Martin Balsam
November 4, 1919 (106 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
- 1996 · O. Henry's Christmas as
- 1995 · Unknown Soldier as Priest
- 1993 · La Classe américaine as Callaghan (archive footage)
- 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
- 1986 · The Delta Force as Ben Kaplan
- 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")
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Edgar Carmody
- 1984 · The Goodbye People as Max Silverman
- 1984 · The Octopus as Frank Carrisi
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · The Salamander as Captain Steffanelli
- 1979 · Cuba as Gen. Bello
- 1979 · Archie Bunker's Place as
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · Eyes Behind the Stars as Inspector Jim Grant
- 1977 · Contract on Cherry Street as Ernie Weinberg
- 1977 · Silver Bears as Joe Fiore
- 1976 · Raid on Entebbe as Daniel Cooper
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Hyam Zgierski
- 1975 · Season for Assassins as Commissioner Katroni
- 1974 · Murder on the Orient Express as Signor Bianchi
- 1973 · Kojak as Ray Kaufman
- 1973 · Counselor at Crime as Don Antonio Macaluso
- 1973 · The Stone Killer as Al Vescari
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1971 · The Anderson Tapes as Haskins
- 1971 · Great Performances as Jack
- 1970 · Little Big Man as Mr. Merriweather
- 1970 · Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 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
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Psycho as Milton Arbogast
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Danny Weiss
- 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 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Marshal Jim Brock
- 1957 · 12 Angry Men as Juror 1
- 1957 · The Defender (Studio One) as Francis Toohey
- 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 · On the Waterfront as Gillette (uncredited)
- 1954 · Inner Sanctum as
- 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
- Future · The Time Element as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
- 2000 · All About 'The Birds' as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Legend of the Spirit Dog as Gramps
- 1994 · The Silence of the Hams as Det. Martin Balsam
- 1993 · 24 Hour Psycho as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
- 1992 · The Sands of Time as Father Sorendo
- 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
- 1987 · Brothers in Blood as
- 1986 · Second Serve as Dr. Beck
- 1985 · Death Wish 3 as Bennett Cross
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Alexander Rostov
- 1985 · St. Elmo's Fire as Mr. Beamish
- 1985 · Space as Senator Glancey
- 1984 · Innocent Prey as Sheriff Virgil Baker
- 1983 · I Want to Live as Jack Brady
- 1982 · Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Nathan Burkan
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · People vs. Jean Harris as Joel Aurnou
- 1980 · The Warning as Questore Martorana
- 1980 · There Goes The Bride as Elmer Babcock
- 1980 · The Love Tapes as David Franklin
- 1979 · All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self
- 1979 · Aunt Mary as Harry Strasberg
- 1979 · The House on Garibaldi Street as Isser Harel
- 1979 · Gardenia as Salluzzo
- 1979 · The Seeding of Sarah Burns as Dr. Samuel Melman
- 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 · The Sentinel as Prof. Ruzinsky
- 1976 · Two-Minute Warning as Sam McKeever
- 1976 · Death Rage as Commissario
- 1976 · Meet Him and Die as Giulianelli
- 1976 · All the President's Men as Howard Simons
- 1976 · The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Edward J. Reilly
- 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 · Trapped Beneath the Sea as T.C. Hollister
- 1974 · The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Green
- 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 · La colonna infame as
- 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 · 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 · Catch-22 as Col. Cathcart
- 1970 · Hunters Are for Killing as Wade Hamilton
- 1969 · The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Mayor Wilker
- 1969 · Me, Natalie as Uncle Harold
- 1969 · Trilogy as Ivor Belli
- 1968 · Around the World of Mike Todd as Michael Todd (voice)
- 1966 · After the Fox as Harry
- 1965 · The Bedford Incident as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
- 1964 · Seven Days in May as Paul Girard
- 1963 · Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as Sanford Kaufman
- 1962 · Conquered City as Joseph Feinberg
- 1962 · Cape Fear as Police Chief Mark Dutton
- 1961 · Ada as Steve Jackson
- 1960 · Everybody Go Home! as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
- 1959 · Winterset as Garth
- 1959 · Middle of the Night as Jack Englander
- 1958 · Bomber's Moon as Captain Joe Reardon
- 1958 · Marjorie Morningstar as Dr. David Harris
- 1957 · Time Limit as Sgt. Baker
- 1954 · The Greatest Gift as
- 1953 · Valiant Lady as
- 1952 · The Living Bible as Townsman
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Garth
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Strasberg
- 1951 · The Living Christ as Townsman
- 1949 · Concerning a Woman of Sin as
- 1948 · Actors Studio as soldier
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1944 · Winged Victory as Bit Part (uncredited)