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