Martin Balsam

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

November 4, 1919

died

February 13, 1996

place of birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

also known as

Martin Henry Balsam · Мартин Болсам

total credits

50 movies

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).

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Known For

Filmography

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

12 Angry Men
8.6

12 Angry Men

1957as Juror 1
Psycho
8.4

Psycho

1960as Milton Arbogast
Cape Fear
7.3

Cape Fear

1991as Judge
Breakfast at Tiffany's
7.6

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961as O.J. Berman
Cape Fear
7.5

Cape Fear

1962as Police Chief Mark Dutton
The Six Million Dollar Man
6.7

The Six Million Dollar Man

1973as Dr. Rudy Wells
Murder on the Orient Express
7.1

Murder on the Orient Express

1974as Signor Bianchi
The Delta Force
6.0

The Delta Force

1986as Ben Kaplan
On the Waterfront
7.9

On the Waterfront

1954as Gillette (uncredited)
All the President's Men
7.7

All the President's Men

1976as Howard Simons
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Catch-22
6.7

Catch-22

1970as Col. Cathcart
Death Wish 3
6.2

Death Wish 3

1985as Bennett Cross
Hombre
7.1

Hombre

1967as Henry Mendez
St. Elmo's Fire
6.1

St. Elmo's Fire

1985as Mr. Beamish
The Sentinel
6.1

The Sentinel

1977as Prof. Ruzinsky
Little Big Man
7.4

Little Big Man

1970as Mr. Merriweather
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
7.5

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974as Green
Cry, Onion!
5.3

Cry, Onion!

1975as Petrus Lamb
The Anderson Tapes
6.1

The Anderson Tapes

1971as Haskins
Al Capone
6.6

Al Capone

1959as Mac Keeley, reporter
Seven Days in May
7.3

Seven Days in May

1964as Paul Girard
Two-Minute Warning
6.3

Two-Minute Warning

1976as Sam McKeever
The Silence of the Hams
4.9

The Silence of the Hams

1994as Det. Martin Balsam
The Stone Killer
6.2

The Stone Killer

1973as Al Vescari
The Man
6.5

The Man

1972as Jim Talley
La Classe américaine
7.6

La Classe américaine

1993as Callaghan (archive footage)
Raid on Entebbe
6.0

Raid on Entebbe

1976as Daniel Cooper
Harlow
5.6

Harlow

1965as Everett Redman
The Bedford Incident
7.0

The Bedford Incident

1965as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Two Evil Eyes
6.1

Two Evil Eyes

1990as Mr. Pym
Me, Natalie
5.6

Me, Natalie

1969as Uncle Harold
Murder in Space
5.3

Murder in Space

1985as Alexander Rostov
Night of 100 Stars
6.8

Night of 100 Stars

1982as Self
Silver Bears
6.1

Silver Bears

1977as Joe Fiore
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
5.6

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969as Mayor Wilker
Cuba
5.5

Cuba

1979as Gen. Bello
The Carpetbaggers
5.9

The Carpetbaggers

1964as Bernard B. Norman
The Salamander
5.5

The Salamander

1981as Captain Steffanelli
Mitchell
3.3

Mitchell

1975as James Arthur Cummings
I Want to Live
4.8

I Want to Live

1983as Jack Brady
Time Limit
7.2

Time Limit

1957as Sgt. Baker
The Horror Show
3.8

The Horror Show

1979as (archive footage)
Everybody Go Home!
7.6

Everybody Go Home!

1960as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
The Hassled Hooker
6.3

The Hassled Hooker

1972as District Attorney Turrisi
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
6.7

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

1973as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Storyteller
9.0

The Storyteller

1977as Ira Davidoff
Rainbow
10.0

Rainbow

1978as Louis B. Mayer
Aunt Mary
7.3

Aunt Mary

1979as Harry Strasberg
Middle of the Night
7.0

Middle of the Night

1959as Jack Englander