Martin Balsam
Acting
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Acting Credits
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–...
Known For
Filmography
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
2015
as Self
All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997
as Gramps
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Unknown Soldier
1995
as Priest
The Silence of the Hams
1994
as Det. Martin Balsam
La Classe américaine
1993
as Callaghan (archive footage)
The Sands of Time
1992
as Father Sorendo
Cape Fear
1991
as Judge
Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Mr. Pym
The Last Match
1990
as Lawyer
Oceano
1989
as Don Matias Quintero
The Brother from Space
1988
as Frather Howard
The Child Saver
1988
as Sidney Rosenberg
Midnight Caller
1988
as Gil Solarski
P.I. Private Investigations
1987
as Cliff Dowling
Brothers in Blood
1987
Kids Like These
1987
as Grandpa
Once Again
1987
as Gerald
The Delta Force
1986
as Ben Kaplan
Second Serve
1986
as Dr. Beck
Whatever it Takes
1986
as Hap Perchicksky
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Mr. Beamish
Death Wish 3
1985
as Bennett Cross
Murder in Space
1985
as Alexander Rostov
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
Space
1985
as Senator Glancey
The Goodbye People
1984
as Max Silverman
Innocent Prey
1984
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Edgar Carmody
The Octopus
1984
as Frank Carrisi
I Want to Live
1983
as Jack Brady
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
as Self
Hotel
1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
as Nathan Burkan
The Salamander
1981
as Captain Steffanelli
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
as Joel Aurnou
The Love Tapes
1980
as David Franklin
The Warning
1980
as Questore Martorana
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Elmer Babcock
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Cuba
1979
as Gen. Bello
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
as Dr. Samuel Melman
Gardenia
1979
as Salluzzo
Aunt Mary
1979
as Harry Strasberg
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Isser Harel
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
as Murray Klein
Eyes Behind the Stars
1978
as Inspector Jim Grant
Blood and Diamonds
1978
as Rizzo
Siege
1978
as Henry Fancher
Rainbow
1978
as Louis B. Mayer
The Millionaire
1978
as Arthur Haines
Silver Bears
1977
as Joe Fiore
The Sentinel
1977
as Prof. Ruzinsky
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
as Ernie Weinberg
The Storyteller
1977
as Ira Davidoff
All the President's Men
1976
as Howard Simons
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Sam McKeever
Death Rage
1976
as Commissario
Meet Him and Die
1976
as Giulianelli
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Edward J. Reilly
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Daniel Cooper
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Hyam Zgierski
Mitchell
1975
as James Arthur Cummings
Cry, Onion!
1975
as Petrus Lamb
Season for Assassins
1975
as Commissioner Katroni
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
1975
as Ben Montgomery
Smiling Maniacs
1975
as Carlo Goja
Death Among Friends
1975
as Ham Russell Buckner
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Signor Bianchi
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Green
Trapped Beneath the Sea
1974
as T.C. Hollister
The Stone Killer
1973
as Al Vescari
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Harry Walden
A Brand New Life
1973
as Jim Douglas
The Counsellor
1973
as Don Antonio Macaluso
La colonna infame
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
Kojak
1973
as Ray Kaufman
Police Story
1973
The Hassled Hooker
1972
as District Attorney Turrisi
The Man
1972
as Jim Talley
Night of Terror
1972
as Capt. Caleb Sark
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
as Giudice Aldo Sola
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Haskins
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
as Commissario Bonavia
Great Performances
1971
as Jack
Catch-22
1970
as Col. Cathcart
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Little Big Man
1970
as Mr. Merriweather
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Stanley Pulska
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
as Wade Hamilton
The Enemy Before Us
1970
as Angie
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Mayor Wilker
Me, Natalie
1969
as Uncle Harold
Trilogy
1969
as Ivor Belli
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968
as Michael Todd (voice)
The Name of the Game
1968
as Herb Witmer
Hombre
1967
as Henry Mendez
After the Fox
1966
as Harry
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Jesse Rothenberg
Harlow
1965
as Everett Redman
A Thousand Clowns
1965
as Arnold
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Seven Days in May
1964
as Paul Girard
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Bernard B. Norman
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Albert Sully
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
as Sanford Kaufman
The Fugitive
1963
as Andrew Newmark
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Leo Valera
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Dave Breslaw
Espionage
1963
as Richard Carey
Cape Fear
1962
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Conquered City
1962
as Joseph Feinberg
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
as O.J. Berman
Ada
1961
as Steve Jackson
Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The Birds
1961
as Self
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Jack Garsell
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The New Breed
1961
as Frank Eberhardt
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ned Lacey
The Defenders
1961
as Floyd Harker
The Defenders
1961
as Bernard Maxwell
The Defenders
1961
as District Attorney
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Benny Orloff
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Milton Orloff
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Carl Noyes
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Psycho
1960
as Milton Arbogast
Everybody Go Home!
1960
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Route 66
1960
Winterset
1959
as Garth
Al Capone
1959
as Mac Keeley, reporter
Middle of the Night
1959
as Jack Englander
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Danny Weiss
Rawhide
1959
as Father Fabian
The Untouchables
1959
as Arnold Justin
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Martin Lombard Senescu
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Captain Joe Reardon
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
as Dr. David Harris
Naked City
1958
as Arnold Fleischman
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Naked City
1958
as Caldwell Wyatt
Naked City
1958
as Joseph Creeley
Naked City
1958
as Captain Russel Barris
Time Limit
1957
as Sgt. Baker
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 1
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
as Francis Toohey
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Decoy
1957
as Nick Santos
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Marshal Jim Brock
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Butler
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Charlie Malick
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Eldon Marsh
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Leonard Thompson
On the Waterfront
1954
as Gillette (uncredited)
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Greatest Gift
1954
Valiant Lady
1953
The Living Bible
1952
as Townsman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Garth
The Living Christ
1951
as Townsman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Strasberg
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
Studio One
1948
as Ed Coyne
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Actors Studio
1948
as soldier
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Studio One
1948
as Francis Toohey
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Mike Galloway
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Charlie Malick
Winged Victory
1944
as Bit Part (uncredited)