Martin Balsam
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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
12 Angry Men (1957)
as Juror 1
Psycho (1960)
as Milton Arbogast
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
as O.J. Berman
Cape Fear (1991)
as Judge
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
as Signor Bianchi
The Delta Force (1986)
as Ben Kaplan
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Cape Fear (1962)
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
All the President's Men (1976)
as Howard Simons
On the Waterfront (1954)
as Gillette (uncredited)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
as Mr. Beamish
Death Wish 3 (1985)
as Bennett Cross
Catch-22 (1970)
as Col. Cathcart
The Sentinel (1977)
as Prof. Ruzinsky
Hombre (1967)
as Henry Mendez
Little Big Man (1970)
as Mr. Merriweather
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
as Green
Seven Days in May (1964)
as Paul Girard
The Silence of the Hams (1994)
as Det. Martin Balsam
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
as Haskins
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
as Mr. Pym
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
as Mayor Wilker
The Stone Killer (1973)
as Al Vescari
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
as Sam McKeever
Cuba (1979)
as Gen. Bello
People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
as Joel Aurnou
Middle of the Night (1959)
as Jack Englander
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
as Dr. David Harris
Me, Natalie (1969)
as Uncle Harold
The Salamander (1981)
as Captain Steffanelli
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
as Daniel Cooper
The Bedford Incident (1965)
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Al Capone (1959)
as Mac Keeley, reporter
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
as Dr. Rudy Wells
The Defender (Studio One) (1957)
as Francis Toohey
Death Rage (1976)
as Commissario
Silver Bears (1977)
as Joe Fiore
Time Limit (1957)
as Sgt. Baker
A Brand New Life (1973)
as Jim Douglas
La Classe américaine (1993)
as Callaghan (archive footage)
Everybody Go Home! (1960)
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Aunt Mary (1979)
as Harry Strasberg
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
as Sanford Kaufman
Murder in Space (1985)
as Alexander Rostov
A Thousand Clowns (1965)
as Arnold
The Hassled Hooker (1972)
as District Attorney Turrisi
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
as Stanley Pulska
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
as Edward J. Reilly
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
O. Henry's Christmas (1996)
Actor
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
as Bernard B. Norman
The Sands of Time (1992)
as Father Sorendo
I Want to Live (1983)
as Jack Brady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
as Self
Cry, Onion! (1975)
as Petrus Lamb
The Counsellor (1973)
as Don Antonio Macaluso
After the Fox (1966)
as Harry
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
as Commissario Bonavia
Hunters Are for Killing (1970)
as Wade Hamilton
Innocent Prey (1984)
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
as Ernie Weinberg
P.I. Private Investigations (1987)
as Cliff Dowling
Harlow (1965)
as Everett Redman
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman (1979)
as Self
Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)
as T.C. Hollister
Blood and Diamonds (1978)
as Rizzo
There Goes The Bride (1980)
as Elmer Babcock
The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979)
as Dr. Samuel Melman
Season for Assassins (1975)
as Commissioner Katroni
All About 'The Birds' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
as Harry Walden
The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
as Isser Harel
Miles To Go Before I Sleep (1975)
as Ben Montgomery
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Winged Victory (1944)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Millionaire (1978)
as Arthur Haines
Night of Terror (1972)
as Capt. Caleb Sark
Eyes Behind the Stars (1978)
as Inspector Jim Grant
The Brother from Space (1988)
as Frather Howard
Ada (1961)
as Steve Jackson
Around the World of Mike Todd (1968)
as Michael Todd (voice)
The Enemy Before Us (1970)
as Angie
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955)
as Charlie Malick
The Love Tapes (1980)
as David Franklin
Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)
as Giudice Aldo Sola
Conquered City (1962)
as Joseph Feinberg
The Living Bible (1952)
as Townsman
The Last Match (1990)
as Lawyer
The Goodbye People (1984)
as Max Silverman
The Man (1972)
as Jim Talley
Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949)
Actor
Gardenia (1979)
as Salluzzo
The Warning (1980)
as Questore Martorana
Second Serve (1986)
as Dr. Beck
Meet Him and Die (1976)
as Giulianelli
Mitchell (1975)
as James Arthur Cummings
Trilogy (1969)
as Ivor Belli
Bomber's Moon (1958)
as Captain Joe Reardon
The Time Element (—)
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
Smiling Maniacs (1975)
as Carlo Goja
Rainbow (1978)
as Louis B. Mayer
Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997)
as Gramps
Siege (1978)
as Henry Fancher
Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The Birds (1961)
as Self
Kids Like These (1987)
as Grandpa
The Child Saver (1988)
as Sidney Rosenberg
True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015)
as Self
The Storyteller (1977)
as Ira Davidoff
Brothers in Blood (1987)
Actor
Death Among Friends (1975)
as Ham Russell Buckner
Once Again (1987)
as Gerald
La colonna infame (1973)
Actor
Whatever it Takes (1986)
as Hap Perchicksky
Winterset (1959)
as Garth
Unknown Soldier (1995)
as Priest