Known for
Acting
Credits
167
Gender
Man
Birthday
4 Nov 1919
Day of death
13 Feb 1996 (76)
Place of birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Also known as
Martin Henry Balsam
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 roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Two Evil Eyes | Mr. Pym |
| 1990 | The Last Match | Lawyer |
| 1989 | Innocent Prey | Sheriff Virgil Baker |
| 1989 | Oceano | Don Matias Quintero |
| 1988 | Midnight Caller | Gil Solarski |
| 1988 | The Brother from Space | Frather Howard |
| 1988 | The Child Saver | Sidney Rosenberg |
| 1987 | P.I. Private Investigations | Cliff Dowling |
| 1987 | Queenie | Marty |
| 1987 | Brothers in Blood | |
| 1987 | Kids Like These | Grandpa |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Ben Kaplan |
| 1986 | Second Serve | Dr. Beck |
| 1985 | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3 | Bennett Cross |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Donald Knowles |
| 1985 | Murder in Space | Alexander Rostov |
| 1985 | Space | Senator Glancey |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Edgar Carmody |
| 1984 | The Octopus | Frank Carrisi |
| 1984 | The Goodbye People | Max Silverman |
| 1983 | I Want to Live | Jack Brady |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nathan Burkan |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | The Salamander | Captain Steffanelli |
| 1981 | People vs. Jean Harris | Joel Aurnou |
| 1980 | The Warning | Questore Martorana |
| 1980 | The Love Tapes | David Franklin |
| 1980 | There Goes The Bride | Elmer Babcock |
| 1979 | Cuba | Gen. Bello |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place | |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1979 | Gardenia | Salluzzo |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi Street | Isser Harel |
| 1979 | The Seeding of Sarah Burns | Dr. Samuel Melman |
| 1979 | Aunt Mary | Harry Strasberg |
| 1978 | Eyes Behind the Stars | Inspector Jim Grant |
| 1978 | Blood and Diamonds | Rizzo |
| 1978 | Siege | Henry Fancher |
| 1978 | Rainbow | Louis B. Mayer |
| 1978 | The Millionaire | Arthur Haines |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Prof. Ruzinsky |
| 1977 | Silver Bears | Joe Fiore |
| 1977 | Contract on Cherry Street | Ernie Weinberg |
| 1977 | The Storyteller | Ira Davidoff |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Howard Simons |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Sam McKeever |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe | Daniel Cooper |
| 1976 | Death Rage | Commissario |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Edward J. Reilly |
| 1976 | Meet Him and Die | Giulianelli |
| 1975 | Mitchell | James Arthur Cummings |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion! | Petrus Lamb |
| 1975 | Season For Assassins | Commissioner Katroni |
| 1975 | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | Ben Montgomery |
| 1975 | Smiling Maniacs | Carlo Goja |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Signor Bianchi |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Green |
| 1974 | Trapped Beneath the Sea | T.C. Hollister |
| 1973 | Kojak | Ray Kaufman |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer | Al Vescari |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1973 | Counselor at Crime | Don Antonio Macaluso |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Harry Walden |
| 1973 | A Brand New Life | Jim Douglas |
| 1973 | La colonna infame | |
| 1972 | Chronicle of a Homicide | Giudice Aldo Sola |
| 1972 | Night of Terror | Capt. Caleb Sark |
| 1972 | The Hassled Hooker | District Attorney Turrisi |
| 1972 | The Man | Jim Talley |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes | Haskins |
| 1971 | Confessions of a Police Captain | Commissario Bonavia |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Jack |
| 1970 | Little Big Man | Mr. Merriweather |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | Col. Cathcart |
| 1970 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Stanley Pulska |
| 1970 | Hunters Are for Killing | Wade Hamilton |
| 1970 | The Enemy Before Us | Angie |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mayor Wilker |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Uncle Harold |
| 1969 | Trilogy | Ivor Belli |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Herb Witmer |
| 1968 | Around the World of Mike Todd | Michael Todd (voice) |
| 1967 | Hombre | Henry Mendez |
| 1966 | After the Fox | Harry |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. |
| 1965 | A Thousand Clowns | Arnold |
| 1965 | Harlow | Everett Redman |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Paul Girard |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | Bernard B. Norman |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Army Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Andrew Newmark |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Sanford Kaufman |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Dave Breslaw |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Leo Valera |
| 1962 | Cape Fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton |
| 1962 | Conquered City | Joseph Feinberg |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour | |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | O.J. Berman |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Ned Lacey |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Benny Orloff |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Milton Orloff |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes |
| 1961 | Ada | Steve Jackson |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Floyd Harker |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Bernard Maxwell |
| 1961 | The Defenders | District Attorney |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Jack Garsell |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Frank Eberhardt |
| 1960 | Psycho | Private Det. Milton Arbogast |
| 1960 | Everybody Go Home! | Sergente Quintino Fornaciari |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Danny Weiss |
| 1959 | Al Capone | Mac Keeley, reporter |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Father Fabian |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night | Jack |
| 1959 | Winterset | Garth |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar | Dr. David Harris |
| 1958 | Naked City | Arnold Fleischman |
| 1958 | Naked City | Caldwell Wyatt |
| 1958 | Naked City | Joseph Creeley |
| 1958 | Naked City | Captain Russel Barris |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1958 | Bomber's Moon | Captain Joe Reardon |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 1 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Time Limit | Sgt. Baker |
| 1957 | Decoy | Nick Santos |
| 1957 | The Defender (Studio One) | Francis Toohey |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sam Butler |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Eldon Marsh |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Leonard Thompson |
| 1955 | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Charlie Malick |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Gillette (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | |
| 1954 | The Greatest Gift | |
| 1953 | Valiant Lady | |
| 1952 | The Living Bible | Townsman |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Garth |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Strasberg |
| 1951 | The Living Christ | Townsman |
| 1949 | Concerning a Woman of Sin | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - live scenes from 'Middle of the Night' |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ed Coyne |
| 1948 | Studio One | Francis Toohey |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Mike Galloway |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Charlie Malick |
| 1948 | Actors Studio | soldier |
| 1944 | Winged Victory | Bit Part (uncredited) |