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).
Filmography
all 157
Movies 112
TV Shows 45
self 5
Det. Martin Balsam
The Silence of the Hams (1994)
Movie
Callaghan
La Classe américaine (1993)
Movie
3.67
Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho (1993)
Movie
Mr. Pym
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Movie
6
Don Matias Quintero
Oceano (1989)
TV
Sheriff Virgil Baker
Innocent Prey (1989)
Movie
Gil Solarski
Midnight Caller (1988)
TV
6
Sidney Rosenberg
The Child Saver (1988)
Movie
Father Howard
The Brother from Space (1988)
Movie
Grandpa
Kids Like These (1987)
Movie
Cliff Dowling
P.I. Private Investigations (1987)
Movie
Major Briggs
Brothers in Blood (1987)
Movie
Marty Rose
Queenie (1987)
TV
Marty Rose
Queenie (1987)
Movie
10
Ben Kaplan
The Delta Force (1986)
Movie
5.69
Dr. Beck
Second Serve (1986)
Movie
Bennett Cross
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Movie
5.36
Prof. Donald Knowles / Rockne S. O'Bannon
The Twilight Zone (1985)
TV
7
Alexander Rostov
Murder in Space (1985)
Movie
Mr. Beamish
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Movie
3.5
Senator Glancey
Space (1985)
TV
Edgar Carmody
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
Max Silverman
The Goodbye People (1984)
Movie
Frank Carrisi
The Octopus (1984)
TV
6
Jack Brady
I Want to Live (1983)
Movie
Nathan Burkan
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)
TV
Joel Aurnou
People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
Movie
Captain Steffanelli
The Salamander (1981)
Movie
Questore Martorana
The Warning (1980)
Movie
Elmer Babcock
There Goes The Bride (1980)
Movie
David Franklin
The Love Tapes (1980)
Movie
Gen. Bello
Cuba (1979)
Movie
Harry Strasberg
Aunt Mary (1979)
Movie
Murray Klein
Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
TV
Isser Harel
The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
Movie
Salluzzo
Gardenia (1979)
Movie
Dr. Samuel Melman
The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Horror Show (1979)
Movie
Arthur Haines
The Millionaire (1978)
Movie
Louis B. Mayer
Rainbow (1978)
Movie
Henry Fancher
Siege (1978)
Movie
Inspector Jim Grant
Eyes Behind the Stars (1978)
Movie
Ira Davidoff
The Storyteller (1977)
Movie
Capt. Ernie Weinberg
Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
Movie
Joe Fiore
Silver Bears (1977)
Movie
Prof. Ruzinsky
The Sentinel (1977)
Movie
4
Daniel Cooper
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Movie
Sam McKeever
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Movie
Commissario
Death Rage (1976)
Movie
Giulianelli
Meet Him and Die (1976)
Movie
Colonel Cathcart
America at the Movies (1976)
Movie
Howard Simons
All the President's Men (1976)
Movie
3.1
Edward J. Reilly
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Movie
Police Marshal Cutroni
Season For Assassins (1975)
Movie
James Arthur Cummings
Mitchell (1975)
Movie
Petrus Lamb
Cry, Onion! (1975)
Movie
Ham Russell Buckner
Death Among Friends (1975)
Movie
Carlo Goja
Smiling Maniacs (1975)
Movie
Ben Montgomery
Miles To Go Before I Sleep (1975)
Movie
Signor Bianchi
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Movie
6
T.C. Hollister
Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)
Movie
Ray Kaufman
Kojak (1973)
TV
6
Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)
Movie
4.75
Don Antonio Macaluso
Counselor at Crime (1973)
Movie
Al Vescari
The Stone Killer (1973)
Movie
Dr. Rudy Wells
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
Movie
4.75
Jim Douglas
A Brand New Life (1973)
Movie
Capt. Caleb Sark
Night of Terror (1972)
Movie
Jim Talley
The Man (1972)
Movie
District Attorney Turrisi
The Hassled Hooker (1972)
Movie
Giudice Aldo Sola
Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)
Movie
Tommy Haskins
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Movie
Commissario Giacomo Bonavia
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Movie
Mr. Merriweather
Little Big Man (1970)
Movie
6
Stanley Pulska
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
Movie
Colonel Cathcart
Catch-22 (1970)
Movie
1.5
Wade Hamilton
Hunters Are for Killing (1970)
Movie
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Movie
6
Mayor Wilker
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
Movie
Uncle Harold
Me, Natalie (1969)
Movie
Ivor Belli (segment "Among the Paths to Eden")
Trilogy (1969)
Movie
Herb Witmer
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Michael Todd
Around the World of Mike Todd (1968)
Movie
Mendez
Hombre (1967)
Movie
Harry Granoff
After the Fox (1966)
Movie
Lt. Cmdr. Chester Potter M.D., U.S.N.
The Bedford Incident (1965)
Movie
4
Everett Redman
Harlow (1965)
Movie
Army Doctor (uncredited)
12 O'Clock High (1964)
TV
4.75
Bernard B. Norman
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Movie
Paul Girard
Seven Days in May (1964)
Movie
6.62
Sanford Kaufman
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
Movie
Dave Breslaw
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Andrew Newmark
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Leo Valera
Arrest and Trial (1963)
TV
Joseph Feinberg
Conquered City (1962)
Movie
Police Chief Mark Dutton
Cape Fear (1962)
Movie
6
O.J. Berman
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Movie
6
Frank Eberhardt
The New Breed (1961)
TV
Dr. Milton Orloff / Dr. Carl Noyes / Benny Orloff / Ned Lacey
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Jack Garsell
Cain's Hundred (1961)
TV
District Attorney / Bernard Maxwell / Floyd Harker
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Steve Jackson
Ada (1961)
Movie
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Everybody Go Home! (1960)
Movie
Private Det. Milton Arbogast
Psycho (1960)
Movie
6.09
Danny Weiss
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Jack Englander
Middle of the Night (1959)
Movie
6
Mac Keely
Al Capone (1959)
Movie
Father Fabian
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Caldwell Wyatt / Arnold Fleischman / Joseph Creeley / Captain Russel Barris
Naked City (1958)
TV
Costa Starchos
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958)
TV
Captain Joe Reardon
Bomber's Moon (1958)
Movie
Dr. David Harris
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
Movie
Sgt. Baker
Time Limit (1957)
Movie
Nick Santos
Decoy (1957)
TV
Juror 1
12 Angry Men (1957)
Movie
9.2
Francis Toohey
The Defender (Studio One) (1957)
Movie
Sam Butler
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Self - Winner
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Eldon Marsh / Leonard Thompson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Charlie Malick
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955)
Movie
Gillette (uncredited)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Movie
5.38
Townsman
The Living Bible (1952)
Movie
Garth / Strasberg
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Francis Toohey / Ed Coyne
Studio One (1948)
TV
Charlie Malick / Mike Galloway
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
soldier
Actors Studio (1948)
TV
Self - live scenes from 'Middle of the Night'
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Bit Part (uncredited)
Winged Victory (1944)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1919-11-04
Deathday1996-02-13 (76 years old)
Birth NameMartin Henry Balsam
Birth PlaceThe Bronx, United States
Height
RelationshipsJoyce Van Patten (1957 - 1962)
ChildrenTalia Balsam, Casey King
FatherAlbert Balsam
MotherLillian Weinstein
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsMartin Henry Balsam, Мартин Болсам
AwardsTony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
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