Martin Balsam

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).

Known For

The Fugitive

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

Tony Awards

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Great Performances

All Movies (115)

• True Fear: The Making of Psycho2015 · as Self
• All About 'The Birds'2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Legend of the Spirit Dog1997 · as Gramps
• O. Henry's Christmas1996
• Unknown Soldier1995 · as Priest
• The Silence of the Hams1994 · as Det. Martin Balsam
• La Classe américaine1993 · as Callaghan (archive footage)
• The Sands of Time1992 · as Father Sorendo
• Cape Fear1991 · as Judge
• The Last Match1990 · as Lawyer
• Two Evil Eyes1990 · as Mr. Pym
• The Brother from Space1988 · as Frather Howard
• The Child Saver1988 · as Sidney Rosenberg
• Once Again1987 · as Gerald
• Kids Like These1987 · as Grandpa
• P.I. Private Investigations1987 · as Cliff Dowling
• Brothers in Blood1987
• The Delta Force1986 · as Ben Kaplan
• Second Serve1986 · as Dr. Beck
• Death Wish 31985 · as Bennett Cross
• Murder in Space1985 · as Alexander Rostov
• St. Elmo's Fire1985 · as Mr. Beamish
• Innocent Prey1984 · as Sheriff Virgil Baker
• The Goodbye People1984 · as Max Silverman
• I Want to Live1983 · as Jack Brady
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• People vs. Jean Harris1981 · as Joel Aurnou
• The Salamander1981 · as Captain Steffanelli
• The Warning1980 · as Questore Martorana
• There Goes The Bride1980 · as Elmer Babcock
• The Love Tapes1980 · as David Franklin
• Cuba1979 · as Gen. Bello
• All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman1979 · as Self
• Aunt Mary1979 · as Harry Strasberg
• The House on Garibaldi Street1979 · as Isser Harel
• Gardenia1979 · as Salluzzo
• The Seeding of Sarah Burns1979 · as Dr. Samuel Melman
• The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
• The Millionaire1978 · as Arthur Haines
• Rainbow1978 · as Louis B. Mayer
• Siege1978 · as Henry Fancher
• Blood and Diamonds1978 · as Rizzo
• Eyes Behind the Stars1978 · as Inspector Jim Grant
• The Storyteller1977 · as Ira Davidoff
• Contract on Cherry Street1977 · as Ernie Weinberg
• Silver Bears1977 · as Joe Fiore
• The Sentinel1977 · as Prof. Ruzinsky
• Raid on Entebbe1976 · as Daniel Cooper
• Two-Minute Warning1976 · as Sam McKeever
• Death Rage1976 · as Commissario
• Meet Him and Die1976 · as Giulianelli
• All the President's Men1976 · as Howard Simons
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case1976 · as Edward J. Reilly
• Season for Assassins1975 · as Commissioner Katroni
• Mitchell1975 · as James Arthur Cummings
• Cry, Onion!1975 · as Petrus Lamb
• Death Among Friends1975 · as Ham Russell Buckner
• Smiling Maniacs1975 · as Carlo Goja
• Miles To Go Before I Sleep1975 · as Ben Montgomery
• Murder on the Orient Express1974 · as Signor Bianchi
• Trapped Beneath the Sea1974 · as T.C. Hollister
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three1974 · as Green
• Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams1973 · as Harry Walden
• The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War1973 · as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
• Counselor at Crime1973 · as Don Antonio Macaluso
• The Stone Killer1973 · as Al Vescari
• La colonna infame1973
• The Six Million Dollar Man1973 · as Dr. Rudy Wells
• A Brand New Life1973 · as Jim Douglas
• Night of Terror1972 · as Capt. Caleb Sark
• The Man1972 · as Jim Talley
• The Hassled Hooker1972 · as District Attorney Turrisi
• Chronicle of a Homicide1972 · as Giudice Aldo Sola
• The Anderson Tapes1971 · as Haskins
• Confessions of a Police Captain1971 · as Commissario Bonavia
• Little Big Man1970 · as Mr. Merriweather
• The Enemy Before Us1970 · as Angie
• The Old Man Who Cried Wolf1970 · as Stanley Pulska
• Catch-221970 · as Col. Cathcart
• Hunters Are for Killing1970 · as Wade Hamilton
• Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys1969 · as Mayor Wilker
• Me, Natalie1969 · as Uncle Harold
• Trilogy1969 · as Ivor Belli
• Around the World of Mike Todd1968 · as Michael Todd (voice)
• Hombre1967 · as Henry Mendez
• After the Fox1966 · as Harry
• A Thousand Clowns1965 · as Arnold
• The Bedford Incident1965 · as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
• Harlow1965 · as Everett Redman
• The Carpetbaggers1964 · as Bernard B. Norman
• Seven Days in May1964 · as Paul Girard
• Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?1963 · as Sanford Kaufman
• Conquered City1962 · as Joseph Feinberg
• Cape Fear1962 · as Police Chief Mark Dutton
• Breakfast at Tiffany's1961 · as O.J. Berman
• Ada1961 · as Steve Jackson
• Everybody Go Home!1960 · as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
• Psycho1960 · as Milton Arbogast
• Winterset1959 · as Garth
• Middle of the Night1959 · as Jack Englander
• Al Capone1959 · as Mac Keeley, reporter
• Bomber's Moon1958 · as Captain Joe Reardon
• Marjorie Morningstar1958 · as Dr. David Harris
• Time Limit1957 · as Sgt. Baker
• 12 Angry Men1957 · as Juror 1
• The Defender (Studio One)1957 · as Francis Toohey
• A Man Is Ten Feet Tall1955 · as Charlie Malick
• On the Waterfront1954 · as Gillette (uncredited)
• The Living Bible1952 · as Townsman
• Concerning a Woman of Sin1949
• Winged Victory1944 · as Bit Part (uncredited)
• The Time Element— · as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
• Whatever it Takes— · as Hap Perchicksky

All TV Shows (64)

• Oceano1989 · as Don Matias Quintero
• Midnight Caller1988 · as Gil Solarski
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
• Space1985 · as Senator Glancey
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Edgar Carmody
• The Octopus1984 · as Frank Carrisi
• Little Gloria... Happy at Last1982 · as Nathan Burkan
• Hotel1982
• Archie Bunker's Place1979 · as Murray Klein
• Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Hyam Zgierski
• Kojak1973 · as Ray Kaufman
• Police Story1973
• Great Performances1971 · as Jack
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Herb Witmer
• CBS Playhouse1966 · as Jesse Rothenberg
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Albert Sully
• 12 O'Clock High1964 · as Army Doctor (uncredited)
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Dave Breslaw
• Espionage1963 · as Richard Carey
• The Fugitive1963 · as Andrew Newmark
• Arrest and Trial1963 · as Leo Valera
• The Eleventh Hour1962
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The New Breed1961 · as Frank Eberhardt
• Target: The Corruptors!1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Ned Lacey
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Benny Orloff
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Milton Orloff
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Carl Noyes
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Jack Garsell
• The Defenders1961 · as Floyd Harker
• The Defenders1961 · as Bernard Maxwell
• The Defenders1961 · as District Attorney
• Route 661960
• The Untouchables1959 · as Arnold Justin
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Danny Weiss
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Martin Lombard Senescu
• Rawhide1959 · as Father Fabian
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
• Naked City1958 · as Arnold Fleischman
• Naked City1958 · as Joseph Creeley
• Naked City1958 · as Captain Russel Barris
• Naked City1958 · as Caldwell Wyatt
• Decoy1957 · as Nick Santos
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Marshal Jim Brock
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Sam Butler
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Eldon Marsh
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Leonard Thompson
• The Greatest Gift1954
• Inner Sanctum1954
• Valiant Lady1953
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Garth
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Strasberg
• The Living Christ1951 · as Townsman
• Studio One1948 · as Ed Coyne
• Studio One1948 · as Francis Toohey
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Mike Galloway
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Charlie Malick
• Actors Studio1948 · as soldier
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self