Martin Balsam
Acting·November 4, 1919·† February 13, 1996 — 76 years old·The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Psycho
1960·8.4
12 Angry Men
1957·8.6
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961·7.6
Cape Fear
1991·7.3
All the President's Men
1976·7.7
On the Waterfront
1954·7.9
Murder on the Orient Express
1974·7.2
The Twilight Zone
1959·8.5
Little Big Man
1970·7.4
Cape Fear
1962·7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974·7.5
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970·7.2
Filmography · 163
—The Time ElementDr. Arnold Gillespie2015True Fear: The Making of PsychoSelf2000All About 'The Birds'Self (archive footage)1997Legend of the Spirit DogGramps1996O. Henry's Christmas1995Unknown SoldierPriest1994The Silence of the HamsDet. Martin Balsam1993La Classe américaineCallaghan (archive footage)1992The Sands of TimeFather Sorendo1991Cape FearJudge1990The Last MatchLawyer1990Two Evil EyesMr. Pym1989OceanoTVDon Matias Quintero1988Midnight CallerTVGil Solarski1988The Brother from SpaceFrather Howard1988The Child SaverSidney Rosenberg1987Once AgainGerald1987Kids Like TheseGrandpa1987P.I. Private InvestigationsCliff Dowling1987Brothers in Blood1986Whatever it TakesHap Perchicksky1986The Delta ForceBen Kaplan1986Second ServeDr. Beck1985Death Wish 3Bennett Cross1985The Twilight ZoneTVRockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") · Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")1985Murder in SpaceAlexander Rostov1985St. Elmo's FireMr. Beamish1985SpaceTVSenator Glancey1984Innocent PreySheriff Virgil Baker1984Murder, She WroteTVEdgar Carmody1984The Goodbye PeopleMax Silverman1984The OctopusTVFrank Carrisi1983I Want to LiveJack Brady1982Little Gloria... Happy at LastTVNathan Burkan1982HotelTV1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982Night of 100 StarsSelf1981People vs. Jean HarrisJoel Aurnou1981The SalamanderCaptain Steffanelli1980The WarningQuestore Martorana1980There Goes The BrideElmer Babcock1980The Love TapesDavid Franklin1979CubaGen. Bello1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid BergmanSelf1979Aunt MaryHarry Strasberg1979Archie Bunker's PlaceTVMurray Klein1979The House on Garibaldi StreetIsser Harel1979GardeniaSalluzzo1979The Seeding of Sarah BurnsDr. Samuel Melman1979The Horror Show(archive footage)1978The MillionaireArthur Haines1978RainbowLouis B. Mayer1978SiegeHenry Fancher1978Blood and DiamondsRizzo1978Eyes Behind the StarsInspector Jim Grant1977The StorytellerIra Davidoff1977Contract on Cherry StreetErnie Weinberg1977Silver BearsJoe Fiore1977The SentinelProf. Ruzinsky1976Raid on EntebbeDaniel Cooper1976Two-Minute WarningSam McKeever1976Death RageCommissario1976Meet Him and DieGiulianelli1976Quincy, M.E.TVHyam Zgierski1976All the President's MenHoward Simons1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseEdward J. Reilly1975Season for AssassinsCommissioner Katroni1975MitchellJames Arthur Cummings1975Cry, Onion!Petrus Lamb1975Death Among FriendsHam Russell Buckner1975Smiling ManiacsCarlo Goja1975Miles To Go Before I SleepBen Montgomery1974Murder on the Orient ExpressSignor Bianchi1974Trapped Beneath the SeaT.C. Hollister1974The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeGreen1973KojakTVRay Kaufman1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsHarry Walden1973The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and WarDr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)1973Counselor at CrimeDon Antonio Macaluso1973The Stone KillerAl Vescari1973La colonna infame1973Police StoryTV1973The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Rudy Wells1973A Brand New LifeJim Douglas1972Night of TerrorCapt. Caleb Sark1972The ManJim Talley1972The Hassled HookerDistrict Attorney Turrisi1972Chronicle of a HomicideGiudice Aldo Sola1971The Anderson TapesHaskins1971Confessions of a Police CaptainCommissario Bonavia1971Great PerformancesTVJack1970Little Big ManMr. Merriweather1970The Enemy Before UsAngie1970The Old Man Who Cried WolfStanley Pulska1970Catch-22Col. Cathcart1970Hunters Are for KillingWade Hamilton1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Admiral Husband E. Kimmel1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysMayor Wilker1969Me, NatalieUncle Harold1969TrilogyIvor Belli1968The Name of the GameTVHerb Witmer1968Around the World of Mike ToddMichael Todd (voice)1967HombreHenry Mendez1966CBS PlayhouseTVJesse Rothenberg1966After the FoxHarry1965A Thousand ClownsArnold1965The Bedford IncidentLieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.1965HarlowEverett Redman1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.TVAlbert Sully196412 O'Clock HighTVArmy Doctor (uncredited)1964The CarpetbaggersBernard B. Norman1964Seven Days in MayPaul Girard1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Sanford Kaufman1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreTVDave Breslaw1963EspionageTVRichard Carey1963The FugitiveTVAndrew Newmark1963Arrest and TrialTVLeo Valera1962Conquered CityJoseph Feinberg1962The Eleventh HourTV1962Cape FearPolice Chief Mark Dutton1961The Mike Douglas ShowTVSelf1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sO.J. Berman1961The New BreedTVFrank Eberhardt1961Target: The Corruptors!TV1961Dr. KildareTVNed Lacey · Benny Orloff · Dr. Milton Orloff · Dr. Carl Noyes1961Cain's HundredTVJack Garsell1961The DefendersTVFloyd Harker · Bernard Maxwell · District Attorney1961AdaSteve Jackson1960Everybody Go Home!Sergente Quintino Fornaciari1960Route 66TV1960PsychoMilton Arbogast1959WintersetGarth1959The UntouchablesTVArnold Justin1959The Twilight ZoneTVDanny Weiss · Martin Lombard Senescu1959Middle of the NightJack Englander1959Al CaponeMac Keeley, reporter1959RawhideTVFather Fabian1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseTV1958Naked CityTVArnold Fleischman · Caldwell Wyatt · Joseph Creeley · Captain Russel Barris1958Bomber's MoonCaptain Joe Reardon1958Marjorie MorningstarDr. David Harris1957Time LimitSgt. Baker1957DecoyTVNick Santos1957Have Gun, Will TravelTVMarshal Jim Brock195712 Angry MenJuror 11957The Defender (Studio One)Francis Toohey1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTVSam Butler1956Tony AwardsTVSelf - Winner1955A Man Is Ten Feet TallCharlie Malick1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTVEldon Marsh · Leonard Thompson1954The Greatest GiftTV1954On the WaterfrontGillette (uncredited)1954Inner SanctumTV1953Valiant LadyTV1952The Living BibleTownsman1951Hallmark Hall of FameTVGarth · Strasberg1951The Living ChristTVTownsman1949Concerning a Woman of Sin1948Studio OneTVEd Coyne · Francis Toohey1948The Philco Television PlayhouseTVMike Galloway · Charlie Malick1948Actors StudioTVsoldier1948The Ed Sullivan ShowTVSelf1944Winged VictoryBit Part (uncredited)