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