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Martin Balsam

Actor

Martin Balsam

Born November 4, 1919 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USADied February 13, 1996106 films

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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12 Angry Men posterFirst watch12 Angry Men19578.6as Juror 1The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father.View film

Essential films

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Psycho poster8.4Psycho1960Breakfast at Tiffany's poster7.6Breakfast at Tiffany's1961Cape Fear poster7.3Cape Fear1991All the President's Men poster7.7All the President's Men1976On the Waterfront poster7.8On the Waterfront1954Murder on the Orient Express poster7.1Murder on the Orient Express1974Little Big Man poster7.4Little Big Man1970The Taking of Pelham One Two Three poster7.5The Taking of Pelham One Two Three1974

Filmography

106 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Time ElementDr. Arnold Gillespie
  2. 1997Legend of the Spirit DogGramps
  3. 1996O. Henry's Christmas
  4. 1995Unknown SoldierPriest
  5. 1994The Silence of the HamsDet. Martin Balsam
  6. 1992The Sands of TimeFather Sorendo
  7. 1991Cape FearJudge
  8. 1990The Last MatchLawyer
  9. 1990Two Evil EyesMr. Pym
  10. 1988The Brother from SpaceFrather Howard
  11. 1988The Child SaverSidney Rosenberg
  12. 1987Once AgainGerald
  13. 1987Kids Like TheseGrandpa
  14. 1987P.I. Private InvestigationsCliff Dowling
  15. 1987Brothers in Blood
  16. 1986Whatever it TakesHap Perchicksky
  17. 1986The Delta ForceBen Kaplan
  18. 1986Second ServeDr. Beck
  19. 1985Death Wish 3Bennett Cross
  20. 1985Murder in SpaceAlexander Rostov
  21. 1985St. Elmo's FireMr. Beamish
  22. 1984Innocent PreySheriff Virgil Baker
  23. 1984The Goodbye PeopleMax Silverman
  24. 1983I Want to LiveJack Brady
  25. 1981People vs. Jean HarrisJoel Aurnou
  26. 1981The SalamanderCaptain Steffanelli
  27. 1980The WarningQuestore Martorana
  28. 1980There Goes The BrideElmer Babcock
  29. 1980The Love TapesDavid Franklin
  30. 1979CubaGen. Bello
  31. 1979Aunt MaryHarry Strasberg
  32. 1979The House on Garibaldi StreetIsser Harel
  33. 1979GardeniaSalluzzo
  34. 1979The Seeding of Sarah BurnsDr. Samuel Melman
  35. 1978The MillionaireArthur Haines
  36. 1978RainbowLouis B. Mayer
  37. 1978SiegeHenry Fancher
  38. 1978Blood and DiamondsRizzo
  39. 1978Eyes Behind the StarsInspector Jim Grant
  40. 1977The StorytellerIra Davidoff
  41. 1977Contract on Cherry StreetErnie Weinberg
  42. 1977Silver BearsJoe Fiore
  43. 1977The SentinelProf. Ruzinsky
  44. 1976Raid on EntebbeDaniel Cooper
  45. 1976Two-Minute WarningSam McKeever
  46. 1976Death RageCommissario
  47. 1976Meet Him and DieGiulianelli
  48. 1976All the President's MenHoward Simons
  49. 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseEdward J. Reilly
  50. 1975Season for AssassinsCommissioner Katroni
  51. 1975MitchellJames Arthur Cummings
  52. 1975Cry, Onion!Petrus Lamb
  53. 1975Death Among FriendsHam Russell Buckner
  54. 1975Smiling ManiacsCarlo Goja
  55. 1975Miles To Go Before I SleepBen Montgomery
  56. 1974Murder on the Orient ExpressSignor Bianchi
  57. 1974Trapped Beneath the SeaT.C. Hollister
  58. 1974The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeGreen
  59. 1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsHarry Walden
  60. 1973The CounsellorDon Antonio Macaluso
  61. 1973The Stone KillerAl Vescari
  62. 1973La colonna infame
  63. 1973The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Rudy Wells
  64. 1973A Brand New LifeJim Douglas
  65. 1972Night of TerrorCapt. Caleb Sark
  66. 1972The ManJim Talley
  67. 1972The Hassled HookerDistrict Attorney Turrisi
  68. 1972Chronicle of a HomicideGiudice Aldo Sola
  69. 1971The Anderson TapesHaskins
  70. 1971Confessions of a Police CaptainCommissario Bonavia
  71. 1970Little Big ManMr. Merriweather
  72. 1970The Enemy Before UsAngie
  73. 1970The Old Man Who Cried WolfStanley Pulska
  74. 1970Catch-22Col. Cathcart
  75. 1970Hunters Are for KillingWade Hamilton
  76. 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
  77. 1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysMayor Wilker
  78. 1969Me, NatalieUncle Harold
  79. 1969TrilogyIvor Belli
  80. 1967HombreHenry Mendez
  81. 1966After the FoxHarry
  82. 1965A Thousand ClownsArnold
  83. 1965The Bedford IncidentLieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
  84. 1965HarlowEverett Redman
  85. 1964The CarpetbaggersBernard B. Norman
  86. 1964Seven Days in MayPaul Girard
  87. 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Sanford Kaufman
  88. 1962Conquered CityJoseph Feinberg
  89. 1962Cape FearPolice Chief Mark Dutton
  90. 1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sO.J. Berman
  91. 1961AdaSteve Jackson
  92. 1960Everybody Go Home!Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
  93. 1960PsychoMilton Arbogast
  94. 1959WintersetGarth
  95. 1959Middle of the NightJack Englander
  96. 1959Al CaponeMac Keeley, reporter
  97. 1958Bomber's MoonCaptain Joe Reardon
  98. 1958Marjorie MorningstarDr. David Harris
  99. 1957Time LimitSgt. Baker
  100. 195712 Angry MenJuror 1
  101. 1957The Defender (Studio One)Francis Toohey
  102. 1955A Man Is Ten Feet TallCharlie Malick
  103. 1954On the WaterfrontGillette (uncredited)
  104. 1952The Living BibleTownsman
  105. 1949Concerning a Woman of Sin
  106. 1944Winged VictoryBit Part (uncredited)