People
Martin Balsam
- Name: Martin Balsam
- Birthday: 1919-11-04
- Also known as: Martin Henry Balsam
- Place of birth: Bronx, New York, USA
- Popularity: 9.651
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).
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Legend of the Spirit Dog as Gramps | 1997-08-19 |
| O. Henry's Christmas | 1996-06-03 |
| Unknown Soldier as Priest | 1995-01-01 |
| The Silence of the Hams as Det. Martin Balsam | 1994-03-11 |
| La Classe américaine as Callaghan (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
| 24 Hour Psycho as Milton Arbogast (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
| The Sands of Time as Father Sorendo | 1992-11-23 |
| Cape Fear as Judge | 1991-11-13 |
| The Last Match as Lawyer | 1990-02-01 |
| Two Evil Eyes as Mr. Pym | 1990-01-25 |
| Innocent Prey as Sheriff Virgil Baker | 1989-06-15 |
| The Child Saver as Sidney Rosenberg | 1988-01-18 |
| The Brother from Space as Frather Howard | 1988-01-01 |
| Kids Like These as Grandpa | 1987-11-08 |
| P.I. Private Investigations as Cliff Dowling | 1987-06-05 |
| Brothers in Blood | 1987-05-12 |
| Queenie as Marty | 1987-05-10 |
| The Delta Force as Ben Kaplan | 1986-02-14 |
| Second Serve as Dr. Beck | 1986-01-01 |
| Death Wish 3 as Bennett Cross | 1985-11-01 |
| Murder in Space as Alexander Rostov | 1985-07-28 |
| St. Elmo's Fire as Mr. Beamish | 1985-06-28 |
| The Goodbye People as Max Silverman | 1984-09-11 |
| I Want to Live as Jack Brady | 1983-05-09 |
| Night of 100 Stars as Self | 1982-03-08 |
| People vs. Jean Harris as Joel Aurnou | 1981-05-07 |
| The Salamander as Captain Steffanelli | 1981-04-25 |
| The Warning as Questore Martorana | 1980-08-15 |
| There Goes The Bride as Elmer Babcock | 1980-07-07 |
| The Love Tapes as David Franklin | 1980-05-09 |
| Cuba as Gen. Bello | 1979-12-21 |
| Aunt Mary as Harry Strasberg | 1979-12-05 |
| The House on Garibaldi Street as Isser Harel | 1979-05-28 |
| Gardenia as Salluzzo | 1979-05-05 |
| The Seeding of Sarah Burns as Dr. Samuel Melman | 1979-04-07 |
| The Horror Show as (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| The Millionaire as Arthur Haines | 1978-12-19 |
| Rainbow as Louis B. Mayer | 1978-11-06 |
| Siege as Henry Fancher | 1978-04-26 |
| Blood and Diamonds as Rizzo | 1978-03-17 |
| Eyes Behind the Stars as Inspector Jim Grant | 1978-02-21 |
| The Storyteller as Ira Davidoff | 1977-12-05 |
| Contract on Cherry Street as Ernie Weinberg | 1977-11-19 |
| Silver Bears as Joe Fiore | 1977-06-03 |
| The Sentinel as Prof. Ruzinsky | 1977-01-07 |
| Raid on Entebbe as Daniel Cooper | 1976-12-26 |
| Two-Minute Warning as Sam McKeever | 1976-11-12 |
| Death Rage as Commissario | 1976-10-22 |
| Meet Him and Die as Giulianelli | 1976-10-08 |
| All the President's Men as Howard Simons | 1976-04-09 |
| The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Edward J. Reilly | 1976-02-26 |
| Season For Assassins as Commissioner Katroni | 1975-12-27 |
| Mitchell as James Arthur Cummings | 1975-09-10 |
| Cry, Onion! as Petrus Lamb | 1975-08-25 |
| Smiling Maniacs as Carlo Goja | 1975-01-16 |
| Miles To Go Before I Sleep as Ben Montgomery | 1975-01-08 |
| Murder on the Orient Express as Signor Bianchi | 1974-11-22 |
| Trapped Beneath the Sea as T.C. Hollister | 1974-10-22 |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Green | 1974-10-02 |
| Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Harry Walden | 1973-10-21 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) | 1973-10-20 |
| Counselor at Crime as Don Antonio Macaluso | 1973-08-30 |
| The Stone Killer as Al Vescari | 1973-08-08 |
| La colonna infame | 1973-04-19 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Rudy Wells | 1973-03-07 |
| A Brand New Life as Jim Douglas | 1973-02-20 |
| Night of Terror as Capt. Caleb Sark | 1972-10-10 |
| The Man as Jim Talley | 1972-07-19 |
| The Hassled Hooker as District Attorney Turrisi | 1972-04-07 |
| Chronicle of a Homicide as Giudice Aldo Sola | 1972-02-04 |
| The Anderson Tapes as Haskins | 1971-06-17 |
| Confessions of a Police Captain as Commissario Bonavia | 1971-03-26 |
| Little Big Man as Mr. Merriweather | 1970-12-23 |
| The Enemy Before Us as Angie | 1970-10-16 |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Stanley Pulska | 1970-10-13 |
| Catch-22 as Col. Cathcart | 1970-06-24 |
| Hunters Are for Killing as Wade Hamilton | 1970-03-12 |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel | 1970-01-26 |
| The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Mayor Wilker | 1969-10-10 |
| Me, Natalie as Uncle Harold | 1969-07-13 |
| Trilogy as Ivor Belli | 1969-06-08 |
| Around the World of Mike Todd as Michael Todd (voice) | 1968-09-08 |
| Hombre as Henry Mendez | 1967-03-21 |
| After the Fox as Harry | 1966-09-08 |
| A Thousand Clowns as Arnold | 1965-12-13 |
| The Bedford Incident as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. | 1965-10-11 |
| Harlow as Everett Redman | 1965-06-23 |
| The Carpetbaggers as Bernard B. Norman | 1964-04-08 |
| Seven Days in May as Paul Girard | 1964-02-01 |
| Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as Sanford Kaufman | 1963-12-25 |
| Conquered City as Joseph Feinberg | 1962-12-05 |
| Cape Fear as Police Chief Mark Dutton | 1962-04-12 |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's as O.J. Berman | 1961-10-06 |
| Ada as Steve Jackson | 1961-08-25 |
| Everybody Go Home! as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari | 1960-10-27 |
| Psycho as Private Det. Milton Arbogast | 1960-06-22 |
| Winterset as Garth | 1959-10-26 |
| Middle of the Night as Jack | 1959-05-20 |
| Al Capone as Mac Keeley, reporter | 1959-03-25 |
| Bomber's Moon as Captain Joe Reardon | 1958-08-07 |
| Marjorie Morningstar as Dr. David Harris | 1958-04-24 |
| Time Limit as Sgt. Baker | 1957-10-23 |
| 12 Angry Men as Juror 1 | 1957-04-10 |
| The Defender (Studio One) as Francis Toohey | 1957-02-25 |
| A Man Is Ten Feet Tall as Charlie Malick | 1955-10-02 |
| On the Waterfront as Gillette (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
| The Living Bible as Townsman | 1952-01-01 |
| Concerning a Woman of Sin | 1949-03-24 |
| Winged Victory as Bit Part (uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |
