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
Rockne S. O'Bannon / Prof. Donald Knowles

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
(archive footage)

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
Commissioner Katroni

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
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
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 Keeley, reporter

Al Capone (1959)
Movie
Father Fabian

Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Captain Russel Barris / Arnold Fleischman / Joseph Creeley / Caldwell Wyatt

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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Information
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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