
Cast
Martin Balsam
Acting
Cast
Martin Balsam
Known for
Acting
Born
1919-11-04
From
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died
1996-02-13
Also known as Martin Henry Balsam, Мартин Болсам
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).

12 Angry Men
as Juror 1

Psycho
as Milton Arbogast

On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)

Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman

Cape Fear
as Judge

Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi

Catch-22
as Col. Cathcart

Cape Fear
as Police Chief Mark Dutton

All the President's Men
as Howard Simons

The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan

Hombre
as Henry Mendez

Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Green

Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym

St. Elmo's Fire
as Mr. Beamish

Cry, Onion!
as Petrus Lamb

Cuba
as Gen. Bello

Me, Natalie
as Uncle Harold

The Carpetbaggers
as Bernard B. Norman

The Sentinel
as Prof. Ruzinsky

Rainbow
as Louis B. Mayer

Little Big Man
as Mr. Merriweather

The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam

The Stone Killer
as Al Vescari

Al Capone
as Mac Keeley, reporter

The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Rudy Wells

Seven Days in May
as Paul Girard

People vs. Jean Harris
as Joel Aurnou

Raid on Entebbe
as Daniel Cooper

Night of 100 Stars
as Self

Two-Minute Warning
as Sam McKeever

La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)

Silver Bears
as Joe Fiore

Harlow
as Everett Redman

Winged Victory
as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Millionaire
as Arthur Haines

The Anderson Tapes
as Haskins

The Goodbye People
as Max Silverman

After the Fox
as Harry

The Salamander
as Captain Steffanelli

The Bedford Incident
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mayor Wilker

The Horror Show
as (archive footage)

Murder in Space
as Alexander Rostov

Eyes Behind the Stars
as Inspector Jim Grant

Mitchell
as James Arthur Cummings

Aunt Mary
as Harry Strasberg

The Defender (Studio One)
as Francis Toohey

Middle of the Night
as Jack Englander

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

Marjorie Morningstar
as Dr. David Harris

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Edward J. Reilly

Second Serve
as Dr. Beck

Counselor at Crime
as Don Antonio Macaluso

Time Limit
as Sgt. Baker

Confessions of a Police Captain
as Commissario Bonavia

Everybody Go Home!
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

The Last Match
as Lawyer

A Thousand Clowns
as Arnold

Death Among Friends
as Ham Russell Buckner

Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker

I Want to Live
as Jack Brady

Hunters Are for Killing
as Wade Hamilton

The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo

The Warning
as Questore Martorana

The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard

Siege
as Henry Fancher

The House on Garibaldi Street
as Isser Harel

Ada
as Steve Jackson

Winterset
as Garth

The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as Dr. Samuel Melman

The Man
as Jim Talley

O. Henry's Christmas

There Goes The Bride
as Elmer Babcock

The Storyteller
as Ira Davidoff

Once Again
as Gerald

Gardenia
as Salluzzo

Contract on Cherry Street
as Ernie Weinberg

P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling

Kids Like These
as Grandpa

Unknown Soldier
as Priest

All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Harry Walden

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Sanford Kaufman

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Stanley Pulska

Trapped Beneath the Sea
as T.C. Hollister

Miles To Go Before I Sleep
as Ben Montgomery

Season for Assassins
as Commissioner Katroni

Blood and Diamonds
as Rizzo

The Hassled Hooker
as District Attorney Turrisi

Night of Terror
as Capt. Caleb Sark

The Love Tapes
as David Franklin

Conquered City
as Joseph Feinberg

Around the World of Mike Todd
as Michael Todd (voice)

Smiling Maniacs
as Carlo Goja

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Brothers in Blood

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Charlie Malick

Death Rage
as Commissario

The Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie

A Brand New Life
as Jim Douglas

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self

Meet Him and Die
as Giulianelli

Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps

Bomber's Moon
as Captain Joe Reardon

La colonna infame

The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg

Trilogy
as Ivor Belli

The Living Bible
as Townsman

Chronicle of a Homicide
as Giudice Aldo Sola

Concerning a Woman of Sin

The Enemy Before Us
as Angie