Martin Balsam
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-11-04 (77 years old)
Deathday
1996-02-13
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Also known As
Martin Henry Balsam
Мартин Болсам
Martin Balsam
Biography
Martin Henry Balsam 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).
Acting
1961
as O.J. Berman
1976
as Howard Simons
1960
as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
1988
as Frather Howard
1970
as Col. Cathcart
1974
as Signor Bianchi
1994
as Det. Martin Balsam
1972
as District Attorney Turrisi
1970
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
1970
as Mr. Merriweather
1962
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
1985
as Mr. Beamish
1976
as Sam McKeever
1964
as Paul Girard
1974
1965
as Everett Redman
1971
as Haskins
1985
as Bennett Cross
1975
as James Arthur Cummings
1973
as Al Vescari
1959
as Garth
1979
as (archive footage)
1967
as Henry Mendez
1990
as Mr. Pym
1965
as Arnold
1964
as Bernard B. Norman
1959
as Mac Keeley, reporter
1977
as Joe Fiore
1979
as Gen. Bello
1986
as Ben Kaplan
1944
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1957
as Sgt. Baker
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells
1960
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
1965
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
1977
as Prof. Ruzinsky
1966
as Harry
1993
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
1969
as Mayor Wilker
1978
as Inspector Jim Grant
1973
as Harry Walden
1975
as Petrus Lamb
1980
as David Franklin
1987
as Cliff Dowling
1979
as Dr. Samuel Melman
1959
as Jack
1978
as Rizzo
1975
as Commissioner Katroni
1977
as Ernie Weinberg
1975
as Ben Montgomery
1976
as Commissario
1981
as Captain Steffanelli
1976
as Giulianelli
1971
as Commissario Bonavia
1961
as Steve Jackson
1969
as Uncle Harold
1978
as Henry Fancher
1990
as Lawyer
1979
as Salluzzo
1969
as Ivor Belli
1972
as Jim Talley
1985
as Alexander Rostov
1970
as Stanley Pulska
1991
as Judge
1963
as Sanford Kaufman
1973
as Jim Douglas
1954
as Gillette (uncredited)
1955
as Charlie Malick
1978
as Louis B. Mayer
1979
as Harry Strasberg
1976
as Edward J. Reilly
1981
as Joel Aurnou
1986
as Dr. Beck
1958
as Captain Joe Reardon
1962
as Joseph Feinberg
1970
as Wade Hamilton
1973
as Don Antonio Macaluso
1972
as Capt. Caleb Sark
1975
as Carlo Goja
1972
as Giudice Aldo Sola
1980
as Questore Martorana
1974
as T.C. Hollister
1978
as Arthur Haines
1992
as Father Sorendo
1952
as Townsman
1995
as Priest
1958
as Dr. David Harris
1977
as Ira Davidoff
1980
as Elmer Babcock
1984
as Max Silverman
1984
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
1979
as Isser Harel
1997
as Gramps
1987
as Grandpa
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
1976
as Daniel Cooper
1968
as Michael Todd (voice)
1993
as Callaghan (archive footage)
1957
as Juror 1
1988
as Sidney Rosenberg
1983
as Jack Brady
1970
as Angie
1957
as Francis Toohey
1982
as Self
2000
as Self (archive footage)
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as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
1987
as Gerald
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