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).
Movie | Psychos | Det. Milton Arbogast | 2014-02-24 |
Movie | Legend of the Spirit Dog | Gramps | 1997-08-19 |
Movie | O. Henry's Christmas | Unknown | 1996-06-03 |
Movie | Unknown Soldier | Priest | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | The Silence of the Hams | Det. Martin Balsam | 1994-03-11 |
Movie | 24 Hour Psycho | Milton Arbogast (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | Callaghan (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
Movie | The Sands of Time | Father Sorendo | 1992-11-23 |
Movie | Cape Fear | Judge | 1991-11-13 |
Movie | The Last Match | Lawyer | 1990-02-01 |
Movie | Two Evil Eyes | Mr. Pym | 1990-01-25 |
Movie | Innocent Prey | Sheriff Virgil Baker | 1989-06-15 |
Series | Oceano | Don Matias Quintero | 1989-08-20 |
Movie | The Brother from Space | Frather Howard | 1988-01-01 |
Series | Midnight Caller | Gil Solarski | 1988-10-25 |
Movie | The Child Saver | Sidney Rosenberg | 1988-01-18 |
Movie | Hunters Are for Killing | Wade Hamilton | 1987-02-14 |
Movie | Queenie | Marty | 1987-05-10 |
Movie | Brothers in Blood | Unknown | 1987-05-12 |
Movie | Kids Like These | Grandpa | 1987-11-08 |
Movie | P.I. Private Investigations | Cliff Dowling | 1987-06-05 |
Movie | Second Serve | Dr. Beck | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | The Delta Force | Ben Kaplan | 1986-02-14 |
Series | Space | Senator Glancey | 1985-04-14 |
Movie | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish | 1985-06-28 |
Movie | Death Wish 3 | Bennett Cross | 1985-11-01 |
Movie | Murder in Space | Alexander Rostov | 1985-07-28 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Donald Knowles | 1985-09-27 |
Series | The Octopus | Frank Carrisi | 1984-03-11 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Edgar Carmody | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | The Goodbye People | Max Silverman | 1984-09-11 |
Movie | I Want to Live | Jack Brady | 1983-05-09 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Series | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nathan Burkan | 1982-10-24 |
Movie | The Salamander | Captain Steffanelli | 1981-04-25 |
Movie | People vs. Jean Harris | Joel Aurnou | 1981-05-07 |
Movie | The Love Tapes | David Franklin | 1980-05-09 |
Movie | The Warning | Questore Martorana | 1980-08-15 |
Movie | There Goes The Bride | Elmer Babcock | 1980-07-07 |
Movie | The Seeding of Sarah Burns | Dr. Samuel Melman | 1979-04-07 |
Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
Movie | Gardenia | Salluzzo | 1979-05-05 |
Movie | The House on Garibaldi Street | Isser Harel | 1979-05-28 |
Movie | Cuba | Gen. Bello | 1979-12-21 |
Movie | Aunt Mary | Harry Strasberg | 1979-12-05 |
Series | Archie Bunker's Place | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Movie | Eyes Behind the Stars | Inspector Jim Grant | 1978-02-21 |
Movie | Blood and Diamonds | Rizzo | 1978-03-17 |
Movie | Rainbow | Louis B. Mayer | 1978-11-06 |
Movie | Siege | Henry Fancher | 1978-04-26 |
Movie | The Millionaire | Arthur Haines | 1978-12-19 |
Movie | The Sentinel | Prof. Ruzinsky | 1977-01-07 |
Movie | Silver Bears | Joe Fiore | 1977-06-03 |
Movie | Contract on Cherry Street | Ernie Weinberg | 1977-11-19 |
Movie | The Storyteller | Ira Davidoff | 1977-12-05 |
Movie | All the President's Men | Howard Simons | 1976-04-09 |
Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
Movie | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Edward J. Reilly | 1976-02-26 |
Movie | Raid on Entebbe | Daniel Cooper | 1976-12-26 |
Movie | Meet Him and Die | Giulianelli | 1976-10-08 |
Movie | Two-Minute Warning | Sam McKeever | 1976-11-12 |
Movie | Death Rage | Commissario | 1976-10-22 |
Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Carlo Goja | 1975-01-16 |
Movie | Cry, Onion! | Petrus Lamb | 1975-08-25 |
Movie | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | Ben Montgomery | 1975-01-08 |
Movie | "Mitchell"! | James Arthur Cummings | 1975-09-10 |
Movie | Season For Assassins | Commissioner Katroni | 1975-12-27 |
Movie | Trapped Beneath the Sea | T.C. Hollister | 1974-10-22 |
Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Green | 1974-10-02 |
Movie | Murder on the Orient Express | Signor Bianchi | 1974-11-22 |
Movie | The Stone Killer | Al Vescari | 1973-08-08 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells | 1973-03-07 |
Movie | A Brand New Life | Jim Douglas | 1973-02-20 |
Movie | La colonna infame | Unknown | 1973-04-19 |
Movie | Counselor at Crime | Don Antonio Macaluso | 1973-08-30 |
Series | Kojak | Ray Kaufman | 1973-10-24 |
Movie | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Harry Walden | 1973-10-21 |
Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) | 1973-10-20 |
Movie | Chronicle of a Homicide | Giudice Aldo Sola | 1972-02-04 |
Movie | The Hassled Hooker | District Attorney Turrisi | 1972-04-07 |
Movie | Night of Terror | Capt. Caleb Sark | 1972-10-10 |
Movie | The Man | Jim Talley | 1972-07-19 |
Series | Great Performances | Jack | 1971-01-28 |
Movie | Confessions of a Police Captain | Commissario Bonavia | 1971-03-26 |
Movie | The Anderson Tapes | Haskins | 1971-06-17 |
Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel | 1970-01-26 |
Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Stanley Pulska | 1970-10-13 |
Movie | Catch-22 | Col. Cathcart | 1970-06-24 |
Movie | Little Big Man | Mr. Merriweather | 1970-12-14 |
Movie | The Enemy Before Us | Angie | 1970-10-16 |
Movie | Trilogy | Ivor Belli | 1969-06-08 |
Movie | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mayor Wilker | 1969-10-10 |
Movie | Me, Natalie | Uncle Harold | 1969-07-13 |
Movie | Around the World of Mike Todd | Michael Todd (voice) | 1968-09-08 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Herb Witmer | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Hombre | Henry Mendez | 1967-03-21 |
Movie | After the Fox | Harry | 1966-09-08 |
Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
Movie | The Bedford Incident | Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. | 1965-10-11 |
Movie | Harlow | Everett Redman | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | A Thousand Clowns | Arnold | 1965-12-13 |
Movie | Seven Days in May | Paul Girard | 1964-02-01 |
Movie | The Carpetbaggers | Bernard B. Norman | 1964-04-08 |
Series | 12 O'Clock High | Army Doctor (uncredited) | 1964-09-18 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Leo Valera | 1963-09-15 |
Series | The Fugitive | Andrew Newmark | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Sanford Kaufman | 1963-12-25 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Eleventh Hour | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
Movie | Cape Fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton | 1962-04-12 |
Movie | Conquered City | Joseph Feinberg | 1962-12-05 |
Series | The Defenders | District Attorney | 1961-09-16 |
Movie | Ada | Steve Jackson | 1961-08-25 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Jack Garsell | 1961-09-19 |
Series | The New Breed | Frank Eberhardt | 1961-10-03 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | Breakfast at Tiffany's | O.J. Berman | 1961-10-06 |
Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
Movie | Psycho | Private Det. Milton Arbogast | 1960-06-22 |
Movie | Everybody Go Home! | Sergente Quintino Fornaciari | 1960-10-27 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | Al Capone | Mac Keeley, reporter | 1959-03-25 |
Series | Rawhide | Father Fabian | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | Middle of the Night | Jack | 1959-05-20 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Danny Weiss | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Winterset | Garth | 1959-10-26 |
Movie | Bomber's Moon | Captain Joe Reardon | 1958-08-07 |
Movie | Marjorie Morningstar | Dr. David Harris | 1958-04-24 |
Series | Naked City | Captain Russel Barris | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 1 | 1957-04-10 |
Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Francis Toohey | 1957-02-25 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Movie | Time Limit | Sgt. Baker | 1957-10-23 |
Series | Decoy | Nick Santos | 1957-10-14 |
Series | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1956-04-01 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sam Butler | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Charlie Malick | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Leonard Thompson | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | On the Waterfront | Gillette (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
Series | Inner Sanctum | Unknown | 1954-01-09 |
Series | The Greatest Gift | Unknown | 1954-08-30 |
Series | Valiant Lady | Unknown | 1953-10-12 |
Series | The Living Christ | Townsman | 1951-01-07 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Strasberg | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Concerning a Woman of Sin | Unknown | 1949-03-24 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - live scenes from 'Middle of the Night' | 1948-06-20 |
Series | Studio One | Francis Toohey | 1948-11-07 |
Series | Actors Studio | soldier | 1948-09-26 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Charlie Malick | 1948-10-03 |
Movie | Winged Victory | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |