Martin Balsam
November 4, 1919 (105 years old) in Bronx, New York, USA
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
Credits
- 1997 · Legend of the Spirit Dog as Gramps
- 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 · Two Evil Eyes as Mr. Pym
- 1988 · Midnight Caller as Gil Solarski
- 1988 · The Child Saver as Sidney Rosenberg
- 1987 · Once Again as Gerald
- 1987 · Brothers in Blood as
- 1986 · The Delta Force as Ben Kaplan
- 1985 · Death Wish 3 as Bennett Cross
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Alexander Rostov
- 1985 · St. Elmo's Fire as Mr. Beamish
- 1985 · Space as Senator Glancey
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Edgar Carmody
- 1984 · The Octopus as Frank Carrisi
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · People vs. Jean Harris as Joel Aurnou
- 1981 · The Salamander as Captain Steffanelli
- 1980 · The Warning as Questore Martorana
- 1980 · The Love Tapes as David Franklin
- 1979 · Cuba as Gen. Bello
- 1979 · Archie Bunker's Place as
- 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
- 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 · Quincy, M.E. as Hyam Zgierski
- 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
- 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 · Kojak as Ray Kaufman
- 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 · Counselor at Crime as Don Antonio Macaluso
- 1973 · The Stone Killer as Al Vescari
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · A Brand New Life as Jim Douglas
- 1972 · Night of Terror as Capt. Caleb Sark
- 1972 · The Man as Jim Talley
- 1971 · The Anderson Tapes as Haskins
- 1971 · Great Performances as Jack
- 1970 · Little Big Man as Mr. Merriweather
- 1970 · Catch-22 as Col. Cathcart
- 1970 · Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
- 1969 · The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Mayor Wilker
- 1969 · Trilogy as Ivor Belli
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Herb Witmer
- 1967 · Hombre as Henry Mendez
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 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 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Albert Sully
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Army Doctor (uncredited)
- 1964 · The Carpetbaggers as Bernard B. Norman
- 1964 · Seven Days in May as Paul Girard
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Dave Breslaw
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Andrew Newmark
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Leo Valera
- 1962 · The Eleventh Hour as
- 1962 · Cape Fear as Police Chief Mark Dutton
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Breakfast at Tiffany's as O.J. Berman
- 1961 · The New Breed as Frank Eberhardt
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Ned Lacey
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Benny Orloff
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Dr. Milton Orloff
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Dr. Carl Noyes
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Jack Garsell
- 1961 · The Defenders as Floyd Harker
- 1961 · The Defenders as Bernard Maxwell
- 1961 · The Defenders as District Attorney
- 1961 · Ada as Steve Jackson
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Psycho as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
- 1959 · Winterset as Garth
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Danny Weiss
- 1959 · Middle of the Night as Jack
- 1959 · Al Capone as Mac Keeley, reporter
- 1959 · Rawhide as Father Fabian
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Naked City as Arnold Fleischman
- 1958 · Naked City as Joseph Creeley
- 1958 · Naked City as Captain Russel Barris
- 1958 · Naked City as Caldwell Wyatt
- 1957 · Decoy as Nick Santos
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · 12 Angry Men as Juror 1
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Butler
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Eldon Marsh
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Leonard Thompson
- 1955 · A Man Is Ten Feet Tall as Charlie Malick
- 1954 · The Greatest Gift as
- 1954 · On the Waterfront as Gillette (uncredited)
- 1954 · Inner Sanctum as
- 1953 · Valiant Lady as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Garth
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Strasberg
- 1948 · Studio One as Ed Coyne
- 1948 · Studio One as Francis Toohey
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Mike Galloway
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Charlie Malick
- 1948 · Actors Studio as soldier
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Future · The Time Element as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
- 2000 · All About 'The Birds' as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · O. Henry's Christmas as
- 1993 · 24 Hour Psycho as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
- 1990 · The Last Match as Lawyer
- 1989 · Oceano as Don Matias Quintero
- 1988 · The Brother from Space as Frather Howard
- 1987 · Kids Like These as Grandpa
- 1987 · P.I. Private Investigations as Cliff Dowling
- 1986 · Second Serve as Dr. Beck
- 1984 · Innocent Prey as Sheriff Virgil Baker
- 1984 · The Goodbye People as Max Silverman
- 1983 · I Want to Live as Jack Brady
- 1982 · Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Nathan Burkan
- 1980 · There Goes The Bride as Elmer Babcock
- 1979 · All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self
- 1979 · Aunt Mary as Harry Strasberg
- 1979 · The House on Garibaldi Street as Isser Harel
- 1978 · Eyes Behind the Stars as Inspector Jim Grant
- 1976 · Death Rage as Commissario
- 1976 · Meet Him and Die as Giulianelli
- 1975 · Smiling Maniacs as Carlo Goja
- 1975 · Miles To Go Before I Sleep as Ben Montgomery
- 1973 · La colonna infame as
- 1973 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Rudy Wells
- 1972 · The Hassled Hooker as District Attorney Turrisi
- 1972 · Chronicle of a Homicide as Giudice Aldo Sola
- 1971 · Confessions of a Police Captain as Commissario Bonavia
- 1970 · The Enemy Before Us as Angie
- 1970 · The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Stanley Pulska
- 1970 · Hunters Are for Killing as Wade Hamilton
- 1969 · Me, Natalie as Uncle Harold
- 1968 · Around the World of Mike Todd as Michael Todd (voice)
- 1966 · After the Fox as Harry
- 1963 · Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as Sanford Kaufman
- 1962 · Conquered City as Joseph Feinberg
- 1960 · Everybody Go Home! as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
- 1958 · Bomber's Moon as Captain Joe Reardon
- 1958 · Marjorie Morningstar as Dr. David Harris
- 1957 · Time Limit as Sgt. Baker
- 1957 · The Defender (Studio One) as Francis Toohey
- 1952 · The Living Bible as Townsman
- 1951 · The Living Christ as Townsman
- 1949 · Concerning a Woman of Sin as
- 1944 · Winged Victory as Bit Part (uncredited)