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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 4, 1919
Died
February 13, 1996
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Martin Henry Balsam
- Мартин Болсам
Martin Balsam
1.5 Popularity
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
7.2
Self (archive footage)
All About 'The Birds'
2000
4.5
Gramps
Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997
0.0
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
6.0
Priest
Unknown Soldier
1995
4.9
Det. Martin Balsam
The Silence of the Hams
1994
7.6
Callaghan (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993
4.0
Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho
1993
0.0
Father Sorendo
The Sands of Time
1992
7.3
Judge
Cape Fear
1991
5.0
Lawyer
The Last Match
1990
Credits
All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
7.2
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
1997
4.5
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
0.0
Unknown Soldier
as Priest
1995
6.0
The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
1994
4.9
La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
1993
7.6
24 Hour Psycho
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
1993
4.0
The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo
1992
0.0
Cape Fear
as Judge
1991
7.3
The Last Match
as Lawyer
1990
5.0
Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
1990
6.1
Oceano
as Don Matias Quintero
1989
5.0
Midnight Caller
as Gil Solarski
1988
7.6
The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
1988
0.0
The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
1988
2.5
🎬
Once Again
as Gerald
1987
0.0
Kids Like These
as Grandpa
1987
10.0
P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
1987
4.8
Brothers in Blood
1987
5.0
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
1986
5.9
Second Serve
as Dr. Beck
1986
4.7
Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross
1985
6.2
The Twilight Zone
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
1985
7.8
The Twilight Zone
as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
1985
7.8
Murder in Space
as Alexander Rostov
1985
4.8
St. Elmo's Fire
as Mr. Beamish
1985
6.1
Space
as Senator Glancey
1985
6.5
Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
1984
3.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Edgar Carmody
1984
7.5
The Goodbye People
as Max Silverman
1984
0.0
The Octopus
as Frank Carrisi
1984
7.8
I Want to Live
as Jack Brady
1983
3.0
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
as Nathan Burkan
1982
5.4
Hotel
1982
6.8
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
People vs. Jean Harris
as Joel Aurnou
1981
0.0
The Salamander
as Captain Steffanelli
1981
5.3
The Warning
as Questore Martorana
1980
4.8
There Goes The Bride
as Elmer Babcock
1980
0.0
The Love Tapes
as David Franklin
1980
3.0
Cuba
as Gen. Bello
1979
5.4
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
1979
0.0
Aunt Mary
as Harry Strasberg
1979
7.0
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
6.5
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Isser Harel
1979
5.5
Gardenia
as Salluzzo
1979
4.8
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as Dr. Samuel Melman
1979
6.0
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
The Millionaire
as Arthur Haines
1978
0.0
Rainbow
as Louis B. Mayer
1978
0.0
Siege
as Henry Fancher
1978
6.2
Blood and Diamonds
as Rizzo
1978
6.4
Eyes Behind the Stars
as Inspector Jim Grant
1978
4.3
The Storyteller
as Ira Davidoff
1977
0.0
Contract on Cherry Street
as Ernie Weinberg
1977
6.3
Silver Bears
as Joe Fiore
1977
5.9
The Sentinel
as Prof. Ruzinsky
1977
6.1
Raid on Entebbe
as Daniel Cooper
1976
6.0
Two-Minute Warning
as Sam McKeever
1976
6.2
Death Rage
as Commissario
1976
5.3
Meet Him and Die
as Giulianelli
1976
5.4
Quincy, M.E.
as Hyam Zgierski
1976
7.5
All the President's Men
as Howard Simons
1976
7.7
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Edward J. Reilly
1976
6.4
Season for Assassins
as Commissioner Katroni
1975
4.3
Mitchell
as James Arthur Cummings
1975
3.2
Cry, Onion!
as Petrus Lamb
1975
5.2
Death Among Friends
as Ham Russell Buckner
1975
3.6
Smiling Maniacs
as Carlo Goja
1975
0.0
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
as Ben Montgomery
1975
6.0
Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi
1974
7.1
Trapped Beneath the Sea
as T.C. Hollister
1974
5.8
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Green
1974
7.5
Kojak
as Ray Kaufman
1973
7.0
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Harry Walden
1973
5.4
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
1973
6.5
Counselor at Crime
as Don Antonio Macaluso
1973
5.3
The Stone Killer
as Al Vescari
1973
6.2
La colonna infame
1973
6.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Rudy Wells
1973
6.7
A Brand New Life
as Jim Douglas
1973
0.0
Night of Terror
as Capt. Caleb Sark
1972
5.9
The Man
as Jim Talley
1972
6.3
The Hassled Hooker
as District Attorney Turrisi
1972
5.9
Chronicle of a Homicide
as Giudice Aldo Sola
1972
5.3
The Anderson Tapes
as Haskins
1971
6.1
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Commissario Bonavia
1971
6.7
Great Performances
as Jack
1971
5.8
Little Big Man
as Mr. Merriweather
1970
7.5
🎬
The Enemy Before Us
as Angie
1970
0.0
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Stanley Pulska
1970
6.0
Catch-22
as Col. Cathcart
1970
6.6
Hunters Are for Killing
as Wade Hamilton
1970
4.5
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
1970
7.1
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mayor Wilker
1969
5.5
Me, Natalie
as Uncle Harold
1969
5.5
Trilogy
as Ivor Belli
1969
6.0
The Name of the Game
as Herb Witmer
1968
6.8
Around the World of Mike Todd
as Michael Todd (voice)
1968
6.0
Hombre
as Henry Mendez
1967
7.0
🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
After the Fox
as Harry
1966
6.0
A Thousand Clowns
as Arnold
1965
7.1
The Bedford Incident
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
1965
7.0
Harlow
as Everett Redman
1965
5.4
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Albert Sully
1964
7.1
12 O'Clock High
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
1964
7.2
The Carpetbaggers
as Bernard B. Norman
1964
5.8
Seven Days in May
as Paul Girard
1964
7.3
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Sanford Kaufman
1963
5.8
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Dave Breslaw
1963
5.7
The Fugitive
as Andrew Newmark
1963
7.2
Arrest and Trial
as Leo Valera
1963
7.7
Conquered City
as Joseph Feinberg
1962
4.3
The Eleventh Hour
1962
6.0
Cape Fear
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
1962
7.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman
1961
7.6
The New Breed
as Frank Eberhardt
1961
7.0
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
Dr. Kildare
as Ned Lacey
1961
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Benny Orloff
1961
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Milton Orloff
1961
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Carl Noyes
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as Jack Garsell
1961
4.7
The Defenders
as Floyd Harker
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Bernard Maxwell
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as District Attorney
1961
5.9
Ada
as Steve Jackson
1961
6.4
Everybody Go Home!
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
1960
7.6
Route 66
1960
6.3
Psycho
as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
1960
8.4
🎬
Winterset
as Garth
1959
0.0
The Twilight Zone
as Danny Weiss
1959
8.5
Middle of the Night
as Jack
1959
6.9
Al Capone
as Mac Keeley, reporter
1959
6.6
Rawhide
as Father Fabian
1959
7.2
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Naked City
as Arnold Fleischman
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Caldwell Wyatt
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Joseph Creeley
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Captain Russel Barris
1958
5.5
Bomber's Moon
as Captain Joe Reardon
1958
0.0
Marjorie Morningstar
as Dr. David Harris
1958
6.2
Time Limit
as Sgt. Baker
1957
7.1
Decoy
as Nick Santos
1957
6.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Marshal Jim Brock
1957
7.3
12 Angry Men
as Juror 1
1957
8.5
The Defender (Studio One)
as Francis Toohey
1957
7.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sam Butler
1956
6.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Eldon Marsh
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Leonard Thompson
1955
7.8
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Charlie Malick
1955
0.0
🎬
The Greatest Gift
1954
0.0
On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)
1954
7.9
Inner Sanctum
1954
7.0
🎬
Valiant Lady
1953
3.0
The Living Bible
as Townsman
1952
6.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Garth
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Strasberg
1951
8.6
The Living Christ
as Townsman
1951
5.0
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
0.0
Studio One
as Ed Coyne
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Francis Toohey
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Mike Galloway
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Charlie Malick
1948
6.3
🎬
Actors Studio
as soldier
1948
7.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Winged Victory
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1944
5.5
The Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
N/A
0.0