Martin Balsam

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
November 4, 1919 (76 years old)
Died
February 13, 1996
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Thriller Action
Career Span
1944 – 2000

Martin Balsam

19 wins
134 nominations
15 Oscars
109 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).

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Personal Info

Born
Nov 4, 1919
From
Bronx, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1944 – 2000

Award Recognition

19
Wins
134
Nominations
15
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2000

All About 'The Birds' as Self (archive footage)

1997

Legend of the Spirit Dog as Gramps

1996

O. Henry's Christmas

1995

Unknown Soldier as Priest

1994

The Silence of the Hams as Det. Martin Balsam

1993

La Classe américaine as Callaghan (archive footage) Award
24 Hour Psycho as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)

1992

The Sands of Time as Father Sorendo

1991

Cape Fear as Judge Award

1990

Two Evil Eyes as Mr. Pym Award
The Last Match as Lawyer

1988

The Child Saver as Sidney Rosenberg
The Brother from Space as Frather Howard

1987

Brothers in Blood
P.I. Private Investigations as Cliff Dowling
Kids Like These as Grandpa

1986

The Delta Force as Ben Kaplan Award
Second Serve as Dr. Beck

1985

Death Wish 3 as Bennett Cross
St. Elmo's Fire as Mr. Beamish
Murder in Space as Alexander Rostov

1984

The Goodbye People as Max Silverman
Innocent Prey as Sheriff Virgil Baker

1983

I Want to Live as Jack Brady

1982

Night of 100 Stars as Self Award

1981

The Salamander as Captain Steffanelli
People vs. Jean Harris as Joel Aurnou

1980

There Goes The Bride as Elmer Babcock
The Love Tapes as David Franklin
The Warning as Questore Martorana

1979

Cuba as Gen. Bello Award
Aunt Mary as Harry Strasberg
The Horror Show as (archive footage)
The Seeding of Sarah Burns as Dr. Samuel Melman
The House on Garibaldi Street as Isser Harel
Gardenia as Salluzzo

1978

Rainbow as Louis B. Mayer
The Millionaire as Arthur Haines
Siege as Henry Fancher
Blood and Diamonds as Rizzo
Eyes Behind the Stars as Inspector Jim Grant

1977

Silver Bears as Joe Fiore
The Storyteller as Ira Davidoff
Contract on Cherry Street as Ernie Weinberg
The Sentinel as Prof. Ruzinsky

1976

All the President's Men as Howard Simons Award
Two-Minute Warning as Sam McKeever Award
Raid on Entebbe as Daniel Cooper Award
Death Rage as Commissario
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Edward J. Reilly
Meet Him and Die as Giulianelli

1975

Mitchell as James Arthur Cummings
Cry, Onion! as Petrus Lamb
Miles To Go Before I Sleep as Ben Montgomery
Season For Assassins as Commissioner Katroni
Smiling Maniacs as Carlo Goja

1974

Murder on the Orient Express as Signor Bianchi Award
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Green Award
Trapped Beneath the Sea as T.C. Hollister

1973

The Stone Killer as Al Vescari Award
The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Rudy Wells
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
A Brand New Life as Jim Douglas
Counselor at Crime as Don Antonio Macaluso
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Harry Walden
La colonna infame

1972

The Man as Jim Talley
Night of Terror as Capt. Caleb Sark
The Hassled Hooker as District Attorney Turrisi
Chronicle of a Homicide as Giudice Aldo Sola

1971

The Anderson Tapes as Haskins Award
Confessions of a Police Captain as Commissario Bonavia

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Little Big Man as Mr. Merriweather
Catch-22 as Col. Cathcart
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Stanley Pulska
Hunters Are for Killing as Wade Hamilton
The Enemy Before Us as Angie

1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Mayor Wilker Award
Me, Natalie as Uncle Harold
Trilogy as Ivor Belli

1968

Around the World of Mike Todd as Michael Todd (voice)

1967

Hombre as Henry Mendez Award

1966

After the Fox as Harry

1965

The Bedford Incident as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. Award
Harlow as Everett Redman
A Thousand Clowns as Arnold

1964

The Carpetbaggers as Bernard B. Norman
Seven Days in May as Paul Girard

1963

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as Sanford Kaufman

1962

Cape Fear as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Conquered City as Joseph Feinberg

1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's as O.J. Berman Award
Ada as Steve Jackson

1960

Psycho as Private Det. Milton Arbogast Award
Everybody Go Home! as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

1959

Al Capone as Mac Keeley, reporter
Middle of the Night as Jack
Winterset as Garth

1958

Marjorie Morningstar as Dr. David Harris
Bomber's Moon as Captain Joe Reardon

1957

12 Angry Men as Juror 1 Award
The Defender (Studio One) as Francis Toohey
Time Limit as Sgt. Baker

1955

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall as Charlie Malick

1954

On the Waterfront as Gillette (uncredited) Award

1952

The Living Bible as Townsman

1949

Concerning a Woman of Sin

1944

Winged Victory as Bit Part (uncredited)

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

12 Angry Men
Psycho
All the President's Men
Murder on the Orient Express
On the Waterfront
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Two Evil Eyes

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