Martin Balsam
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday4 November 1919
Died13 February 1996 (age 76)
Place of birthThe Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits164
Biography
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).
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
2015 · Self
All About 'The Birds'
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997 · Gramps
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Unknown Soldier
1995 · Priest
The Silence of the Hams
1994 · Det. Martin Balsam
La Classe américaine
1993 · Callaghan (archive footage)
The Sands of Time
1992 · Father Sorendo
Cape Fear
1991 · Judge
The Last Match
1990 · Lawyer
Two Evil Eyes
1990 · Mr. Pym
Oceano
1989 · Don Matias Quintero
Midnight Caller
1988 · Gil Solarski
The Brother from Space
1988 · Frather Howard
The Child Saver
1988 · Sidney Rosenberg
Once Again
1987 · Gerald
Kids Like These
1987 · Grandpa
P.I. Private Investigations
1987 · Cliff Dowling
Brothers in Blood
1987
Whatever it Takes
1986 · Hap Perchicksky
The Delta Force
1986 · Ben Kaplan
Second Serve
1986 · Dr. Beck
Death Wish 3
1985 · Bennett Cross
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
Murder in Space
1985 · Alexander Rostov
St. Elmo's Fire
1985 · Mr. Beamish
Space
1985 · Senator Glancey
Innocent Prey
1984 · Sheriff Virgil Baker
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Edgar Carmody
The Goodbye People
1984 · Max Silverman
The Octopus
1984 · Frank Carrisi
I Want to Live
1983 · Jack Brady
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982 · Nathan Burkan
Hotel
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
People vs. Jean Harris
1981 · Joel Aurnou
The Salamander
1981 · Captain Steffanelli
The Warning
1980 · Questore Martorana
There Goes The Bride
1980 · Elmer Babcock
The Love Tapes
1980 · David Franklin
Cuba
1979 · Gen. Bello
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979 · Self
Aunt Mary
1979 · Harry Strasberg
Archie Bunker's Place
1979 · Murray Klein
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979 · Isser Harel
Gardenia
1979 · Salluzzo
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