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