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