Martin Balsam1919 - 1996

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Actor

Popularity

3.3

Famous

Biography

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).

Credits

All About 'The Birds'
All About 'The Birds'

2000

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
0.1
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Legend of the Spirit Dog

1997

Adventure • Drama • Family

as Gramps

0
0.2
O. Henry's Christmas
O. Henry's Christmas

1996

Drama • TV Movie

0
0.2
Unknown Soldier
Unknown Soldier

1995

Drama • Fantasy • War

as Priest

6
0.1
The Silence of the Hams
The Silence of the Hams

1994

Comedy • Thriller

as Det. Martin Balsam

4.9
0.7
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine

1993

Comedy • TV Movie

as Callaghan (archive footage)

7.6
0.8
24 Hour Psycho
24 Hour Psycho

1993

Thriller

as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)

4
0.3
The Sands of Time
The Sands of Time

1992

Drama • TV Movie • War

as Father Sorendo

0
0.3
Cape Fear
Cape Fear

1991

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Judge

7.3
4.6
The Last Match
The Last Match

1990

Action

as Lawyer

5
0.3
Two Evil Eyes
Two Evil Eyes

1990

Horror

as Mr. Pym

6.1
1.1
The Child Saver
The Child Saver

1988

Drama

as Sidney Rosenberg

0
0.2
The Brother from Space
The Brother from Space

1988

Science Fiction

as Frather Howard

2.5
0.2
Kids Like These
Kids Like These

1987

Drama • TV Movie

as Grandpa

0
0.1
P.I. Private Investigations
P.I. Private Investigations

1987

Crime • Thriller

as Cliff Dowling

4.8
0.1
Brothers in Blood
Brothers in Blood

1987

Adventure • War

5
0.6
The Delta Force
The Delta Force

1986

Action • Adventure • Thriller • War

as Ben Kaplan

6
2.1
Second Serve
Second Serve

1986

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Beck

5.4
0.3
Death Wish 3
Death Wish 3

1985

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Bennett Cross

6.2
2.1
Murder in Space
Murder in Space

1985

Crime • Horror • Mystery • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Alexander Rostov

4.8
0.2
St. Elmo's Fire
St. Elmo's Fire

1985

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Mr. Beamish

6.2
1.3
Innocent Prey
Innocent Prey

1984

Horror

as Sheriff Virgil Baker

4
0.2
The Goodbye People
The Goodbye People

1984

Comedy • Drama

as Max Silverman

0
0.1
I Want to Live
I Want to Live

1983

Drama • TV Movie

as Jack Brady

4
0.3
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars

1982

Comedy • Documentary • Music • TV Movie

as Self

6.7
1.1
People vs. Jean Harris
People vs. Jean Harris

1981

Crime • Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Joel Aurnou

0
0.2
The Salamander
The Salamander

1981

Mystery • Thriller

as Captain Steffanelli

5.7
0.6
The Warning
The Warning

1980

Crime

as Questore Martorana

5.4
0.2
There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride

1980

Comedy • Romance

as Elmer Babcock

0
0.2
The Love Tapes
The Love Tapes

1980

Comedy • TV Movie

as David Franklin

3
0.2
Cuba
Cuba

1979

Action • Adventure • Drama • Romance • Thriller • War

as Gen. Bello

5.5
0.7
Aunt Mary
Aunt Mary

1979

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Harry Strasberg

8
0.3
The House on Garibaldi Street
The House on Garibaldi Street

1979

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Isser Harel

5.5
0.2
Gardenia
Gardenia

1979

Crime

as Salluzzo

4.8
0.1
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
The Seeding of Sarah Burns

1979

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Samuel Melman

6
0.2
The Horror Show
The Horror Show

1979

Documentary • Horror • TV Movie

as (archive footage)

6
0.4
The Millionaire
The Millionaire

1978

Drama • TV Movie

as Arthur Haines

0
0.1
Rainbow
Rainbow

1978

Drama • TV Movie

as Louis B. Mayer

0
0.3
Siege
Siege

1978

Crime • TV Movie

as Henry Fancher

5.2
0.2
Blood and Diamonds
Blood and Diamonds

1978

Crime • Thriller

as Rizzo

6.5
0.5
Eyes Behind the Stars
Eyes Behind the Stars

1978

Horror • Mystery • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Inspector Jim Grant

4.3
0.2
The Storyteller
The Storyteller

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Ira Davidoff

0
0.2
Contract on Cherry Street
Contract on Cherry Street

1977

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Ernie Weinberg

6.3
0.2
Silver Bears
Silver Bears

1977

Comedy • Crime

as Joe Fiore

5.9
0.3
The Sentinel
The Sentinel

1977

Fantasy • Horror • Mystery

as Prof. Ruzinsky

6.1
1
Raid on Entebbe
Raid on Entebbe

1976

Drama • History • TV Movie • Thriller

as Daniel Cooper

6
1.2
Two-Minute Warning
Two-Minute Warning

1976

Action • Thriller

as Sam McKeever

6.2
0.7
Death Rage
Death Rage

1976

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Commissario

5.5
0.8
Meet Him and Die
Meet Him and Die

1976

Crime • Thriller

as Giulianelli

5.4
0.2
All the President's Men
All the President's Men

1976

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Howard Simons

7.6
2.8
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Edward J. Reilly

6.4
0.3
Season For Assassins
Season For Assassins

1975

Action • Drama

as Commissioner Katroni

4.7
0.2
Mitchell
Mitchell

1975

Action • Crime • Drama

as James Arthur Cummings

3.3
0.9
Cry, Onion!
Cry, Onion!

1975

Comedy • Western

as Petrus Lamb

5.2
0.5
Smiling Maniacs
Smiling Maniacs

1975

Crime • Thriller

as Carlo Goja

0
0.1
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Miles To Go Before I Sleep

1975

Drama • TV Movie

as Ben Montgomery

6
0.1
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Signor Bianchi

7.1
4.7
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Trapped Beneath the Sea

1974

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as T.C. Hollister

5.8
0.1
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Green

7.5
1.1
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

1973

Drama

as Harry Walden

5.6
0.2
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

1973

Action • Drama • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

6.5
0.3
Counselor at Crime
Counselor at Crime

1973

Crime

as Don Antonio Macaluso

5.6
0.5
The Stone Killer
The Stone Killer

1973

Action • Crime

as Al Vescari

6.2
0.7
La colonna infame
La colonna infame

1973

Drama • History

6
0.2
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man

1973

Adventure • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Dr. Rudy Wells

6.7
0.8
A Brand New Life
A Brand New Life

1973

Drama • TV Movie

as Jim Douglas

0
0.1
Night of Terror
Night of Terror

1972

TV Movie • Thriller

as Capt. Caleb Sark

6.2
0.2
The Man
The Man

1972

Drama

as Jim Talley

6.3
0.5
The Hassled Hooker
The Hassled Hooker

1972

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as District Attorney Turrisi

6.6
0.3
Chronicle of a Homicide
Chronicle of a Homicide

1972

Crime • Drama

as Giudice Aldo Sola

5.6
0.1
The Anderson Tapes
The Anderson Tapes

1971

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Haskins

6.1
0.5
Confessions of a Police Captain
Confessions of a Police Captain

1971

Crime • Drama

as Commissario Bonavia

6.8
1
Little Big Man
Little Big Man

1970

Adventure • Comedy • Drama • Western

as Mr. Merriweather

7.5
2.2
The Enemy Before Us
The Enemy Before Us

1970

Adventure • Science Fiction

as Angie

0
0.1
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

Drama • TV Movie

as Stanley Pulska

6
0.2
Catch-22
Catch-22

1970

Comedy • War

as Col. Cathcart

6.7
1.8
Hunters Are for Killing
Hunters Are for Killing

1970

Drama • TV Movie

as Wade Hamilton

4.5
0.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Drama • History • War

as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

7.1
2.2
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969

Comedy • Western

as Mayor Wilker

5.6
0.6
Me, Natalie
Me, Natalie

1969

Comedy • Drama

as Uncle Harold

5.6
0.4
Trilogy
Trilogy

1969

Drama

as Ivor Belli

6
0.2
Around the World of Mike Todd
Around the World of Mike Todd

1968

Adventure • Documentary

as Michael Todd (voice)

6
0.2
Hombre
Hombre

1967

Western

as Henry Mendez

7.1
2.6
After the Fox
After the Fox

1966

Comedy • Crime

as Harry

6
0.9
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns

1965

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Arnold

7.1
0.3
The Bedford Incident
The Bedford Incident

1965

Action • Drama • Thriller • War

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

6.9
0.6
Harlow
Harlow

1965

Drama

as Everett Redman

5.4
0.7
The Carpetbaggers
The Carpetbaggers

1964

Drama

as Bernard B. Norman

5.8
0.6
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May

1964

Drama • Thriller

as Paul Girard

7.3
0.9
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

1963

Comedy

as Sanford Kaufman

5.8
0.4
Conquered City
Conquered City

1962

Drama • War

as Joseph Feinberg

4.3
0.1
Cape Fear
Cape Fear

1962

Drama • Thriller

as Police Chief Mark Dutton

7.4
1.7
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as O.J. Berman

7.6
3.9
Ada
Ada

1961

Drama

as Steve Jackson

6.4
0.4
Everybody Go Home!
Everybody Go Home!

1960

Comedy • Drama • War

as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

7.6
0.4
Psycho
Psycho

1960

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Private Det. Milton Arbogast

8.4
8
Winterset
Winterset

1959

Crime • Drama

as Garth

0
0.2
Middle of the Night
Middle of the Night

1959

Drama • Romance

as Jack

7
0.3
Al Capone
Al Capone

1959

Action • Adventure • Crime • Drama

as Mac Keeley, reporter

6.6
0.7
Bomber's Moon
Bomber's Moon

1958

Drama • TV Movie

as Captain Joe Reardon

0
0.1
Marjorie Morningstar
Marjorie Morningstar

1958

Drama • Romance

as Dr. David Harris

6.2
0.5
Time Limit
Time Limit

1957

Drama • Mystery • War

as Sgt. Baker

7
0.2
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men

1957

Drama

as Juror 1

8.5
18
The Defender (Studio One)
The Defender (Studio One)

1957

Drama • TV Movie

as Francis Toohey

7.2
0.2
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

1955

as Charlie Malick

0
0
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront

1954

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Gillette (uncredited)

7.9
3.1
The Living Bible
The Living Bible

1952

Drama • Family

as Townsman

6
0.1
Winged Victory
Winged Victory

1944

Drama • War

as Bit Part (uncredited)

5.5
0.3
The Time Element
The Time Element

as Dr. Arnold Gillespie

0
0.2

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