Acting · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Born November 4, 1919
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).
MovieTrue Fear: The Making of Psycho
2015
as Self
MovieAll About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLegend of the Spirit Dog
1997
as Gramps
MovieO. Henry's Christmas
1996
MovieUnknown Soldier
1995
as Priest
MovieThe Silence of the Hams
1994
as Det. Martin Balsam
MovieLa Classe américaine
1993
as Callaghan (archive footage)
MovieThe Sands of Time
1992
as Father Sorendo
MovieCape Fear
1991
as Judge
MovieThe Last Match
1990
as Lawyer
MovieTwo Evil Eyes
1990
as Mr. Pym
TVOceano
1989
as Don Matias Quintero
TVMidnight Caller
1988
as Gil Solarski
MovieThe Brother from Space
1988
as Frather Howard
MovieThe Child Saver
1988
as Sidney Rosenberg
MovieOnce Again
1987
as Gerald
MovieKids Like These
1987
as Grandpa
MovieP.I. Private Investigations
1987
as Cliff Dowling
MovieBrothers in Blood
1987
MovieWhatever it Takes
1986
as Hap Perchicksky
MovieThe Delta Force
1986
as Ben Kaplan
MovieSecond Serve
1986
as Dr. Beck
MovieDeath Wish 3
1985
as Bennett Cross
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
MovieMurder in Space
1985
as Alexander Rostov
MovieSt. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Mr. Beamish
TVSpace
1985
as Senator Glancey
MovieInnocent Prey
1984
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Edgar Carmody
MovieThe Goodbye People
1984
as Max Silverman
TVThe Octopus
1984
as Frank Carrisi
MovieI Want to Live
1983
as Jack Brady
TVLittle Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
as Nathan Burkan
TVHotel
1982
MovieNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
MoviePeople vs. Jean Harris
1981
as Joel Aurnou
MovieThe Salamander
1981
as Captain Steffanelli
MovieThe Warning
1980
as Questore Martorana
MovieThere Goes The Bride
1980
as Elmer Babcock
MovieThe Love Tapes
1980
as David Franklin
MovieCuba
1979
as Gen. Bello
MovieAll Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
MovieAunt Mary
1979
as Harry Strasberg
TVArchie Bunker's Place
1979
as Murray Klein
MovieThe House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Isser Harel
MovieGardenia
1979
as Salluzzo
MovieThe Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
as Dr. Samuel Melman
MovieThe Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Millionaire
1978
as Arthur Haines
MovieRainbow
1978
as Louis B. Mayer
MovieSiege
1978
as Henry Fancher
MovieBlood and Diamonds
1978
as Rizzo
MovieEyes Behind the Stars
1978
as Inspector Jim Grant
MovieThe Storyteller
1977
as Ira Davidoff
MovieContract on Cherry Street
1977
as Ernie Weinberg
MovieSilver Bears
1977
as Joe Fiore
MovieThe Sentinel
1977
as Prof. Ruzinsky
MovieRaid on Entebbe
1976
as Daniel Cooper
MovieTwo-Minute Warning
1976
as Sam McKeever
MovieDeath Rage
1976
as Commissario
MovieMeet Him and Die
1976
as Giulianelli
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
as Hyam Zgierski
MovieAll the President's Men
1976
as Howard Simons
MovieThe Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Edward J. Reilly
MovieSeason for Assassins
1975
as Commissioner Katroni
MovieMitchell
1975
as James Arthur Cummings
MovieCry, Onion!
1975
as Petrus Lamb
MovieDeath Among Friends
1975
as Ham Russell Buckner
MovieSmiling Maniacs
1975
as Carlo Goja
MovieMiles To Go Before I Sleep
1975
as Ben Montgomery
MovieMurder on the Orient Express
1974
as Signor Bianchi
MovieTrapped Beneath the Sea
1974
as T.C. Hollister
MovieThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Green
TVKojak
1973
as Ray Kaufman
MovieSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Harry Walden
MovieThe Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
MovieCounselor at Crime
1973
as Don Antonio Macaluso
MovieThe Stone Killer
1973
as Al Vescari
MovieLa colonna infame
1973
TVPolice Story
1973
MovieThe Six Million Dollar Man
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells
MovieA Brand New Life
1973
as Jim Douglas
MovieNight of Terror
1972
as Capt. Caleb Sark
MovieThe Man
1972
as Jim Talley
MovieThe Hassled Hooker
1972
as District Attorney Turrisi
MovieChronicle of a Homicide
1972
as Giudice Aldo Sola
MovieThe Anderson Tapes
1971
as Haskins
MovieConfessions of a Police Captain
1971
as Commissario Bonavia
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Jack
MovieLittle Big Man
1970
as Mr. Merriweather
The Enemy Before Us
1970
as Angie
MovieThe Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Stanley Pulska
MovieCatch-22
1970
as Col. Cathcart
MovieHunters Are for Killing
1970
as Wade Hamilton
MovieTora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
MovieThe Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Mayor Wilker
MovieMe, Natalie
1969
as Uncle Harold
MovieTrilogy
1969
as Ivor Belli
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Herb Witmer
MovieAround the World of Mike Todd
1968
as Michael Todd (voice)
MovieHombre
1967
as Henry Mendez
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Jesse Rothenberg
MovieAfter the Fox
1966
as Harry
MovieA Thousand Clowns
1965
as Arnold
MovieThe Bedford Incident
1965
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
MovieHarlow
1965
as Everett Redman
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Albert Sully
TV12 O'Clock High
1964
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
MovieThe Carpetbaggers
1964
as Bernard B. Norman
MovieSeven Days in May
1964
as Paul Girard
MovieWho's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
as Sanford Kaufman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Dave Breslaw
TVEspionage
1963
as Richard Carey
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Andrew Newmark
TVArrest and Trial
1963
as Leo Valera
MovieConquered City
1962
as Joseph Feinberg
TVThe Eleventh Hour
1962
MovieCape Fear
1962
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieBreakfast at Tiffany's
1961
as O.J. Berman
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Frank Eberhardt
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Ned Lacey
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Jack Garsell
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Floyd Harker
MovieAda
1961
as Steve Jackson
MovieEverybody Go Home!
1960
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
TVRoute 66
1960
MoviePsycho
1960
as Milton Arbogast
Winterset
1959
as Garth
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Arnold Justin
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Danny Weiss
MovieMiddle of the Night
1959
as Jack Englander
MovieAl Capone
1959
as Mac Keeley, reporter
TVRawhide
1959
as Father Fabian
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
TVNaked City
1958
as Arnold Fleischman
MovieBomber's Moon
1958
as Captain Joe Reardon
MovieMarjorie Morningstar
1958
as Dr. David Harris
MovieTime Limit
1957
as Sgt. Baker
TVDecoy
1957
as Nick Santos
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Movie12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 1
MovieThe Defender (Studio One)
1957
as Francis Toohey
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Butler
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
MovieA Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Charlie Malick
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Eldon Marsh
The Greatest Gift
1954
MovieOn the Waterfront
1954
as Gillette (uncredited)
TVInner Sanctum
1954
Valiant Lady
1953
MovieThe Living Bible
1952
as Townsman
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Garth
TVThe Living Christ
1951
as Townsman
MovieConcerning a Woman of Sin
1949
TVStudio One
1948
as Ed Coyne
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Actors Studio
1948
as soldier
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieWinged Victory
1944
as Bit Part (uncredited)
MovieThe Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
