Acting
Martin Balsam
EN, IT, FR cinema · 114 credits
Born
4 November 1919
Died
13 February 1996 (aged 76)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Martin Henry Balsam · Мартин Болсам
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
Filmography
The Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
Unknown Soldier
as Priest
The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo
Cape Fear
as Judge
Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
The Last Match
as Lawyer
The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
Kids Like These
as Grandpa
Once Again
as Gerald
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
Second Serve
as Dr. Beck
Whatever it Takes
as Hap Perchicksky
St. Elmo's Fire
as Mr. Beamish
Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross
Murder in Space
as Alexander Rostov
The Goodbye People
as Max Silverman
Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
I Want to Live
as Jack Brady
The Salamander
as Captain Steffanelli
People vs. Jean Harris
as Joel Aurnou
The Love Tapes
as David Franklin
The Warning
as Questore Martorana
There Goes The Bride
as Elmer Babcock
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
Cuba
as Gen. Bello
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as Dr. Samuel Melman
Gardenia
as Salluzzo
Aunt Mary
as Harry Strasberg
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Isser Harel
Eyes Behind the Stars
as Inspector Jim Grant
Blood and Diamonds
as Rizzo
Siege
as Henry Fancher
Rainbow
as Louis B. Mayer
The Millionaire
as Arthur Haines
Silver Bears
as Joe Fiore
The Sentinel
as Prof. Ruzinsky
Contract on Cherry Street
as Ernie Weinberg
The Storyteller
as Ira Davidoff
All the President's Men
as Howard Simons
Two-Minute Warning
as Sam McKeever
Death Rage
as Commissario
Meet Him and Die
as Giulianelli
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Edward J. Reilly
Raid on Entebbe
as Daniel Cooper
Mitchell
as James Arthur Cummings
Cry, Onion!
as Petrus Lamb
Season for Assassins
as Commissioner Katroni
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
as Ben Montgomery
Smiling Maniacs
as Carlo Goja
Death Among Friends
as Ham Russell Buckner
Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi
Trapped Beneath the Sea
as T.C. Hollister
The Stone Killer
as Al Vescari
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Rudy Wells
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Harry Walden
A Brand New Life
as Jim Douglas
The Counsellor
as Don Antonio Macaluso
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Hassled Hooker
as District Attorney Turrisi
The Man
as Jim Talley
Night of Terror
as Capt. Caleb Sark
Chronicle of a Homicide
as Giudice Aldo Sola
The Anderson Tapes
as Haskins
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Commissario Bonavia
Catch-22
as Col. Cathcart
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Little Big Man
as Mr. Merriweather
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Stanley Pulska
Hunters Are for Killing
as Wade Hamilton
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mayor Wilker
Me, Natalie
as Uncle Harold
Trilogy
as Ivor Belli
Around the World of Mike Todd
as Michael Todd (voice)
Hombre
as Henry Mendez
After the Fox
as Harry
Harlow
as Everett Redman
A Thousand Clowns
as Arnold
The Bedford Incident
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Seven Days in May
as Paul Girard
The Carpetbaggers
as Bernard B. Norman
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Sanford Kaufman
Cape Fear
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Conquered City
as Joseph Feinberg
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman
Ada
as Steve Jackson
Psycho
as Milton Arbogast
Everybody Go Home!
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Al Capone
as Mac Keeley, reporter
Middle of the Night
as Jack Englander
Bomber's Moon
as Captain Joe Reardon
Marjorie Morningstar
as Dr. David Harris
Time Limit
as Sgt. Baker
12 Angry Men
as Juror 1
The Defender (Studio One)
as Francis Toohey
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Charlie Malick
On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)
Winged Victory
as Bit Part (uncredited)