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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
All About 'The Birds'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/05/2000
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Character:Gramps
Release Date:19/08/1997
O. Henry's Christmas
Character:
Release Date:03/06/1996
Unknown Soldier
Character:Priest
Release Date:01/01/1995
The Silence of the Hams
Character:Det. Martin Balsam
Release Date:11/03/1994
La Classe américaine
Character:Callaghan (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1993
24 Hour Psycho
Character:Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1993
The Sands of Time
Character:Father Sorendo
Release Date:23/11/1992
Cape Fear
Character:Judge
Release Date:13/11/1991
The Last Match
Character:Lawyer
Release Date:01/02/1990
Two Evil Eyes
Character:Mr. Pym
Release Date:25/01/1990
The Child Saver
Character:Sidney Rosenberg
Release Date:18/01/1988
The Brother from Space
Character:Frather Howard
Release Date:01/01/1988
Once Again
Character:Gerald
Release Date:01/12/1987
Kids Like These
Character:Grandpa
Release Date:08/11/1987
P.I. Private Investigations
Character:Cliff Dowling
Release Date:05/06/1987
Brothers in Blood
Character:
Release Date:12/05/1987
The Delta Force
Character:Ben Kaplan
Release Date:14/02/1986
Second Serve
Character:Dr. Beck
Release Date:01/01/1986
Death Wish 3
Character:Bennett Cross
Release Date:01/11/1985
Murder in Space
Character:Alexander Rostov
Release Date:28/07/1985
St. Elmo's Fire
Character:Mr. Beamish
Release Date:28/06/1985
Innocent Prey
Character:Sheriff Virgil Baker
Release Date:12/12/1984
The Goodbye People
Character:Max Silverman
Release Date:11/09/1984
I Want to Live
Character:Jack Brady
Release Date:09/05/1983
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
People vs. Jean Harris
Character:Joel Aurnou
Release Date:07/05/1981
The Salamander
Character:Captain Steffanelli
Release Date:25/04/1981
The Warning
Character:Questore Martorana
Release Date:15/08/1980
There Goes The Bride
Character:Elmer Babcock
Release Date:07/07/1980
The Love Tapes
Character:David Franklin
Release Date:09/05/1980
Cuba
Character:Gen. Bello
Release Date:21/12/1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Character:Self
Release Date:06/12/1979
Aunt Mary
Character:Harry Strasberg
Release Date:05/12/1979
The House on Garibaldi Street
Character:Isser Harel
Release Date:28/05/1979
Gardenia
Character:Salluzzo
Release Date:05/05/1979
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Character:Dr. Samuel Melman
Release Date:07/04/1979
The Horror Show
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/1979
The Millionaire
Character:Arthur Haines
Release Date:19/12/1978
Rainbow
Character:Louis B. Mayer
Release Date:06/11/1978
Siege
Character:Henry Fancher
Release Date:26/04/1978
Blood and Diamonds
Character:Rizzo
Release Date:17/03/1978
Eyes Behind the Stars
Character:Inspector Jim Grant
Release Date:21/02/1978
The Storyteller
Character:Ira Davidoff
Release Date:05/12/1977
Contract on Cherry Street
Character:Ernie Weinberg
Release Date:19/11/1977
Silver Bears
Character:Joe Fiore
Release Date:03/06/1977
The Sentinel
Character:Prof. Ruzinsky
Release Date:07/01/1977
Raid on Entebbe
Character:Daniel Cooper
Release Date:26/12/1976
Two-Minute Warning
Character:Sam McKeever
Release Date:12/11/1976
Death Rage
Character:Commissario
Release Date:22/10/1976
Meet Him and Die
Character:Giulianelli
Release Date:08/10/1976
All the President's Men
Character:Howard Simons
Release Date:09/04/1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Character:Edward J. Reilly
Release Date:26/02/1976
Season for Assassins
Character:Commissioner Katroni
Release Date:27/12/1975
Mitchell
Character:James Arthur Cummings
Release Date:10/09/1975
Cry, Onion!
Character:Petrus Lamb
Release Date:25/08/1975
Death Among Friends
Character:Ham Russell Buckner
Release Date:20/05/1975
Smiling Maniacs
Character:Carlo Goja
Release Date:16/01/1975
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Character:Ben Montgomery
Release Date:08/01/1975
Murder on the Orient Express
Character:Signor Bianchi
Release Date:22/11/1974
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Character:T.C. Hollister
Release Date:22/10/1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Character:Green
Release Date:02/10/1974
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Character:Harry Walden
Release Date:21/10/1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Character:Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
Release Date:20/10/1973
Counselor at Crime
Character:Don Antonio Macaluso
Release Date:30/08/1973
The Stone Killer
Character:Al Vescari
Release Date:08/08/1973
La colonna infame
Character:
Release Date:19/04/1973
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Dr. Rudy Wells
Release Date:07/03/1973
A Brand New Life
Character:Jim Douglas
Release Date:20/02/1973
Night of Terror
Character:Capt. Caleb Sark
Release Date:10/10/1972
The Man
Character:Jim Talley
Release Date:19/07/1972
The Hassled Hooker
Character:District Attorney Turrisi
Release Date:07/04/1972
Chronicle of a Homicide
Character:Giudice Aldo Sola
Release Date:04/02/1972
The Anderson Tapes
Character:Haskins
Release Date:17/06/1971
Confessions of a Police Captain
Character:Commissario Bonavia
Release Date:26/03/1971
Little Big Man
Character:Mr. Merriweather
Release Date:23/12/1970
The Enemy Before Us
Character:Angie
Release Date:16/10/1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Character:Stanley Pulska
Release Date:13/10/1970
Catch-22
Character:Col. Cathcart
Release Date:24/06/1970
Hunters Are for Killing
Character:Wade Hamilton
Release Date:12/03/1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Character:Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Release Date:26/01/1970
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Character:Mayor Wilker
Release Date:10/10/1969
Me, Natalie
Character:Uncle Harold
Release Date:13/07/1969
Trilogy
Character:Ivor Belli
Release Date:08/06/1969
Around the World of Mike Todd
Character:Michael Todd (voice)
Release Date:08/09/1968
Hombre
Character:Henry Mendez
Release Date:21/03/1967
After the Fox
Character:Harry
Release Date:08/09/1966
A Thousand Clowns
Character:Arnold
Release Date:13/12/1965
The Bedford Incident
Character:Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Release Date:11/10/1965
Harlow
Character:Everett Redman
Release Date:23/06/1965
The Carpetbaggers
Character:Bernard B. Norman
Release Date:08/04/1964
Seven Days in May
Character:Paul Girard
Release Date:01/02/1964
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Character:Sanford Kaufman
Release Date:25/12/1963
Conquered City
Character:Joseph Feinberg
Release Date:05/12/1962
Cape Fear
Character:Police Chief Mark Dutton
Release Date:12/04/1962
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Character:O.J. Berman
Release Date:06/10/1961
Ada
Character:Steve Jackson
Release Date:25/08/1961
Everybody Go Home!
Character:Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Release Date:27/10/1960
Psycho
Character:Private Det. Milton Arbogast
Release Date:22/06/1960
Winterset
Character:Garth
Release Date:26/10/1959
Middle of the Night
Character:Jack Englander
Release Date:20/05/1959
Al Capone
Character:Mac Keeley, reporter
Release Date:25/03/1959
Bomber's Moon
Character:Captain Joe Reardon
Release Date:07/08/1958
Marjorie Morningstar
Character:Dr. David Harris
Release Date:24/04/1958
Time Limit
Character:Sgt. Baker
Release Date:23/10/1957
12 Angry Men
Character:Juror 1
Release Date:10/04/1957
The Defender (Studio One)
Character:Francis Toohey
Release Date:25/02/1957
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Character:Charlie Malick
Release Date:02/10/1955
On the Waterfront
Character:Gillette (uncredited)
Release Date:22/06/1954
The Living Bible
Character:Townsman
Release Date:01/01/1952
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Character:
Release Date:24/03/1949
Winged Victory
Character:Bit Part (uncredited)
Release Date:22/12/1944
Television Appearances
Oceano
Character:Don Matias Quintero
Midnight Caller
Character:Gil Solarski
The Twilight Zone
Character:Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
The Twilight Zone
Character:Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
Space
Character:Senator Glancey
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Edgar Carmody
The Octopus
Character:Frank Carrisi
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Character:Nathan Burkan
Hotel
Character:
Archie Bunker's Place
Character:
Quincy, M.E.
Character:Hyam Zgierski
Kojak
Character:Ray Kaufman
Police Story
Character:
Great Performances
Character:Jack
The Name of the Game
Character:Herb Witmer
CBS Playhouse
Character:
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Albert Sully
12 O'Clock High
Character:Army Doctor (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Dave Breslaw
The Fugitive
Character:Andrew Newmark
Arrest and Trial
Character:Leo Valera
The Eleventh Hour
Character:
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The New Breed
Character:Frank Eberhardt
Target: The Corruptors!
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Ned Lacey
Dr. Kildare
Character:Benny Orloff
Dr. Kildare
Character:Dr. Milton Orloff
Dr. Kildare
Character:Dr. Carl Noyes
Cain's Hundred
Character:Jack Garsell
The Defenders
Character:Floyd Harker
The Defenders
Character:Bernard Maxwell
The Defenders
Character:District Attorney
Route 66
Character:
The Twilight Zone
Character:Danny Weiss
Rawhide
Character:Father Fabian
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:
Naked City
Character:Arnold Fleischman
Naked City
Character:Caldwell Wyatt
Naked City
Character:Joseph Creeley
Naked City
Character:Captain Russel Barris
Decoy
Character:Nick Santos
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Marshal Jim Brock
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Sam Butler
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Winner
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Eldon Marsh
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Leonard Thompson
The Greatest Gift
Character:
Inner Sanctum
Character:
Valiant Lady
Character:
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Garth
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Strasberg
The Living Christ
Character:Townsman
Studio One
Character:Ed Coyne
Studio One
Character:Francis Toohey
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Mike Galloway
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Charlie Malick
Actors Studio
Character:soldier
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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