Martin Balsam
110 movies · 44 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 4, 1919
- Died
- Feb 13, 1996 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Martin Henry Balsam · Мартин Болсам
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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Martin Balsam: movies and TV shows
Acting (154)
- Upcoming The Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
- 1997 Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
- 1996
- 1995 Unknown Soldier
as Priest
- 1994 The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
- 1993 La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
- 1992 The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo
- 1991 Cape Fear
as Judge
- 1990 The Last Match
as Lawyer
- 1990 Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988 The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
- 1988 The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
- 1987 Once Again
as Gerald
- 1987 Kids Like These
as Grandpa
- 1987 P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
- 1987
- 1986 Whatever it Takes
as Hap Perchicksky
- 1986 The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
- 1986 Second Serve
as Dr. Beck
- 1985 Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross
- 1985 The Twilight Zone · TV
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") / Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") · 2 episodes
- 1985 Murder in Space
as Alexander Rostov
- 1985 St. Elmo's Fire
as Mr. Beamish
- 1985
- 1984 Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
- 1984
- 1984 The Goodbye People
as Max Silverman
- 1984
- 1983 I Want to Live
as Jack Brady
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981 People vs. Jean Harris
as Joel Aurnou
- 1981 The Salamander
as Captain Steffanelli
- 1980 The Warning
as Questore Martorana
- 1980 There Goes The Bride
as Elmer Babcock
- 1980 The Love Tapes
as David Franklin
- 1979 Cuba
as Gen. Bello
- 1979 Aunt Mary
as Harry Strasberg
- 1979
- 1979 The House on Garibaldi Street
as Isser Harel
- 1979 Gardenia
as Salluzzo
- 1979 The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as Dr. Samuel Melman
- 1979 The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
- 1978 The Millionaire
as Arthur Haines
- 1978 Rainbow
as Louis B. Mayer
- 1978 Siege
as Henry Fancher
- 1978 Blood and Diamonds
as Rizzo
- 1978 Eyes Behind the Stars
as Inspector Jim Grant
- 1977 The Storyteller
as Ira Davidoff
- 1977 Contract on Cherry Street
as Ernie Weinberg
- 1977 Silver Bears
as Joe Fiore
- 1977 The Sentinel
as Prof. Ruzinsky
- 1976 Raid on Entebbe
as Daniel Cooper
- 1976 Two-Minute Warning
as Sam McKeever
- 1976 Death Rage
as Commissario
- 1976 Meet Him and Die
as Giulianelli
- 1976
- 1976 All the President's Men
as Howard Simons
- 1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Edward J. Reilly
- 1975 Season for Assassins
as Commissioner Katroni
- 1975 Mitchell
as James Arthur Cummings
- 1975 Cry, Onion!
as Petrus Lamb
- 1975 Death Among Friends
as Ham Russell Buckner
- 1975 Smiling Maniacs
as Carlo Goja
- 1975 Miles To Go Before I Sleep
as Ben Montgomery
- 1974 Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi
- 1974 Trapped Beneath the Sea
as T.C. Hollister
- 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Green
- 1973
- 1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Harry Walden
- 1973 The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
- 1973 The Counsellor
as Don Antonio Macaluso
- 1973 The Stone Killer
as Al Vescari
- 1973
- 1973
- 1973 The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Rudy Wells
- 1973 A Brand New Life
as Jim Douglas
- 1972 Night of Terror
as Capt. Caleb Sark
- 1972 The Man
as Jim Talley
- 1972 The Hassled Hooker
as District Attorney Turrisi
- 1972 Chronicle of a Homicide
as Giudice Aldo Sola
- 1971 The Anderson Tapes
as Haskins
- 1971 Confessions of a Police Captain
as Commissario Bonavia
- 1971
- 1970 Little Big Man
as Mr. Merriweather
- 1970 The Enemy Before Us
as Angie
- 1970 The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Stanley Pulska
- 1970 Catch-22
as Col. Cathcart
- 1970 Hunters Are for Killing
as Wade Hamilton
- 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
- 1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mayor Wilker
- 1969 Me, Natalie
as Uncle Harold
- 1969 Trilogy
as Ivor Belli
- 1968
- 1968 Around the World of Mike Todd
as Michael Todd (voice)
- 1967 Hombre
as Henry Mendez
- 1966
- 1966 After the Fox
as Harry
- 1965 A Thousand Clowns
as Arnold
- 1965 The Bedford Incident
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
- 1965 Harlow
as Everett Redman
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 The Carpetbaggers
as Bernard B. Norman
- 1964 Seven Days in May
as Paul Girard
- 1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Sanford Kaufman
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962 Conquered City
as Joseph Feinberg
- 1962
- 1962 Cape Fear
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
- 1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Ada
as Steve Jackson
- 1960 Everybody Go Home!
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
- 1960
- 1960 Psycho
as Milton Arbogast
- 1959 Winterset
as Garth
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Middle of the Night
as Jack Englander
- 1959 Al Capone
as Mac Keeley, reporter
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 Naked City · TV
as Arnold Fleischman / Joseph Creeley / Captain Russel Barris / Caldwell Wyatt · 4 episodes
- 1958 Bomber's Moon
as Captain Joe Reardon
- 1958 Marjorie Morningstar
as Dr. David Harris
- 1957 Time Limit
as Sgt. Baker
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 12 Angry Men
as Juror 1
- 1957 The Defender (Studio One)
as Francis Toohey
- 1956
- 1955 A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Charlie Malick
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954 On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)
- 1954
- 1953
- 1952 The Living Bible
as Townsman
- 1951
- 1951
- 1949
- 1948
- 1948
- 1948
- 1944 Winged Victory
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (9)
- 2015
- 2000
- 1982
- 1982
- 1979
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode