Martin Balsam
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-11-04
Day of Death
1996-02-13 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Martin Balsam
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
Acting
The Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
(2000)
All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
(1996)
(1995)
Unknown Soldier
as Priest
(1994)
The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
(1993)
La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
(1993)
24 Hour Psycho
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
(1992)
The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo
(1991)
Cape Fear
as Judge
(1990)
Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
(1990)
The Last Match
as Lawyer
(1988)
The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
(1988)
The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
(1987)
(1987)
Once Again
as Gerald
(1987)
P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
(1987)
Kids Like These
as Grandpa
(1986)
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
(1986)
Second Serve
as Dr. Beck
(1985)
Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross
(1985)
St. Elmo's Fire
as Mr. Beamish
(1985)
Murder in Space
as Alexander Rostov
(1984)
The Goodbye People
as Max Silverman
(1984)
Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
(1983)
I Want to Live
as Jack Brady
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1981)
The Salamander
as Captain Steffanelli
(1981)
People vs. Jean Harris
as Joel Aurnou
(1980)
The Warning
as Questore Martorana
(1980)
The Love Tapes
as David Franklin
(1980)
There Goes The Bride
as Elmer Babcock
(1979)
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as Dr. Samuel Melman
(1979)
Gardenia
as Salluzzo
(1979)
Cuba
as Gen. Bello
(1979)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1979)
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Isser Harel
(1979)
Aunt Mary
as Harry Strasberg
(1979)
(1978)
Blood and Diamonds
as Rizzo
(1978)
Rainbow
as Louis B. Mayer
(1978)
The Millionaire
as Arthur Haines
(1978)
Siege
as Henry Fancher
(1978)
Eyes Behind the Stars
as Inspector Jim Grant
(1977)
The Sentinel
as Prof. Ruzinsky
(1977)
Contract on Cherry Street
as Ernie Weinberg
(1977)
The Storyteller
as Ira Davidoff
(1977)
Silver Bears
as Joe Fiore
(1976)
All the President's Men
as Howard Simons
(1976)
Two-Minute Warning
as Sam McKeever
(1976)
Raid on Entebbe
as Daniel Cooper
(1976)
Death Rage
as Commissario
(1976)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Edward J. Reilly
(1976)
Meet Him and Die
as Giulianelli
(1975)
Cry, Onion!
as Petrus Lamb
(1975)
Mitchell
as James Arthur Cummings
(1975)
Season for Assassins
as Commissioner Katroni
(1975)
Smiling Maniacs
as Carlo Goja
(1975)
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
as Ben Montgomery
(1974)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi
(1974)
(1974)
Trapped Beneath the Sea
as T.C. Hollister
(1973)
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
(1973)
A Brand New Life
as Jim Douglas
(1973)
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Harry Walden
(1973)
Counselor at Crime
as Don Antonio Macaluso
(1973)
The Stone Killer
as Al Vescari
(1973)
(1973)
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Rudy Wells
(1972)
Night of Terror
as Capt. Caleb Sark
(1972)
The Man
as Jim Talley
(1972)
The Hassled Hooker
as District Attorney Turrisi
(1972)
Chronicle of a Homicide
as Giudice Aldo Sola
(1971)
The Anderson Tapes
as Haskins
(1971)
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Commissario Bonavia
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
(1970)
Catch-22
as Col. Cathcart
(1970)
Little Big Man
as Mr. Merriweather
(1970)
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Stanley Pulska
(1970)
Hunters Are for Killing
as Wade Hamilton
(1970)
The Enemy Before Us
as Angie
(1969)
Trilogy
as Ivor Belli
(1969)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mayor Wilker
(1969)
Me, Natalie
as Uncle Harold
(1968)
Around the World of Mike Todd
as Michael Todd (voice)
(1967)
Hombre
as Henry Mendez
(1966)
After the Fox
as Harry
(1965)
Harlow
as Everett Redman
(1965)
The Bedford Incident
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
(1965)
A Thousand Clowns
as Arnold
(1964)
The Carpetbaggers
as Bernard B. Norman
(1964)
Seven Days in May
as Paul Girard
(1963)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Sanford Kaufman
(1962)
Cape Fear
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
(1962)
Conquered City
as Joseph Feinberg
(1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman
(1961)
Ada
as Steve Jackson
(1960)
Psycho
as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
(1960)
Everybody Go Home!
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
(1959)
Al Capone
as Mac Keeley, reporter
(1959)
Winterset
as Garth
(1959)
Middle of the Night
as Jack
(1958)
Bomber's Moon
as Captain Joe Reardon
(1958)
Marjorie Morningstar
as Dr. David Harris
(1957)
12 Angry Men
as Juror 1
(1957)
Time Limit
as Sgt. Baker
(1957)
The Defender (Studio One)
as Francis Toohey
(1955)
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Charlie Malick
(1954)
On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)
(1952)
The Living Bible
as Townsman
(1949)
(1944)
Winged Victory
as Bit Part (uncredited)