Martin Balsam
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 4, 1919
- Died
- February 13, 1996
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
The Time Element TBA
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
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
Actor
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
The Last Match 1990
as Lawyer
Two Evil Eyes 1990
as Mr. Pym
The Brother from Space 1988
as Frather Howard
The Child Saver 1988
as Sidney Rosenberg
Once Again 1987
as Gerald
Kids Like These 1987
as Grandpa
P.I. Private Investigations 1987
as Cliff Dowling
Brothers in Blood 1987
Actor
Whatever it Takes 1986
as Hap Perchicksky
The Delta Force 1986
as Ben Kaplan
Second Serve 1986
as Dr. Beck
Death Wish 3 1985
as Bennett Cross
Murder in Space 1985
as Alexander Rostov
St. Elmo's Fire 1985
as Mr. Beamish
Innocent Prey 1984
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
The Goodbye People 1984
as Max Silverman
I Want to Live 1983
as Jack Brady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 1982
as Self
Night of 100 Stars 1982
as Self
People vs. Jean Harris 1981
as Joel Aurnou
The Salamander 1981
as Captain Steffanelli
The Warning 1980
as Questore Martorana
There Goes The Bride 1980
as Elmer Babcock
The Love Tapes 1980
as David Franklin
Cuba 1979
as Gen. Bello
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman 1979
as Self
Aunt Mary 1979
as Harry Strasberg
The House on Garibaldi Street 1979
as Isser Harel
Gardenia 1979
as Salluzzo
The Seeding of Sarah Burns 1979
as Dr. Samuel Melman
The Horror Show 1979
as (archive footage)
The Millionaire 1978
as Arthur Haines
Rainbow 1978
as Louis B. Mayer
Siege 1978
as Henry Fancher
Blood and Diamonds 1978
as Rizzo
Eyes Behind the Stars 1978
as Inspector Jim Grant
The Storyteller 1977
as Ira Davidoff
Contract on Cherry Street 1977
as Ernie Weinberg
Silver Bears 1977
as Joe Fiore
The Sentinel 1977
as Prof. Ruzinsky
Raid on Entebbe 1976
as Daniel Cooper
Two-Minute Warning 1976
as Sam McKeever
Death Rage 1976
as Commissario
Meet Him and Die 1976
as Giulianelli
All the President's Men 1976
as Howard Simons
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case 1976
as Edward J. Reilly
Season for Assassins 1975
as Commissioner Katroni
Mitchell 1975
as James Arthur Cummings
Cry, Onion! 1975
as Petrus Lamb
Death Among Friends 1975
as Ham Russell Buckner
Smiling Maniacs 1975
as Carlo Goja
Miles To Go Before I Sleep 1975
as Ben Montgomery
Murder on the Orient Express 1974
as Signor Bianchi
Trapped Beneath the Sea 1974
as T.C. Hollister
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974
as Green
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 1973
as Harry Walden
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War 1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Counsellor 1973
as Don Antonio Macaluso
The Stone Killer 1973
as Al Vescari
La colonna infame 1973
Actor
The Six Million Dollar Man 1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells
A Brand New Life 1973
as Jim Douglas
Night of Terror 1972
as Capt. Caleb Sark
The Man 1972
as Jim Talley
The Hassled Hooker 1972
as District Attorney Turrisi
Chronicle of a Homicide 1972
as Giudice Aldo Sola
The Anderson Tapes 1971
as Haskins
Confessions of a Police Captain 1971
as Commissario Bonavia
Little Big Man 1970
as Mr. Merriweather
- The Enemy Before Us
The Enemy Before Us 1970
as Angie
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf 1970
as Stanley Pulska
Catch-22 1970
as Col. Cathcart
Hunters Are for Killing 1970
as Wade Hamilton
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
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)
Hombre 1967
as Henry Mendez
After the Fox 1966
as Harry
A Thousand Clowns 1965
as Arnold
The Bedford Incident 1965
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Harlow 1965
as Everett Redman
The Carpetbaggers 1964
as Bernard B. Norman
Seven Days in May 1964
as Paul Girard
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? 1963
as Sanford Kaufman
Conquered City 1962
as Joseph Feinberg
Cape Fear 1962
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961
as O.J. Berman
Ada 1961
as Steve Jackson
Everybody Go Home! 1960
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Psycho 1960
as Milton Arbogast
- Winterset
Winterset 1959
as Garth
Middle of the Night 1959
as Jack Englander
Al Capone 1959
as Mac Keeley, reporter
Bomber's Moon 1958
as Captain Joe Reardon
Marjorie Morningstar 1958
as Dr. David Harris
Time Limit 1957
as Sgt. Baker
12 Angry Men 1957
as Juror 1
The Defender (Studio One) 1957
as Francis Toohey
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall 1955
as Charlie Malick
On the Waterfront 1954
as Gillette (uncredited)
Concerning a Woman of Sin 1949
Actor
Winged Victory 1944
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.