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Martin Balsam

Born 4 November 1919 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Died 13 February 1996

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).

Films and shows

  1. 2015True Fear: The Making of Psycho1h 53mSelf
  2. 2000All About 'The Birds'1h 20mSelf (archive footage)
  3. 1997Legend of the Spirit Dog1h 26mGramps
  4. 1996O. Henry's Christmas
  5. 1995Unknown Soldier1h 35mPriest
  6. 1994The Silence of the Hams1h 21mDet. Martin Balsam
  7. 1992The Sands of Time1h 36mFather Sorendo
  8. 1991Cape Fear2h 8mJudge
  9. 1990The Last Match1h 35mLawyer
  10. 1990Two Evil Eyes2hMr. Pym
  11. 1989Oceano1 seasonDon Matias Quintero
  12. 1988The Brother from Space1h 30mFrather Howard
  13. 1988The Child Saver1h 45mSidney Rosenberg
  14. 1987Once Again1h 45mGerald
  15. 1987Kids Like These1h 33mGrandpa
  16. 1987P.I. Private Investigations1h 31mCliff Dowling
  17. 1987Brothers in Blood1h 32m
  18. 1986Whatever it Takes1h 33mHap Perchicksky
  19. 1986Second Serve1h 38mDr. Beck
  20. 1986The Delta Force2h 9mBen Kaplan
  21. 1985Murder in Space1h 35mAlexander Rostov
  22. 1985Death Wish 31h 30mBennett Cross
  23. 1985St. Elmo's Fire1h 48mMr. Beamish
  24. 1985Space1 seasonSenator Glancey
  25. 1984The Goodbye People1h 44mMax Silverman
  26. 1984Innocent Prey1h 26mSheriff Virgil Baker
  27. 1983I Want to Live1h 33mJack Brady
  28. 1982Little Gloria... Happy at Last1 seasonNathan Burkan
  29. 1982Night of 100 Stars3h 2mSelf
  30. 1981People vs. Jean Harris2h 27mJoel Aurnou
  31. 1981The Salamander1h 43mCaptain Steffanelli
  32. 1980The Love Tapes1h 40mDavid Franklin
  33. 1980The Warning1h 48mQuestore Martorana
  34. 1980There Goes The Bride1h 30mElmer Babcock
  35. 1979The Seeding of Sarah Burns1h 36mDr. Samuel Melman
  36. 1979Aunt Mary1h 38mHarry Strasberg
  37. 1979Gardenia1h 40mSalluzzo
  38. 1979The House on Garibaldi Street1h 41mIsser Harel
  39. 1979Cuba2h 2mGen. Bello
  40. 1979The Horror Show1h 40m(archive footage)
  41. 1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman52mSelf
  42. 1978The Millionaire1h 40mArthur Haines
  43. 1978Siege1h 40mHenry Fancher
  44. 1978Blood and Diamonds1h 39mRizzo
  45. 1978Eyes Behind the Stars1h 30mInspector Jim Grant
  46. 1978Rainbow1h 37mLouis B. Mayer
  47. 1977The Storyteller1h 37mIra Davidoff
  48. 1977Contract on Cherry Street2h 25mErnie Weinberg
  49. 1977The Sentinel1h 32mProf. Ruzinsky
  50. 1977Silver Bears1h 53mJoe Fiore
  51. 1976Meet Him and Die1h 34mGiulianelli
  52. 1976Two-Minute Warning1h 55mSam McKeever
  53. 1976Death Rage1h 38mCommissario
  54. 1976Raid on Entebbe2h 25mDaniel Cooper
  55. 1976All the President's Men2h 18mHoward Simons
  56. 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case2h 28mEdward J. Reilly
  57. 1975Miles To Go Before I Sleep1h 18mBen Montgomery
  58. 1975Season for Assassins1h 42mCommissioner Katroni
  59. 1975Mitchell1h 37mJames Arthur Cummings
  60. 1975Cry, Onion!1h 32mPetrus Lamb
  61. 1975Death Among Friends1h 12mHam Russell Buckner
  62. 1975Smiling Maniacs1h 40mCarlo Goja
  63. 1974Trapped Beneath the Sea1h 37mT.C. Hollister
  64. 1974The Taking of Pelham One Two Three1h 45mGreen
  65. 1974Murder on the Orient Express2h 8mSignor Bianchi
  66. 1973The Counsellor1h 42mDon Antonio Macaluso
  67. 1973Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams1h 33mHarry Walden
  68. 1973The Stone Killer1h 35mAl Vescari
  69. 1973A Brand New Life1h 14mJim Douglas
  70. 1973The Six Million Dollar Man1h 14mDr. Rudy Wells
  71. 1973La colonna infame1h 37m
  72. 1972Night of Terror1h 13mCapt. Caleb Sark
  73. 1972The Hassled Hooker1h 39mDistrict Attorney Turrisi
  74. 1972Chronicle of a Homicide1h 39mGiudice Aldo Sola
  75. 1972The Man1h 33mJim Talley
  76. 1971Confessions of a Police Captain1h 41mCommissario Bonavia
  77. 1971The Anderson Tapes1h 39mHaskins
  78. 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!2h 24mAdmiral Husband E. Kimmel
  79. 1970Catch-222h 1mCol. Cathcart
  80. 1970The Old Man Who Cried Wolf1h 13mStanley Pulska
  81. 1970The Enemy Before Us1h 15mAngie
  82. 1970Little Big Man2h 19mMr. Merriweather
  83. 1970Hunters Are for Killing1h 37mWade Hamilton
  84. 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys1h 31mMayor Wilker
  85. 1969Me, Natalie1h 51mUncle Harold
  86. 1969Trilogy1h 50mIvor Belli
  87. 1968Around the World of Mike Todd50mMichael Todd (voice)
  88. 1967Hombre1h 51mHenry Mendez
  89. 1966After the Fox1h 48mHarry
  90. 1965A Thousand Clowns1h 58mArnold
  91. 1965The Bedford Incident1h 42mLieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
  92. 1965Harlow2h 5mEverett Redman
  93. 1964Seven Days in May1h 58mPaul Girard
  94. 1964The Carpetbaggers2h 30mBernard B. Norman
  95. 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?1h 43mSanford Kaufman
  96. 1962Cape Fear1h 46mPolice Chief Mark Dutton
  97. 1962Conquered City1h 50mJoseph Feinberg
  98. 1961Breakfast at Tiffany's1h 55mO.J. Berman
  99. 1961Ada1h 49mSteve Jackson
  100. 1960Everybody Go Home!1h 57mSergente Quintino Fornaciari
  101. 1960Psycho1h 49mMilton Arbogast
  102. 1959Winterset1h 30mGarth
  103. 1959Al Capone1h 44mMac Keeley, reporter
  104. 1959Middle of the Night1h 58mJack Englander
  105. 1958Bomber's Moon1h 30mCaptain Joe Reardon
  106. 1958Marjorie Morningstar2h 3mDr. David Harris
  107. 195712 Angry Men1h 37mJuror 1
  108. 1957The Defender (Studio One)1h 41mFrancis Toohey
  109. 1957Time Limit1h 37mSgt. Baker
  110. 1955A Man Is Ten Feet Tall52mCharlie Malick
  111. 1954The Greatest Gift1 season
  112. 1954On the Waterfront1h 48mGillette (uncredited)
  113. 1953Valiant Lady3 seasons
  114. 1949Concerning a Woman of Sin30m
  115. The Time Element58mDr. Arnold Gillespie