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Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

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 (197

Born

Nov 04, 1919

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died

Feb 13, 1996

Known For

Acting

Movies

114 acting

0 crew

Popularity

2.3

Known For

12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men
1957 • as Juror 1
★ 8.6
Psycho
Psycho
1960 • as Milton Arbogast
★ 8.4
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 • as O.J. Berman
★ 7.6
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
1974 • as Signor Bianchi
★ 7.1
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 • as Judge
★ 7.3
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
1976 • as Howard Simons
★ 7.7
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
1954 • as Gillette (uncredited)
★ 7.8
The Delta Force
The Delta Force
1986 • as Ben Kaplan
★ 6.0
Catch-22
Catch-22
1970 • as Col. Cathcart
★ 6.7
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 • as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
★ 7.2
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1962 • as Police Chief Mark Dutton
★ 7.4
Hombre
Hombre
1967 • as Henry Mendez
★ 7.1
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
★ 7.5
St. Elmo's Fire
St. Elmo's Fire
1985 • as Mr. Beamish
★ 6.1
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 • as Mr. Merriweather
★ 7.4
Death Wish 3
Death Wish 3
1985 • as Bennett Cross
★ 6.2
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May
1964 • as Paul Girard
★ 7.4
Two Evil Eyes
Two Evil Eyes
1990 • as Mr. Pym
★ 6.1
The Sentinel
The Sentinel
1977 • as Prof. Ruzinsky
★ 6.1
The Silence of the Hams
The Silence of the Hams
1994 • as Det. Martin Balsam
★ 4.8
Cuba
Cuba
1979 • as Gen. Bello
★ 5.5
Middle of the Night
Middle of the Night
1959 • as Jack Englander
★ 7.0
Al Capone
Al Capone
1959 • as Mac Keeley, reporter
★ 6.6
Time Limit
Time Limit
1957 • as Sgt. Baker
★ 7.2
Raid on Entebbe
Raid on Entebbe
1976 • as Daniel Cooper
★ 6.0
Two-Minute Warning
Two-Minute Warning
1976 • as Sam McKeever
★ 6.3
The Anderson Tapes
The Anderson Tapes
1971 • as Haskins
★ 6.2
The Salamander
The Salamander
1981 • as Captain Steffanelli
★ 5.3
The Bedford Incident
The Bedford Incident
1965 • as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
★ 7.0
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969 • as Mayor Wilker
★ 5.5
Me, Natalie
Me, Natalie
1969 • as Uncle Harold
★ 5.6
After the Fox
After the Fox
1966 • as Harry
★ 6.1
The Stone Killer
The Stone Killer
1973 • as Al Vescari
★ 6.3
Aunt Mary
Aunt Mary
1979 • as Harry Strasberg
★ 7.3
Confessions of a Police Captain
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971 • as Commissario Bonavia
★ 6.8
The Brother from Space
The Brother from Space
1988 • as Frather Howard
★ 4.0
The Defender (Studio One)
The Defender (Studio One)
1957 • as Francis Toohey
★ 6.1
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973 • as Dr. Rudy Wells
★ 6.7
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976 • as Edward J. Reilly
★ 6.5
Death Rage
Death Rage
1976 • as Commissario
★ 5.3
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine
1993 • as Callaghan (archive footage)
★ 7.6
Conquered City
Conquered City
1962 • as Joseph Feinberg
★ 6.0
Marjorie Morningstar
Marjorie Morningstar
1958 • as Dr. David Harris
★ 6.3
Blood and Diamonds
Blood and Diamonds
1978 • as Rizzo
★ 6.4
The Carpetbaggers
The Carpetbaggers
1964 • as Bernard B. Norman
★ 6.0
Harlow
Harlow
1965 • as Everett Redman
★ 5.6
People vs. Jean Harris
People vs. Jean Harris
1981 • as Joel Aurnou
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963 • as Sanford Kaufman
★ 6.1
Silver Bears
Silver Bears
1977 • as Joe Fiore
★ 6.1
Cry, Onion!
Cry, Onion!
1975 • as Petrus Lamb
★ 5.3
Contract on Cherry Street
Contract on Cherry Street
1977 • as Ernie Weinberg
★ 6.8
The Time Element
The Time Element
• as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • as Self
★ 5.8
Everybody Go Home!
Everybody Go Home!
1960 • as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
★ 7.6
The Hassled Hooker
The Hassled Hooker
1972 • as District Attorney Turrisi
★ 6.3
A Brand New Life
A Brand New Life
1973 • as Jim Douglas
★ 9.0
There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride
1980 • as Elmer Babcock
★ 7.0
Mitchell
Mitchell
1975 • as James Arthur Cummings
★ 3.3
The Horror Show
The Horror Show
1979 • as (archive footage)
★ 3.4
The Goodbye People
The Goodbye People
1984 • as Max Silverman
★ 10.0
The House on Garibaldi Street
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979 • as Isser Harel
★ 6.5
The Counsellor
The Counsellor
1973 • as Don Antonio Macaluso
★ 5.6
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns
1965 • as Arnold
★ 6.9
Eyes Behind the Stars
Eyes Behind the Stars
1978 • as Inspector Jim Grant
★ 4.7
I Want to Live
I Want to Live
1983 • as Jack Brady
★ 4.8
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973 • as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
★ 6.7
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970 • as Stanley Pulska
★ 6.3
Winged Victory
Winged Victory
1944 • as Bit Part (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Last Match
The Last Match
1990 • as Lawyer
★ 5.8
Innocent Prey
Innocent Prey
1984 • as Sheriff Virgil Baker
★ 4.3
Rainbow
Rainbow
1978 • as Louis B. Mayer
★ 10.0
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Trapped Beneath the Sea
1974 • as T.C. Hollister
★ 6.4
The Man
The Man
1972 • as Jim Talley
★ 6.5
The Sands of Time
The Sands of Time
1992 • as Father Sorendo
★ 10.0
Hunters Are for Killing
Hunters Are for Killing
1970 • as Wade Hamilton
★ 6.0
Chronicle of a Homicide
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972 • as Giudice Aldo Sola
★ 5.5
All About 'The Birds'
All About 'The Birds'
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Season for Assassins
Season for Assassins
1975 • as Commissioner Katroni
★ 4.1
Murder in Space
Murder in Space
1985 • as Alexander Rostov
★ 5.3
Smiling Maniacs
Smiling Maniacs
1975 • as Carlo Goja
★ 7.0
P.I. Private Investigations
P.I. Private Investigations
1987 • as Cliff Dowling
★ 4.8
Trilogy
Trilogy
1969 • as Ivor Belli
★ 6.2
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
1975 • as Ben Montgomery
★ 7.3
Gardenia
Gardenia
1979 • as Salluzzo
★ 6.1
Meet Him and Die
Meet Him and Die
1976 • as Giulianelli
★ 5.7
The Warning
The Warning
1980 • as Questore Martorana
★ 5.4
The Millionaire
The Millionaire
1978 • as Arthur Haines
★ 8.0
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979 • as Dr. Samuel Melman
★ 7.5
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955 • as Charlie Malick
Second Serve
Second Serve
1986 • as Dr. Beck
★ 5.3
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997 • as Gramps
★ 6.0
The Storyteller
The Storyteller
1977 • as Ira Davidoff
★ 9.0
The Love Tapes
The Love Tapes
1980 • as David Franklin
★ 6.5
Ada
Ada
1961 • as Steve Jackson
★ 6.5
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973 • as Harry Walden
★ 5.6
Kids Like These
Kids Like These
1987 • as Grandpa
★ 9.0
Night of Terror
Night of Terror
1972 • as Capt. Caleb Sark
★ 6.1
Around the World of Mike Todd
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968 • as Michael Todd (voice)
★ 6.3
Siege
Siege
1978 • as Henry Fancher
★ 6.8
Once Again
Once Again
1987 • as Gerald
★ 7.0
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Winterset
1959 • as Garth
★ 9.0
Brothers in Blood
★ 7.0
Whatever it Takes
Whatever it Takes
1986 • as Hap Perchicksky
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The Enemy Before Us
1970 • as Angie
The Child Saver
The Child Saver
1988 • as Sidney Rosenberg
★ 7.5
La colonna infame
★ 7.0
Death Among Friends
Death Among Friends
1975 • as Ham Russell Buckner
★ 4.9
Bomber's Moon
Bomber's Moon
1958 • as Captain Joe Reardon
Unknown Soldier
Unknown Soldier
1995 • as Priest
★ 8.0