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Martin Balsam

Born · November 4, 1919

Died · February 13, 1996 (76 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA

Bio

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

Legend of the Spirit Dog

Gramps

0.0

1997

O. Henry's Christmas

0.0

1996

Unknown Soldier

Priest

6.0

1995

The Silence of the Hams

Det. Martin Balsam

4.9

1994

La Classe américaine

Callaghan (archive footage)

7.6

1993

24 Hour Psycho

Milton Arbogast (archive footage)

4.0

1993

The Sands of Time

Father Sorendo

0.0

1992

Cape Fear

Judge

7.3

1991

The Last Match

Lawyer

5.0

1990

Two Evil Eyes

Mr. Pym

6.1

1990

Oceano

Don Matias Quintero · (6 episodes)

5.0

1989

Midnight Caller

Gil Solarski · (1 episode)

7.4

1988

The Child Saver

Sidney Rosenberg

0.0

1988

The Brother from Space

Frather Howard

2.5

1988

Kids Like These

Grandpa

0.0

1987

P.I. Private Investigations

Cliff Dowling

4.8

1987

Brothers in Blood

5.0

1987

The Delta Force

Ben Kaplan

5.9

1986

Second Serve

Dr. Beck

5.4

1986

Death Wish 3

Bennett Cross

6.2

1985

The Twilight Zone

Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") · (1 episode)

7.7

1985

The Twilight Zone

Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") · (1 episode)

7.7

1985

Murder in Space

Alexander Rostov

4.8

1985

St. Elmo's Fire

Mr. Beamish

6.1

1985

Space

Senator Glancey · (5 episodes)

6.5

1985

Innocent Prey

Sheriff Virgil Baker

4.0

1984

Murder, She Wrote

Edgar Carmody · (2 episodes)

7.5

1984

The Goodbye People

Max Silverman

0.0

1984

The Octopus

Frank Carrisi · (2 episodes)

7.9

1984

I Want to Live

Jack Brady

4.0

1983

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

Nathan Burkan · (2 episodes)

6.8

1982

Hotel

(1 episode)

6.8

1982

Night of 100 Stars

Self

6.5

1982

People vs. Jean Harris

Joel Aurnou

0.0

1981

The Salamander

Captain Steffanelli

5.7

1981

The Warning

Questore Martorana

5.4

1980

There Goes The Bride

Elmer Babcock

0.0

1980

The Love Tapes

David Franklin

3.0

1980

Cuba

Gen. Bello

5.5

1979

Aunt Mary

Harry Strasberg

8.0

1979

Archie Bunker's Place

(74 episodes)

6.5

1979

The House on Garibaldi Street

Isser Harel

5.5

1979

Gardenia

Salluzzo

4.8

1979

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

Dr. Samuel Melman

6.0

1979

The Horror Show

(archive footage)

6.0

1979

The Millionaire

Arthur Haines

0.0

1978

Rainbow

Louis B. Mayer

0.0

1978

Siege

Henry Fancher

5.2

1978

Blood and Diamonds

Rizzo

6.5

1978

Eyes Behind the Stars

Inspector Jim Grant

4.3

1978

The Storyteller

Ira Davidoff

0.0

1977

Contract on Cherry Street

Ernie Weinberg

6.3

1977

Silver Bears

Joe Fiore

5.9

1977

The Sentinel

Prof. Ruzinsky

6.1

1977

Raid on Entebbe

Daniel Cooper

6.0

1976

Two-Minute Warning

Sam McKeever

6.2

1976

Death Rage

Commissario

5.5

1976

Meet Him and Die

Giulianelli

5.4

1976

Quincy, M.E.

Hyam Zgierski · (1 episode)

7.5

1976

All the President's Men

Howard Simons

7.6

1976

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Edward J. Reilly

6.4

1976

Season For Assassins

Commissioner Katroni

4.7

1975

Mitchell

James Arthur Cummings

3.3

1975

Cry, Onion!

Petrus Lamb

5.0

1975

Smiling Maniacs

Carlo Goja

0.0

1975

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

Ben Montgomery

6.0

1975

Murder on the Orient Express

Signor Bianchi

7.1

1974

Trapped Beneath the Sea

T.C. Hollister

5.8

1974

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Green

7.5

1974

Kojak

Ray Kaufman · (1 episode)

7.0

1973

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Harry Walden

5.6

1973

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

6.5

1973

Counselor at Crime

Don Antonio Macaluso

5.6

1973

The Stone Killer

Al Vescari

6.2

1973

La colonna infame

6.0

1971

Little Big Man

6.0

1968

Hombre

Henry Mendez

7.1

1967

CBS Playhouse

(1 episode)

7.0

1966

After the Fox

Harry

6.0

1966

A Thousand Clowns

Arnold

7.1

1965

The Bedford Incident

Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

6.9

1965

Harlow

Everett Redman

5.4

1965

12 O'Clock High

Army Doctor (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.3

1964

The Carpetbaggers

Bernard B. Norman

5.8

1964

Seven Days in May

Paul Girard

7.3

1964

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

7.4

1962

Breakfast at Tiffany's

O.J. Berman

7.6

1961

The New Breed

Frank Eberhardt · (1 episode)

7.0

1961

Target: The Corruptors!

(1 episode)

3.5

1961

Dr. Kildare

Ned Lacey · (1 episode)

5.3

1961

Dr. Kildare

Benny Orloff · (1 episode)

5.3

1961

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Milton Orloff · (3 episodes)

5.3

1961

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Carl Noyes · (2 episodes)

5.3

1961

Cain's Hundred

Jack Garsell · (1 episode)

4.7

1961

The Defenders

Floyd Harker · (1 episode)

6.2

1961

The Defenders

Bernard Maxwell · (1 episode)

6.2

1961

The Defenders

District Attorney · (2 episodes)

6.2

1961

Ada

Steve Jackson

6.4

1961

Everybody Go Home!

Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

7.6

1960

Route 66

(2 episodes)

6.3

1960

Psycho

5.3

1958

Naked City

Arnold Fleischman · (1 episode)

5.5

1958

Naked City

Caldwell Wyatt · (1 episode)

5.5

1958

Naked City

Concerning a Woman of Sin

0.0

1949

Studio One

Ed Coyne · (1 episode)

4.7

1948

Studio One

Francis Toohey · (2 episodes)

4.7

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

(1 episode)

6.0

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

Mike Galloway · (1 episode)

6.0

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

Charlie Malick · (1 episode)

6.0

1948

Actors Studio

soldier · (1 episode)

6.5

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self · (1 episode)

6.6

1948

Winged Victory

Bit Part (uncredited)

5.5

1944