Personal Info
Known Credits
109
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1919-11-04 (106 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known For
Martin Henry BalsamМартин Болсам
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– ...
Known For
Acting
2000 --
All About 'The Birds'
| Self (archive footage)
1997 --
Legend of the Spirit Dog
| Gramps
1996 --
O. Henry's Christmas
|
1995 --
Unknown Soldier
| Priest
1994 --
The Silence of the Hams
| Det. Martin Balsam
1993 --
La Classe américaine
| Callaghan (archive footage)
1993 --
24 Hour Psycho
| Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
1992 --
The Sands of Time
| Father Sorendo
1991 --
Cape Fear
| Judge
1990 --
The Last Match
| Lawyer
1990 --
Two Evil Eyes
| Mr. Pym
1988 --
The Child Saver
| Sidney Rosenberg
1988 --
The Brother from Space
| Frather Howard
1987 --
Kids Like These
| Grandpa
1987 --
P.I. Private Investigations
| Cliff Dowling
1987 --
Brothers in Blood
|
1986 --
The Delta Force
| Ben Kaplan
1986 --
Second Serve
| Dr. Beck
1985 --
Death Wish 3
| Bennett Cross
1985 --
Murder in Space
| Alexander Rostov
1985 --
St. Elmo's Fire
| Mr. Beamish
1984 --
Innocent Prey
| Sheriff Virgil Baker
1984 --
The Goodbye People
| Max Silverman
1983 --
I Want to Live
| Jack Brady
1982 --
Night of 100 Stars
| Self
1981 --
People vs. Jean Harris
| Joel Aurnou
1981 --
The Salamander
| Captain Steffanelli
1980 --
The Warning
| Questore Martorana
1980 --
There Goes The Bride
| Elmer Babcock
1980 --
The Love Tapes
| David Franklin
1979 --
Cuba
| Gen. Bello
1979 --
Aunt Mary
| Harry Strasberg
1979 --
The House on Garibaldi Street
| Isser Harel
1979 --
Gardenia
| Salluzzo
1979 --
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
| Dr. Samuel Melman
1979 --
The Horror Show
| (archive footage)
1978 --
The Millionaire
| Arthur Haines
1978 --
Rainbow
| Louis B. Mayer
1978 --
Siege
| Henry Fancher
1978 --
Blood and Diamonds
| Rizzo
1978 --
Eyes Behind the Stars
| Inspector Jim Grant
1977 --
The Storyteller
| Ira Davidoff
1977 --
Contract on Cherry Street
| Ernie Weinberg
1977 --
Silver Bears
| Joe Fiore
1977 --
The Sentinel
| Prof. Ruzinsky
1976 --
Raid on Entebbe
| Daniel Cooper
1976 --
Two-Minute Warning
| Sam McKeever
1976 --
Death Rage
| Commissario
1976 --
Meet Him and Die
| Giulianelli
1976 --
All the President's Men
| Howard Simons
1976 --
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
| Edward J. Reilly
1975 --
Season For Assassins
| Commissioner Katroni
1975 --
Mitchell
| James Arthur Cummings
1975 --
Cry, Onion!
| Petrus Lamb
1975 --
Smiling Maniacs
| Carlo Goja
1975 --
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
| Ben Montgomery
1974 --
Murder on the Orient Express
| Signor Bianchi
1974 --
Trapped Beneath the Sea
| T.C. Hollister
1974 --
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
| Green
1973 --
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
| Harry Walden
1973 --
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
| Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
1973 --
Counselor at Crime
| Don Antonio Macaluso
1973 --
The Stone Killer
| Al Vescari
1973 --
La colonna infame
|
1973 --
The Six Million Dollar Man
| Dr. Rudy Wells
1973 --
A Brand New Life
| Jim Douglas
1972 --
Night of Terror
| Capt. Caleb Sark
1972 --
The Man
| Jim Talley
1972 --
The Hassled Hooker
| District Attorney Turrisi
1972 --
Chronicle of a Homicide
| Giudice Aldo Sola
1971 --
The Anderson Tapes
| Haskins
1971 --
Confessions of a Police Captain
| Commissario Bonavia
1970 --
Little Big Man
| Mr. Merriweather
1970 --
The Enemy Before Us
| Angie
1970 --
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
| Stanley Pulska
1970 --
Catch-22
| Col. Cathcart
1970 --
Hunters Are for Killing
| Wade Hamilton
1970 --
Tora! Tora! Tora!
| Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
1969 --
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
| Mayor Wilker
1969 --
Me, Natalie
| Uncle Harold
1969 --
Trilogy
| Ivor Belli
1968 --
Around the World of Mike Todd
| Michael Todd (voice)
1967 --
Hombre
| Henry Mendez
1966 --
After the Fox
| Harry
1965 --
A Thousand Clowns
| Arnold
1965 --
The Bedford Incident
| Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
1965 --
Harlow
| Everett Redman
1964 --
The Carpetbaggers
| Bernard B. Norman
1964 --
Seven Days in May
| Paul Girard
1963 --
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
| Sanford Kaufman
1962 --
Conquered City
| Joseph Feinberg
1962 --
Cape Fear
| Police Chief Mark Dutton
1961 --
Breakfast at Tiffany's
| O.J. Berman
1961 --
Ada
| Steve Jackson
1960 --
Everybody Go Home!
| Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
1960 --
Psycho
| Private Det. Milton Arbogast
1959 --
Winterset
| Garth
1959 --
Middle of the Night
| Jack
1959 --
Al Capone
| Mac Keeley, reporter
1958 --
Bomber's Moon
| Captain Joe Reardon
1958 --
Marjorie Morningstar
| Dr. David Harris
1957 --
Time Limit
| Sgt. Baker
1957 --
12 Angry Men
| Juror 1
1957 --
The Defender (Studio One)
| Francis Toohey
1955 --
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
| Charlie Malick
1954 --
On the Waterfront
| Gillette (uncredited)
1952 --
The Living Bible
| Townsman
1949 --
Concerning a Woman of Sin
|
1944 --
Winged Victory
| Bit Part (uncredited)