Martin Balsam

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

11/4/1919

Place of Birth

Bronx, New York, USA

Also Known As

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 (1979–1983).

Career Timeline

2000

All About 'The Birds'

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Legend of the Spirit Dog

as Gramps

1996

O. Henry's Christmas

Role unknown

1995

Unknown Soldier

as Priest

1994

The Silence of the Hams

as Det. Martin Balsam

1993

La Classe américaine

as Callaghan (archive footage)

24 Hour Psycho

as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)

1992

The Sands of Time

as Father Sorendo

1991

Cape Fear

as Judge

1990

The Last Match

as Lawyer

Two Evil Eyes

as Mr. Pym

1989

Oceano

as Don Matias Quintero

1988

Midnight Caller

as Gil Solarski

The Child Saver

as Sidney Rosenberg

The Brother from Space

as Frather Howard

1987

Once Again

as Gerald

Kids Like These

as Grandpa

P.I. Private Investigations

as Cliff Dowling

Brothers in Blood

Role unknown

1986

The Delta Force

as Ben Kaplan

Second Serve

as Dr. Beck

1985

Death Wish 3

as Bennett Cross

The Twilight Zone

as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")

The Twilight Zone

as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")

Murder in Space

as Alexander Rostov

St. Elmo's Fire

as Mr. Beamish

Space

as Senator Glancey

1984

Innocent Prey

as Sheriff Virgil Baker

Murder, She Wrote

as Edgar Carmody

The Goodbye People

as Max Silverman

The Octopus

as Frank Carrisi

1983

I Want to Live

as Jack Brady

1982

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

as Nathan Burkan

Hotel

Role unknown

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

1981

People vs. Jean Harris

as Joel Aurnou

The Salamander

as Captain Steffanelli

1980

The Warning

as Questore Martorana

There Goes The Bride

as Elmer Babcock

The Love Tapes

as David Franklin

1979

Cuba

as Gen. Bello

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

as Self

Aunt Mary

as Harry Strasberg

Archie Bunker's Place

Role unknown

The House on Garibaldi Street

as Isser Harel

Gardenia

as Salluzzo

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

as Dr. Samuel Melman

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1978

The Millionaire

as Arthur Haines

Rainbow

as Louis B. Mayer

Siege

as Henry Fancher

Blood and Diamonds

as Rizzo

Eyes Behind the Stars

as Inspector Jim Grant

1977

The Storyteller

as Ira Davidoff

Contract on Cherry Street

as Ernie Weinberg

Silver Bears

as Joe Fiore

The Sentinel

as Prof. Ruzinsky

1976

Raid on Entebbe

as Daniel Cooper

Two-Minute Warning

as Sam McKeever

Death Rage

as Commissario

Meet Him and Die

as Giulianelli

Quincy, M.E.

as Hyam Zgierski

All the President's Men

as Howard Simons

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

as Edward J. Reilly

1975

Season for Assassins

as Commissioner Katroni

Mitchell

as James Arthur Cummings

Cry, Onion!

as Petrus Lamb

Death Among Friends

as Ham Russell Buckner

Smiling Maniacs

as Carlo Goja

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

as Ben Montgomery

1974

Murder on the Orient Express

as Signor Bianchi

Trapped Beneath the Sea

as T.C. Hollister

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

as Green

1973

Kojak

as Ray Kaufman

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

as Harry Walden

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

Counselor at Crime

as Don Antonio Macaluso

The Stone Killer

as Al Vescari

La colonna infame

Role unknown

Police Story

Role unknown

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Dr. Rudy Wells

A Brand New Life

as Jim Douglas

1972

Night of Terror

as Capt. Caleb Sark

The Man

as Jim Talley

The Hassled Hooker

as District Attorney Turrisi

Chronicle of a Homicide

as Giudice Aldo Sola

1971

The Anderson Tapes

as Haskins

Confessions of a Police Captain

as Commissario Bonavia

Great Performances

as Jack

1970

Little Big Man

as Mr. Merriweather

The Enemy Before Us

as Angie

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Stanley Pulska

Catch-22

as Col. Cathcart

Hunters Are for Killing

as Wade Hamilton

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as Mayor Wilker

Me, Natalie

as Uncle Harold

Trilogy

as Ivor Belli

1968

The Name of the Game

as Herb Witmer

Around the World of Mike Todd

as Michael Todd (voice)

1967

Hombre

as Henry Mendez

1966

CBS Playhouse

Role unknown

After the Fox

as Harry

1965

A Thousand Clowns

as Arnold

The Bedford Incident

as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

Harlow

as Everett Redman

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Albert Sully

12 O'Clock High

as Army Doctor (uncredited)

The Carpetbaggers

as Bernard B. Norman

Seven Days in May

as Paul Girard

1963

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

as Sanford Kaufman

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Dave Breslaw

The Fugitive

as Andrew Newmark

Arrest and Trial

as Leo Valera

1962

Conquered City

as Joseph Feinberg

The Eleventh Hour

Role unknown

Cape Fear

as Police Chief Mark Dutton

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Breakfast at Tiffany's

as O.J. Berman

The New Breed

as Frank Eberhardt

Target: The Corruptors!

Role unknown

Dr. Kildare

as Ned Lacey

Dr. Kildare

as Benny Orloff

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Milton Orloff

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Carl Noyes

Cain's Hundred

as Jack Garsell

The Defenders

as Floyd Harker

The Defenders

as Bernard Maxwell

The Defenders

as District Attorney

Ada

as Steve Jackson

1960

Everybody Go Home!

as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

Route 66

Role unknown

Psycho

as Private Det. Milton Arbogast

1959

Winterset

as Garth

The Twilight Zone

as Danny Weiss

Middle of the Night

as Jack

Al Capone

as Mac Keeley, reporter

Rawhide

as Father Fabian

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Role unknown

Naked City

as Arnold Fleischman

Naked City

as Caldwell Wyatt

Naked City

as Joseph Creeley

Naked City

as Captain Russel Barris

Bomber's Moon

as Captain Joe Reardon

Marjorie Morningstar

as Dr. David Harris

1957

Time Limit

as Sgt. Baker

Decoy

as Nick Santos

Have Gun, Will Travel

Role unknown

12 Angry Men

as Juror 1

The Defender (Studio One)

as Francis Toohey

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sam Butler

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1955

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

as Charlie Malick

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Eldon Marsh

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Leonard Thompson

1954

The Greatest Gift

Role unknown

On the Waterfront

as Gillette (uncredited)

Inner Sanctum

Role unknown

1953

Valiant Lady

Role unknown

1952

The Living Bible

as Townsman

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Garth

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Strasberg

The Living Christ

as Townsman

1949

Concerning a Woman of Sin

Role unknown

1948

Studio One

as Ed Coyne

Studio One

as Francis Toohey

The Philco Television Playhouse

Role unknown

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Mike Galloway

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Charlie Malick

Actors Studio

as soldier

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

1944

Winged Victory

as Bit Part (uncredited)