Acting

Martin Balsam

Born 1919-11-04 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died 1996-02-13

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

Newest first

True Fear: The Making of Psycho
as Self
2015
All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
1997
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Unknown Soldier
as Priest
1995
The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
1994
La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (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
Oceano
as Don Matias Quintero
1989
Midnight Caller
as Gil Solarski
1988
The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
1988
The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
1988
Once Again
as Gerald
1987
Kids Like These
as Grandpa
1987
P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
1987
Brothers in Blood
1987
Whatever it Takes
as Hap Perchicksky
1986
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
1986
Second Serve
as Dr. Beck
1986
Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross
1985
The Twilight Zone
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
1985
The Twilight Zone
as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
1985
Murder in Space
as Alexander Rostov
1985
St. Elmo's Fire
as Mr. Beamish
1985
Space
as Senator Glancey
1985
Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Edgar Carmody
1984
The Goodbye People
as Max Silverman
1984
The Octopus
as Frank Carrisi
1984
I Want to Live
as Jack Brady
1983
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
as Nathan Burkan
1982
Hotel
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
as Self
1982
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
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
1979
Aunt Mary
as Harry Strasberg
1979
Archie Bunker's Place
as Murray Klein
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
Quincy, M.E.
as Hyam Zgierski
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
Death Among Friends
as Ham Russell Buckner
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
Kojak
as Ray Kaufman
1973
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
The Counsellor
as Don Antonio Macaluso
1973
The Stone Killer
as Al Vescari
1973