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
| Birth Location | Bronx, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1919-11-04 |
| Died | 1996-02-13 |
Movies
Psychos
as Det. Milton Arbogast
2014
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
1997
1996
Unknown Soldier
as Priest
1995
The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
1994
La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
1993
24 Hour Psycho
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
1993
The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo
1992
Cape Fear
as Judge
1991
The Last Match
as Lawyer
1990
Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
1990
Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
1989
The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
1988
The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
1988
Kids Like These
as Grandpa
1987
P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
1987
1987
Queenie
as Marty
1987
Hunters Are for Killing
as Wade Hamilton
1987
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
1986
Second Serve
as Dr. Beck
1986
Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross
1985
Murder in Space
as Alexander Rostov
1985
St. Elmo's Fire
as Mr. Beamish
1985
The Goodbye People
as Max Silverman
1984
I Want to Live
as Jack Brady
1983
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
People vs. Jean Harris
as Joel Aurnou
1981
The Salamander
as Captain Steffanelli
1981
The Warning
as Questore Martorana
1980
There Goes The Bride
as Elmer Babcock
1980
The Love Tapes
as David Franklin
1980
Cuba
as Gen. Bello
1979
Aunt Mary
as Harry Strasberg
1979
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Isser Harel
1979
Gardenia
as Salluzzo
1979
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as Dr. Samuel Melman
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
The Millionaire
as Arthur Haines
1978
Rainbow
as Louis B. Mayer
1978
Siege
as Henry Fancher
1978
Blood and Diamonds
as Rizzo
1978
Eyes Behind the Stars
as Inspector Jim Grant
1978
The Storyteller
as Ira Davidoff
1977
Contract on Cherry Street
as Ernie Weinberg
1977
Silver Bears
as Joe Fiore
1977
The Sentinel
as Prof. Ruzinsky
1977
Raid on Entebbe
as Daniel Cooper
1976
Two-Minute Warning
as Sam McKeever
1976
Death Rage
as Commissario
1976
Meet Him and Die
as Giulianelli
1976
All the President's Men
as Howard Simons
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Edward J. Reilly
1976
Season For Assassins
as Commissioner Katroni
1975
"Mitchell"!
as James Arthur Cummings
1975
Cry, Onion!
as Petrus Lamb
1975
Smiling Maniacs
as Carlo Goja
1975
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
as Ben Montgomery
1975
Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi
1974
Trapped Beneath the Sea
as T.C. Hollister
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Green
1974
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Harry Walden
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
1973
Counselor at Crime
as Don Antonio Macaluso
1973
The Stone Killer
as Al Vescari
1973
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Rudy Wells
1973
A Brand New Life
as Jim Douglas
1973
Night of Terror
as Capt. Caleb Sark
1972
The Man
as Jim Talley
1972
The Hassled Hooker
as District Attorney Turrisi
1972
Chronicle of a Homicide
as Giudice Aldo Sola
1972
The Anderson Tapes
as Haskins
1971
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Commissario Bonavia
1971
Little Big Man
as Mr. Merriweather
1970
The Enemy Before Us
as Angie
1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Stanley Pulska
1970
Catch-22
as Col. Cathcart
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
1970
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mayor Wilker
1969
Me, Natalie
as Uncle Harold
1969
Trilogy
as Ivor Belli
1969
Around the World of Mike Todd
as Michael Todd (voice)
1968
Hombre
as Henry Mendez
1967
After the Fox
as Harry
1966
A Thousand Clowns
as Arnold
1965
The Bedford Incident
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
1965
Harlow
as Everett Redman
1965
The Carpetbaggers
as Bernard B. Norman
1964
Seven Days in May
as Paul Girard
1964
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Sanford Kaufman
1963
Conquered City
as Joseph Feinberg
1962
Cape Fear
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
1962
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman
1961
Ada
as Steve Jackson
1961
Everybody Go Home!
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
1960
Psycho
as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
1960
Winterset
as Garth
1959
Middle of the Night
as Jack
1959
Al Capone
as Mac Keeley, reporter
1959
Bomber's Moon
as Captain Joe Reardon
1958
Marjorie Morningstar
as Dr. David Harris
1958
Time Limit
as Sgt. Baker
1957
12 Angry Men
as Juror 1
1957
The Defender (Studio One)
as Francis Toohey
1957
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Charlie Malick
1955
On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)
1954
The Living Bible
as Townsman
1952
Winged Victory
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1944
Martin Balsam hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
