Martin Balsam
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Edgar Carmody
1984
Series
Great Performances
Jack
1971
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Marshal Jim Brock
1957
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Dave Breslaw
1963
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Butler
1956
Series
The Fugitive
Andrew Newmark
1963
Series
The Twilight Zone
Danny Weiss
1959
Series
The Twilight Zone
Martin Lombard Senescu
1959
Film
12 Angry Men
Juror 1
1957
Series
Quincy, M.E.
Hyam Zgierski
1976
Series
Dr. Kildare
Ned Lacey
1961
Series
Dr. Kildare
Benny Orloff
1961
Series
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Milton Orloff
1961
Series
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Carl Noyes
1961
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mike Galloway
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Charlie Malick
1948
Series
The Untouchables
Arnold Justin
1959
Series
Rawhide
Father Fabian
1959
Series
Studio One
Ed Coyne
1948
Series
Studio One
Francis Toohey
1948
Series
Hotel
1982
Series
The Twilight Zone
Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
1985
Series
The Twilight Zone
Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
1985
Series
Naked City
Arnold Fleischman
1958
Series
Naked City
Caldwell Wyatt
1958
Series
Naked City
Joseph Creeley
1958
Series
Naked City
Captain Russel Barris
1958
Film
Psycho
Milton Arbogast
1960
Series
The Name of the Game
Herb Witmer
1968
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Eldon Marsh
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Leonard Thompson
1955
Series
The Defenders
Floyd Harker
1961
Series
The Defenders
Bernard Maxwell
1961
Series
The Defenders
District Attorney
1961
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
12 O'Clock High
Army Doctor (uncredited)
1964
Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Albert Sully
1964
Series
Kojak
Ray Kaufman
1973
Series
Police Story
1973
Film
Breakfast at Tiffany's
O.J. Berman
1961
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Series
Archie Bunker's Place
Murray Klein
1979
Series
The Octopus
Frank Carrisi
1984
Film
Cape Fear
Judge
1991
Valiant Lady
1953
Series
Arrest and Trial
Leo Valera
1963
Film
All the President's Men
Howard Simons
1976
Film
Murder on the Orient Express
Signor Bianchi
1974
Film
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
1970
Film
On the Waterfront
Gillette (uncredited)
1954
Series
Inner Sanctum
1954
Series
Midnight Caller
Gil Solarski
1988
The Greatest Gift
1954
Series
The New Breed
Frank Eberhardt
1961
Film
The Delta Force
Ben Kaplan
1986
Series
Decoy
Nick Santos
1957
Series
Espionage
Richard Carey
1963
Series
Cain's Hundred
Jack Garsell
1961
CBS Playhouse
Jesse Rothenberg
1966
Series
The Living Christ
Townsman
1951
Series
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Film
Cape Fear
Police Chief Mark Dutton
1962
Series
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Film
Catch-22
Col. Cathcart
1970
Actors Studio
soldier
1948
Film
Hombre
Henry Mendez
1967
Film
Death Wish 3
Bennett Cross
1985
Film
Little Big Man
Mr. Merriweather
1970
Film
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Green
1974
Film
St. Elmo's Fire
Mr. Beamish
1985
Film
Two Evil Eyes
Mr. Pym
1990
Film
The Anderson Tapes
Haskins
1971
Film
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Stanley Pulska
1970
Film
Seven Days in May
Paul Girard
1964
Film
The Sentinel
Prof. Ruzinsky
1977
Film
The Bedford Incident
Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
1965
Film
Two-Minute Warning
Sam McKeever
1976
Film
The Salamander
Captain Steffanelli
1981
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Garth
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Strasberg
1951
Film
The Stone Killer
Al Vescari
1973
Film
The Silence of the Hams
Det. Martin Balsam
1994
Film
Al Capone
Mac Keeley, reporter
1959
Film
Middle of the Night
Jack Englander
1959
Series
Space
Senator Glancey
1985
Film
Cuba
Gen. Bello
1979
Series
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Nathan Burkan
1982
Film
Raid on Entebbe
Daniel Cooper
1976
Film
La Classe américaine
Callaghan (archive footage)
1993
Film
The Carpetbaggers
Bernard B. Norman
1964
Film
Marjorie Morningstar
Dr. David Harris
1958
Film
Time Limit
Sgt. Baker
1957
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Mayor Wilker
1969
Film
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Film
Harlow
Everett Redman
1965
Series
Oceano
Don Matias Quintero
1989
Film
People vs. Jean Harris
Joel Aurnou
1981
Film
Cry, Onion!
Petrus Lamb
1975
Film
Counselor at Crime
Don Antonio Macaluso
1973
Film
A Thousand Clowns
Arnold
1965
Film
Conquered City
Joseph Feinberg
1962
Film
Me, Natalie
Uncle Harold
1969
Film
Silver Bears
Joe Fiore
1977
Film
After the Fox
Harry
1966
Film
The Last Match
Lawyer
1990
Film
Second Serve
Dr. Beck
1986
Film
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
1979
Film
Confessions of a Police Captain
Commissario Bonavia
1971
Film
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
1973
Film
The Man
Jim Talley
1972
Film
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Film
Everybody Go Home!
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
1960
Film
Eyes Behind the Stars
Inspector Jim Grant
1978
Film
Death Rage
Commissario
1976
Film
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Film
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Rudy Wells
1973
Film
The Defender (Studio One)
Francis Toohey
1957
Film
Aunt Mary
Harry Strasberg
1979
Film
Night of Terror
Capt. Caleb Sark
1972
Film
Ada
Steve Jackson
1961
Film
The Brother from Space
Frather Howard
1988
Film
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Dr. Samuel Melman
1979
Film
The Hassled Hooker
District Attorney Turrisi
1972
Film
Chronicle of a Homicide
Giudice Aldo Sola
1972
Film
There Goes The Bride
Elmer Babcock
1980
Film
Contract on Cherry Street
Ernie Weinberg
1977
Film
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Sanford Kaufman
1963
Film
Smiling Maniacs
Carlo Goja
1975
Film
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Edward J. Reilly
1976
Film
Meet Him and Die
Giulianelli
1976
Film
I Want to Live
Jack Brady
1983
Film
Gardenia
Salluzzo
1979
Film
Kids Like These
Grandpa
1987
Film
The Sands of Time
Father Sorendo
1992
Film
Innocent Prey
Sheriff Virgil Baker
1984
Film
The Love Tapes
David Franklin
1980
Film
The Goodbye People
Max Silverman
1984
Film
The Millionaire
Arthur Haines
1978
Film
Mitchell
James Arthur Cummings
1975
Film
The Warning
Questore Martorana
1980
Film
Murder in Space
Alexander Rostov
1985
Film
Rainbow
Louis B. Mayer
1978
Film
The Storyteller
Ira Davidoff
1977
Film
Winged Victory
Bit Part (uncredited)
1944
Film
Whatever it Takes
Hap Perchicksky
1986
Film
Season for Assassins
Commissioner Katroni
1975
Film
Siege
Henry Fancher
1978
Film
Once Again
Gerald
1987
Film
Hunters Are for Killing
Wade Hamilton
1970
Film
A Brand New Life
Jim Douglas
1973
Film
The House on Garibaldi Street
Isser Harel
1979
Film
The Time Element
Dr. Arnold Gillespie
Film
P.I. Private Investigations
Cliff Dowling
1987
Film
Death Among Friends
Ham Russell Buckner
1975
Film
The Living Bible
Townsman
1952
Film
La colonna infame
1973
Film
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Ben Montgomery
1975
Film
All About 'The Birds'
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
The Child Saver
Sidney Rosenberg
1988
Winterset
Garth
1959
Film
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Harry Walden
1973
Film
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
Self
2015
Film
Brothers in Blood
1987
Film
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Gramps
1997
Film
Trilogy
Ivor Belli
1969
Film
Trapped Beneath the Sea
T.C. Hollister
1974
Film
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
Film
Around the World of Mike Todd
Michael Todd (voice)
1968
Film
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Charlie Malick
1955
Film
Bomber's Moon
Captain Joe Reardon
1958
Film
Blood and Diamonds
Rizzo
1978
Film
Unknown Soldier
Priest
1995
The Enemy Before Us
Angie
1970
Film
Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for "The Birds"
Self
1961