Martin Balsam

Known for acting · Born 4 November 1919 · Died 13 February 1996 · aged 76 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

164 credits

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

12 Angry Men

1957

Psycho

1960

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

Valiant Lady

1953

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

The Delta Force

1986

All the President's Men

1976

The Greatest Gift

1954

Catch-22

1970

The Sentinel

1977

Acting (164)

2015True Fear: The Making of PsychoSelfFilm

2000All About 'The Birds'Self (archive footage)Film

1997Legend of the Spirit DogGrampsFilm

1996O. Henry's ChristmasFilm

1995Unknown SoldierPriestFilm

1994The Silence of the HamsDet. Martin BalsamFilm

1993La Classe américaineCallaghan (archive footage)Film

1992The Sands of TimeFather SorendoFilm

1991Cape FearJudgeFilm

1990Two Evil EyesMr. PymFilm

1990The Last MatchLawyerFilm

1989OceanoDon Matias Quintero · 6 episodesSeries

1988Midnight CallerGil SolarskiSeries

1988The Brother from SpaceFrather HowardFilm

1988The Child SaverSidney RosenbergFilm

1987P.I. Private InvestigationsCliff DowlingFilm

1987Brothers in BloodFilm

1987Kids Like TheseGrandpaFilm

1987Once AgainGeraldFilm

1986The Delta ForceBen KaplanFilm

1986Second ServeDr. BeckFilm

1986Whatever it TakesHap PerchickskyFilm

1985St. Elmo's FireMr. BeamishFilm

1985Death Wish 3Bennett CrossFilm

1985The Twilight ZoneRockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons"), Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")Series

1985Murder in SpaceAlexander RostovFilm

1985SpaceSenator Glancey · 5 episodesSeries

1984Murder, She WroteEdgar Carmody · 2 episodesSeries

1984The OctopusFrank Carrisi · 2 episodesSeries

1984Innocent PreySheriff Virgil BakerFilm

1984The Goodbye PeopleMax SilvermanFilm

1983I Want to LiveJack BradyFilm

1982HotelSeries

1982Little Gloria... Happy at LastNathan Burkan · 2 episodesSeries

1982Night of 100 StarsSelfFilm

1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special LadySelfFilm

1981The SalamanderCaptain SteffanelliFilm

1981People vs. Jean HarrisJoel AurnouFilm

1980The WarningQuestore MartoranaFilm

1980The Love TapesDavid FranklinFilm

1980There Goes The BrideElmer BabcockFilm

1979CubaGen. BelloFilm

1979Archie Bunker's PlaceMurray Klein · 45 episodesSeries

1979The Horror Show(archive footage)Film

1979GardeniaSalluzzoFilm

1979Aunt MaryHarry StrasbergFilm

1979The House on Garibaldi StreetIsser HarelFilm

1979The Seeding of Sarah BurnsDr. Samuel MelmanFilm

1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid BergmanSelfFilm

1978Blood and DiamondsRizzoFilm

1978Eyes Behind the StarsInspector Jim GrantFilm

1978SiegeHenry FancherFilm

1978RainbowLouis B. MayerFilm

1978The MillionaireArthur HainesFilm

1977The SentinelProf. RuzinskyFilm

1977Silver BearsJoe FioreFilm

1977Contract on Cherry StreetErnie WeinbergFilm

1977The StorytellerIra DavidoffFilm

1976All the President's MenHoward SimonsFilm

1976Quincy, M.E.Hyam ZgierskiSeries

1976Two-Minute WarningSam McKeeverFilm

1976Raid on EntebbeDaniel CooperFilm

1976Death RageCommissarioFilm

1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseEdward J. ReillyFilm

1976Meet Him and DieGiulianelliFilm

1975MitchellJames Arthur CummingsFilm

1975Cry, Onion!Petrus LambFilm

1975Season for AssassinsCommissioner KatroniFilm

1975Death Among FriendsHam Russell BucknerFilm

1975Miles To Go Before I SleepBen MontgomeryFilm

1975Smiling ManiacsCarlo GojaFilm

1974Murder on the Orient ExpressSignor BianchiFilm

1974The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeGreenFilm

1974Trapped Beneath the SeaT.C. HollisterFilm

1973KojakRay KaufmanSeries

1973The Stone KillerAl VescariFilm

1973The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Rudy WellsFilm

1973The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and WarDr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)Film

1973Police StorySeries

1973The CounsellorDon Antonio MacalusoFilm

1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsHarry WaldenFilm

1973La colonna infameFilm

1973A Brand New LifeJim DouglasFilm

1972Chronicle of a HomicideGiudice Aldo SolaFilm

1972Night of TerrorCapt. Caleb SarkFilm

1972The Hassled HookerDistrict Attorney TurrisiFilm

1972The ManJim TalleyFilm

1971The Anderson TapesHaskinsFilm

1971Confessions of a Police CaptainCommissario BonaviaFilm

1971Great PerformancesJackSeries

1970Little Big ManMr. MerriweatherFilm

1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Admiral Husband E. KimmelFilm

1970Catch-22Col. CathcartFilm

1970The Old Man Who Cried WolfStanley PulskaFilm

1970Hunters Are for KillingWade HamiltonFilm

1970The Enemy Before UsAngieFilm

1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysMayor WilkerFilm

1969Me, NatalieUncle HaroldFilm

1969TrilogyIvor BelliFilm

1968The Name of the GameHerb WitmerSeries

1968Around the World of Mike ToddMichael Todd (voice)Film

1967HombreHenry MendezFilm

1966After the FoxHarryFilm

1966CBS PlayhouseJesse RothenbergSeries

1965The Bedford IncidentLieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.Film

1965A Thousand ClownsArnoldFilm

1965HarlowEverett RedmanFilm

1964Seven Days in MayPaul GirardFilm

1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Albert SullySeries

1964The CarpetbaggersBernard B. NormanFilm

196412 O'Clock HighArmy Doctor (uncredited)Series

1963The FugitiveAndrew NewmarkSeries

1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Sanford KaufmanFilm

1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreDave BreslawSeries

1963Arrest and TrialLeo ValeraSeries

1963EspionageRichard CareySeries

1962Cape FearPolice Chief Mark DuttonFilm

1962Conquered CityJoseph FeinbergFilm

1962The Eleventh HourSeries

1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sO.J. BermanFilm

1961Dr. KildareNed Lacey, Benny Orloff, Dr. Milton Orloff · 3 episodes, Dr. Carl Noyes · 2 episodesSeries

1961AdaSteve JacksonFilm

1961The DefendersFloyd Harker, Bernard Maxwell, District Attorney · 2 episodesSeries

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries

1961Cain's HundredJack GarsellSeries

1961Target: The Corruptors!Series

1961The New BreedFrank EberhardtSeries

1961Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The BirdsSelfFilm

1960PsychoMilton ArbogastFilm

1960Everybody Go Home!Sergente Quintino FornaciariFilm

1960Route 66 · 2 episodesSeries

1959The Twilight ZoneDanny Weiss, Martin Lombard SenescuSeries

1959The UntouchablesArnold JustinSeries

1959Al CaponeMac Keeley, reporterFilm

1959RawhideFather FabianSeries

1959Middle of the NightJack EnglanderFilm

1959WintersetGarthFilm

1958Marjorie MorningstarDr. David HarrisFilm

1958Naked CityArnold Fleischman, Joseph Creeley, Captain Russel Barris, Caldwell WyattSeries

1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse · 2 episodesSeries

1958Bomber's MoonCaptain Joe ReardonFilm

195712 Angry MenJuror 1Film

1957Have Gun, Will Travel, Marshal Jim BrockSeries

1957Time LimitSgt. BakerFilm

1957DecoyNick SantosSeries

1957The Defender (Studio One)Francis TooheyFilm

1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSam ButlerSeries

1956Tony AwardsSelf - WinnerSeries

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsEldon Marsh, Leonard ThompsonSeries

1955A Man Is Ten Feet TallCharlie MalickFilm

1954On the WaterfrontGillette (uncredited)Film

1954Inner Sanctum · 3 episodesSeries

1954The Greatest Gift · 218 episodesSeries

1953Valiant Lady · 272 episodesSeries

1952The Living BibleTownsmanFilm

1951Hallmark Hall of FameGarth, StrasbergSeries

1951The Living ChristTownsmanSeries

1949Concerning a Woman of SinFilm

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfSeries

1948Studio OneEd Coyne, Francis Toohey · 2 episodesSeries

1948The Philco Television Playhouse, Mike Galloway, Charlie MalickSeries

1948Actors StudiosoldierSeries

1944Winged VictoryBit Part (uncredited)Film

—The Time ElementDr. Arnold GillespieFilm