Martin Balsam
Actor
Born November 4, 1919 in 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).
Filmography
The Time Element
Dr. Arnold Gillespie
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
Self
All About 'The Birds'
Self (archive footage)
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Gramps
O. Henry's Christmas
Unknown Soldier
Priest
The Silence of the Hams
Det. Martin Balsam
La Classe américaine
Callaghan (archive footage)
The Sands of Time
Father Sorendo
Cape Fear
Judge
The Last Match
Lawyer
Two Evil Eyes
Mr. Pym
Oceano
Don Matias Quintero
Midnight Caller
Gil Solarski
The Brother from Space
Frather Howard
The Child Saver
Sidney Rosenberg
Once Again
Gerald
Kids Like These
Grandpa
P.I. Private Investigations
Cliff Dowling
Brothers in Blood
Whatever it Takes
Hap Perchicksky
The Delta Force
Ben Kaplan
Second Serve
Dr. Beck
Death Wish 3
Bennett Cross
The Twilight Zone
Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
Murder in Space
Alexander Rostov
St. Elmo's Fire
Mr. Beamish
Space
Senator Glancey
Innocent Prey
Sheriff Virgil Baker
Murder, She Wrote
Edgar Carmody
The Goodbye People
Max Silverman
The Octopus
Frank Carrisi
I Want to Live
Jack Brady
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Nathan Burkan
Hotel
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Night of 100 Stars
Self
People vs. Jean Harris
Joel Aurnou
The Salamander
Captain Steffanelli
The Warning
Questore Martorana
There Goes The Bride
Elmer Babcock
The Love Tapes
David Franklin
Cuba
Gen. Bello
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
Aunt Mary
Harry Strasberg
Archie Bunker's Place
Murray Klein
The House on Garibaldi Street
Isser Harel
Gardenia
Salluzzo
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Dr. Samuel Melman
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
The Millionaire
Arthur Haines
Rainbow
Louis B. Mayer
Siege
Henry Fancher
Blood and Diamonds
Rizzo
Eyes Behind the Stars
Inspector Jim Grant
The Storyteller
Ira Davidoff
Contract on Cherry Street
Ernie Weinberg
Silver Bears
Joe Fiore
The Sentinel
Prof. Ruzinsky
Raid on Entebbe
Daniel Cooper
Two-Minute Warning
Sam McKeever
Death Rage
Commissario
Meet Him and Die
Giulianelli
Quincy, M.E.
Hyam Zgierski
All the President's Men
Howard Simons
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Edward J. Reilly
Season for Assassins
Commissioner Katroni
Mitchell
James Arthur Cummings
Cry, Onion!
Petrus Lamb
Death Among Friends
Ham Russell Buckner
Smiling Maniacs
Carlo Goja
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Ben Montgomery
Murder on the Orient Express
Signor Bianchi
Trapped Beneath the Sea
T.C. Hollister
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Green
Kojak
Ray Kaufman
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Harry Walden
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
Counselor at Crime
Don Antonio Macaluso
The Stone Killer
Al Vescari
La colonna infame
Police Story
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Rudy Wells
A Brand New Life
Jim Douglas
Night of Terror
Capt. Caleb Sark
The Man
Jim Talley
The Hassled Hooker
District Attorney Turrisi
Chronicle of a Homicide
Giudice Aldo Sola
The Anderson Tapes
Haskins
Confessions of a Police Captain
Commissario Bonavia
Great Performances
Jack
Little Big Man
Mr. Merriweather
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Stanley Pulska
Catch-22
Col. Cathcart
Hunters Are for Killing
Wade Hamilton
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Mayor Wilker
Me, Natalie
Uncle Harold
Trilogy
Ivor Belli
The Name of the Game
Herb Witmer
Around the World of Mike Todd
Michael Todd (voice)
Hombre
Henry Mendez
After the Fox
Harry
A Thousand Clowns
Arnold
The Bedford Incident
Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Harlow
Everett Redman
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Albert Sully
12 O'Clock High
Army Doctor (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
Bernard B. Norman
Seven Days in May
Paul Girard
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Sanford Kaufman
Espionage
Richard Carey
The Fugitive
Andrew Newmark
Arrest and Trial
Leo Valera
Conquered City
Joseph Feinberg
The Eleventh Hour
Cape Fear
Police Chief Mark Dutton
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Breakfast at Tiffany's
O.J. Berman
The New Breed
Frank Eberhardt
Target: The Corruptors!
Dr. Kildare
Ned Lacey
Cain's Hundred
Jack Garsell
The Defenders
Floyd Harker
Ada
Steve Jackson
Everybody Go Home!
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Route 66
Psycho
Milton Arbogast
The Untouchables
Arnold Justin
The Twilight Zone
Danny Weiss
Middle of the Night
Jack Englander
Al Capone
Mac Keeley, reporter
Rawhide
Father Fabian
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Naked City
Arnold Fleischman
Bomber's Moon
Captain Joe Reardon
Marjorie Morningstar
Dr. David Harris
Time Limit
Sgt. Baker
Decoy
Nick Santos
Have Gun, Will Travel
12 Angry Men
Juror 1
The Defender (Studio One)
Francis Toohey
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Butler
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Charlie Malick
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Eldon Marsh
On the Waterfront
Gillette (uncredited)
Inner Sanctum
The Living Bible
Townsman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Garth
The Living Christ
Townsman
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Studio One
Ed Coyne
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Winged Victory
Bit Part (uncredited)