
Martin Balsam
Personal Information
- Occupation: Actor
- Birthday: 04 Nov, 1919
- Death day: 13 Feb, 1996 ( 29 years old )
- Place of birth: Bronx, New York, USA
- Also known as: Martin Henry Balsam, Мартин Болсам
Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam 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).
Credits
- 2000 - All About 'The Birds' ( movie ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 - Legend of the Spirit Dog ( movie ) as Gramps
- 1996 - O. Henry's Christmas ( movie )
- 1995 - Soldato Ignoto ( movie ) as Priest
- 1994 - Il silenzio dei prosciutti ( movie ) as Det. Martin Balsam
- 1993 - La Classe américaine ( movie ) as Callaghan (archive footage)
- 1993 - 24 Hour Psycho ( movie ) as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
- 1992 - The Sands of Time ( movie ) as Father Sorendo
- 1991 - Cape Fear ( movie ) as Judge
- 1990 - The Last Match ( movie ) as Lawyer
- 1990 - Due occhi diabolici ( movie ) as Mr. Pym
- 1989 - Oceano ( tv ) as Don Matias Quintero
- 1988 - Midnight Caller ( tv ) as Gil Solarski
- 1988 - The Child Saver ( movie ) as Sidney Rosenberg
- 1988 - Fratello dello spazio ( movie ) as Frather Howard
- 1987 - Kids Like These ( movie ) as Grandpa
- 1987 - P.I. Private Investigations ( movie ) as Cliff Dowling
- 1987 - Brothers in Blood ( movie )
- 1986 - The Delta Force ( movie ) as Ben Kaplan
- 1986 - Second Serve ( movie ) as Dr. Beck
- 1985 - Death Wish 3 ( movie ) as Bennett Cross
- 1985 - The Twilight Zone ( tv ) as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
- 1985 - The Twilight Zone ( tv ) as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
- 1985 - Murder in Space ( movie ) as Alexander Rostov
- 1985 - St. Elmo's Fire ( movie ) as Mr. Beamish
- 1985 - Space ( tv ) as Senator Glancey
- 1984 - Innocent Prey ( movie ) as Sheriff Virgil Baker
- 1984 - Murder, She Wrote ( tv ) as Edgar Carmody
- 1984 - The Goodbye People ( movie ) as Max Silverman
- 1984 - La Piovra ( tv ) as Frank Carrisi
- 1983 - I Want to Live ( movie ) as Jack Brady
- 1982 - Little Gloria... Happy at Last ( tv ) as Nathan Burkan
- 1982 - Hotel ( tv )
- 1982 - Night of 100 Stars ( movie ) as Self
- 1981 - People vs. Jean Harris ( movie ) as Joel Aurnou
- 1981 - The Salamander ( movie ) as Captain Steffanelli
- 1980 - L'avvertimento ( movie ) as Questore Martorana
- 1980 - There Goes The Bride ( movie ) as Elmer Babcock
- 1980 - The Love Tapes ( movie ) as David Franklin
- 1979 - Cuba ( movie ) as Gen. Bello
- 1979 - Aunt Mary ( movie ) as Harry Strasberg
- 1979 - Archie Bunker's Place ( tv )
- 1979 - The House on Garibaldi Street ( movie ) as Isser Harel
- 1979 - Gardenia, il giustiziere della mala ( movie ) as Salluzzo
- 1979 - The Seeding of Sarah Burns ( movie ) as Dr. Samuel Melman
- 1979 - The Horror Show ( movie ) as (archive footage)
- 1978 - The Millionaire ( movie ) as Arthur Haines
- 1978 - Rainbow ( movie ) as Louis B. Mayer
- 1978 - Siege ( movie ) as Henry Fancher
- 1978 - Diamanti sporchi di sangue ( movie ) as Rizzo
- 1978 - Occhi dalle stelle ( movie ) as Inspector Jim Grant
- 1977 - The Storyteller ( movie ) as Ira Davidoff
- 1977 - Contract on Cherry Street ( movie ) as Ernie Weinberg
- 1977 - Silver Bears ( movie ) as Joe Fiore
- 1977 - The Sentinel ( movie ) as Prof. Ruzinsky
- 1976 - Raid on Entebbe ( movie ) as Daniel Cooper
- 1976 - Two-Minute Warning ( movie ) as Sam McKeever
- 1976 - Con la rabbia agli occhi ( movie ) as Commissario
- 1976 - Pronto ad uccidere ( movie ) as Giulianelli
- 1976 - Quincy, M.E. ( tv ) as Hyam Zgierski
- 1976 - All the President's Men ( movie ) as Howard Simons
- 1976 - The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case ( movie ) as Edward J. Reilly
- 1975 - Il tempo degli assassini ( movie ) as Commissioner Katroni
- 1975 - Mitchell ( movie ) as James Arthur Cummings
- 1975 - Cipolla Colt ( movie ) as Petrus Lamb
- 1975 - Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia ( movie ) as Carlo Goja
- 1975 - Miles To Go Before I Sleep ( movie ) as Ben Montgomery
- 1974 - Murder on the Orient Express ( movie ) as Signor Bianchi
- 1974 - Trapped Beneath the Sea ( movie ) as T.C. Hollister
- 1974 - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ( movie ) as Green
- 1973 - Kojak ( tv ) as Ray Kaufman
- 1973 - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams ( movie ) as Harry Walden
- 1973 - The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War ( movie ) as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
- 1973 - Il consigliori ( movie ) as Don Antonio Macaluso
- 1973 - The Stone Killer ( movie ) as Al Vescari
- 1973 - La colonna infame ( movie )
- 1973 - Police Story ( tv )
- 1973 - The Six Million Dollar Man ( movie ) as Dr. Rudy Wells
- 1973 - A Brand New Life ( movie ) as Jim Douglas
- 1972 - Night of Terror ( movie ) as Capt. Caleb Sark
- 1972 - The Man ( movie ) as Jim Talley
- 1972 - Il vero e il falso ( movie ) as District Attorney Turrisi
- 1972 - Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente ( movie ) as Giudice Aldo Sola
- 1971 - The Anderson Tapes ( movie ) as Haskins
- 1971 - Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della Repubblica ( movie ) as Commissario Bonavia
- 1971 - Great Performances ( tv ) as Jack
- 1970 - Little Big Man ( movie ) as Mr. Merriweather
- 1970 - The Enemy Before Us ( movie ) as Angie
- 1970 - The Old Man Who Cried Wolf ( movie ) as Stanley Pulska
- 1970 - Catch-22 ( movie ) as Col. Cathcart
- 1970 - Hunters Are for Killing ( movie ) as Wade Hamilton
- 1970 - Tora! Tora! Tora! ( movie ) as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
- 1969 - The Good Guys and the Bad Guys ( movie ) as Mayor Wilker
- 1969 - Me, Natalie ( movie ) as Uncle Harold
- 1969 - Trilogy ( movie ) as Ivor Belli
- 1968 - The Name of the Game ( tv ) as Herb Witmer
- 1968 - Around the World of Mike Todd ( movie ) as Michael Todd (voice)
- 1967 - Hombre ( movie ) as Henry Mendez
- 1966 - CBS Playhouse ( tv )
- 1966 - After the Fox ( movie ) as Harry
- 1965 - A Thousand Clowns ( movie ) as Arnold
- 1965 - The Bedford Incident ( movie ) as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
- 1965 - Harlow ( movie ) as Everett Redman
- 1964 - 12 O'Clock High ( tv ) as Army Doctor (uncredited)
- 1964 - The Carpetbaggers ( movie ) as Bernard B. Norman
- 1964 - Seven Days in May ( movie ) as Paul Girard
- 1963 - Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? ( movie ) as Sanford Kaufman
- 1963 - Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( tv ) as Dave Breslaw
- 1963 - The Fugitive ( tv ) as Andrew Newmark
- 1963 - Arrest and Trial ( tv ) as Leo Valera
- 1962 - La città prigioniera ( movie ) as Joseph Feinberg
- 1962 - The Eleventh Hour ( tv )
- 1962 - Cape Fear ( movie ) as Police Chief Mark Dutton
- 1961 - Breakfast at Tiffany's ( movie ) as O.J. Berman
- 1961 - The New Breed ( tv ) as Frank Eberhardt
- 1961 - Target: The Corruptors! ( tv )
- 1961 - Dr. Kildare ( tv ) as Ned Lacey
- 1961 - Dr. Kildare ( tv ) as Benny Orloff
- 1961 - Dr. Kildare ( tv ) as Dr. Milton Orloff
- 1961 - Dr. Kildare ( tv ) as Dr. Carl Noyes
- 1961 - Cain's Hundred ( tv ) as Jack Garsell
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as Floyd Harker
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as Bernard Maxwell
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as District Attorney
- 1961 - Ada ( movie ) as Steve Jackson
- 1960 - Tutti a casa ( movie ) as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
- 1960 - Route 66 ( tv )
- 1960 - Psycho ( movie ) as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
- 1959 - Winterset ( movie ) as Garth
- 1959 - The Twilight Zone ( tv ) as Danny Weiss
- 1959 - Middle of the Night ( movie ) as Jack
- 1959 - Al Capone ( movie ) as Mac Keeley, reporter
- 1959 - Rawhide ( tv ) as Father Fabian
- 1958 - Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ( tv )
- 1958 - Naked City ( tv ) as Arnold Fleischman
- 1958 - Naked City ( tv ) as Caldwell Wyatt
- 1958 - Naked City ( tv ) as Captain Russel Barris
- 1958 - Naked City ( tv ) as Joseph Creeley
- 1958 - Bomber's Moon ( movie ) as Captain Joe Reardon
- 1958 - Marjorie Morningstar ( movie ) as Dr. David Harris
- 1957 - Time Limit ( movie ) as Sgt. Baker
- 1957 - Decoy ( tv ) as Nick Santos
- 1957 - Have Gun, Will Travel ( tv )
- 1957 - 12 Angry Men ( movie ) as Juror 1
- 1957 - The Defender (Studio One) ( movie ) as Francis Toohey
- 1956 - Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( tv ) as Sam Butler
- 1956 - Tony Awards ( tv ) as Self - Winner
- 1955 - A Man Is Ten Feet Tall ( movie ) as Charlie Malick
- 1955 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( tv ) as Eldon Marsh
- 1955 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( tv ) as Leonard Thompson
- 1954 - The Greatest Gift ( tv )
- 1954 - On the Waterfront ( movie ) as Gillette (uncredited)
- 1954 - Inner Sanctum ( tv )
- 1953 - Valiant Lady ( tv )
- 1952 - The Living Bible ( movie ) as Townsman
- 1951 - Hallmark Hall of Fame ( tv ) as Garth
- 1951 - Hallmark Hall of Fame ( tv ) as Strasberg
- 1951 - The Living Christ ( tv ) as Townsman
- 1949 - Concerning a Woman of Sin ( movie )
- 1948 - Studio One ( tv ) as Ed Coyne
- 1948 - Studio One ( tv ) as Francis Toohey
- 1948 - The Philco Television Playhouse ( tv )
- 1948 - The Philco Television Playhouse ( tv ) as Mike Galloway
- 1948 - The Philco Television Playhouse ( tv ) as Charlie Malick
- 1948 - Actors Studio ( tv ) as soldier
- 1948 - The Ed Sullivan Show ( tv ) as Self
- 1944 - Winged Victory ( movie ) as Bit Part (uncredited)