hollister
- 1974The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeGreen
- 1973KojakRay Kaufman
- 1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsHarry Walden
- 1973The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and WarDr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
- 1973Counselor at CrimeDon Antonio Macaluso
- 1973The Stone KillerAl Vescari
- 1973La colonna infame
- 1973Police Story
- 1973The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Rudy Wells
- 1973A Brand New LifeJim Douglas
- 1972Night of TerrorCapt. Caleb Sark
- 1972The ManJim Talley
- 1972The Hassled HookerDistrict Attorney Turrisi
- 1972Chronicle of a HomicideGiudice Aldo Sola
- 1971The Anderson TapesHaskins
- 1971Confessions of a Police CaptainCommissario Bonavia
- 1971Great PerformancesJack
- 1970Little Big ManMr. Merriweather
- 1970The Enemy Before UsAngie
- 1970The Old Man Who Cried WolfStanley Pulska
- 1970Catch-22Col. Cathcart
- 1970Hunters Are for KillingWade Hamilton
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
- 1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysMayor Wilker
- 1969Me, NatalieUncle Harold
- 1969TrilogyIvor Belli
- 1968The Name of the GameHerb Witmer
- 1968Around the World of Mike ToddMichael Todd (voice)
- 1967HombreHenry Mendez
- 1966CBS PlayhouseJesse Rothenberg
- 1966After the FoxHarry
- 1965A Thousand ClownsArnold
- 1965The Bedford IncidentLieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
- 1965HarlowEverett Redman
- 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Albert Sully
- 196412 O'Clock HighArmy Doctor (uncredited)
- 1964The CarpetbaggersBernard B. Norman
- 1964Seven Days in MayPaul Girard
- 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Sanford Kaufman
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreDave Breslaw
- 1963EspionageRichard Carey
- 1963The FugitiveAndrew Newmark
- 1963Arrest and TrialLeo Valera
- 1962Conquered CityJoseph Feinberg
- 1962The Eleventh Hour
- 1962Cape FearPolice Chief Mark Dutton
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sO.J. Berman
- 1961The New BreedFrank Eberhardt
- 1961Target: The Corruptors!
- 1961Dr. KildareNed Lacey
- 1961Cain's HundredJack Garsell
- 1961The DefendersFloyd Harker
- 1961AdaSteve Jackson
- 1960Everybody Go Home!Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
- 1960Route 66
- 1960PsychoMilton Arbogast
- 1959WintersetGarth
- 1959The UntouchablesArnold Justin
- 1959The Twilight ZoneDanny Weiss
- 1959Middle of the NightJack Englander
- 1959Al CaponeMac Keeley, reporter
- 1959RawhideFather Fabian
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- 1958Naked CityArnold Fleischman
- 1958Bomber's MoonCaptain Joe Reardon
- 1958Marjorie MorningstarDr. David Harris
- 1957Time LimitSgt. Baker
- 1957DecoyNick Santos
- 1957Have Gun, Will Travel
- 195712 Angry MenJuror 1
- 1957The Defender (Studio One)Francis Toohey
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSam Butler
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
- 1955A Man Is Ten Feet TallCharlie Malick
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsEldon Marsh
- 1954The Greatest Gift
- 1954On the WaterfrontGillette (uncredited)
- 1954Inner Sanctum
- 1953Valiant Lady
- 1952The Living BibleTownsman
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameGarth
- 1951The Living ChristTownsman
- 1949Concerning a Woman of Sin
- 1948Studio OneEd Coyne
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse
- 1948Actors Studiosoldier
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1944Winged VictoryBit Part (uncredited)
- —The Time ElementDr. Arnold Gillespie
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