Martin Balsam
Born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA — Nov 04 1919• Died Feb 13 1996
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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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Murder, She Wrote
Edgar Carmody
Great Performances
Jack
Quincy, M.E.
Hyam Zgierski
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Fugitive
Andrew Newmark
The Twilight Zone
Danny Weiss
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Butler
Dr. Kildare
Ned Lacey
Naked City
Arnold Fleischman
The Untouchables
Arnold Justin
The Twilight Zone
Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
Hotel
The Defenders
Floyd Harker
Studio One
Ed Coyne
Rawhide
Father Fabian
Kojak
Ray Kaufman
Route 66
The Name of the Game
Herb Witmer
12 Angry Men
Juror 1
The Philco Television Playhouse
12 O'Clock High
Army Doctor (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Albert Sully
Police Story
Psycho
Milton Arbogast
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Eldon Marsh
Arrest and Trial
Leo Valera
Cain's Hundred
Jack Garsell
The New Breed
Frank Eberhardt
Valiant Lady
Archie Bunker's Place
Murray Klein
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Midnight Caller
Gil Solarski
Decoy
Nick Santos
Target: The Corruptors!
Cape Fear
Judge
The Greatest Gift
The Eleventh Hour
The Octopus
Frank Carrisi
CBS Playhouse
Murder on the Orient Express
Signor Bianchi
The Delta Force
Ben Kaplan
Inner Sanctum
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Garth
The Living Christ
Townsman
Breakfast at Tiffany's
O.J. Berman
All the President's Men
Howard Simons
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Hombre
Henry Mendez
Raid on Entebbe
Daniel Cooper
On the Waterfront
Gillette (uncredited)
Cape Fear
Police Chief Mark Dutton
Actors Studio
soldier
St. Elmo's Fire
Mr. Beamish
Catch-22
Col. Cathcart
Oceano
Don Matias Quintero
Death Wish 3
Bennett Cross
Little Big Man
Mr. Merriweather
The Sentinel
Prof. Ruzinsky
Space
Senator Glancey
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Green
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Nathan Burkan
Cuba
Gen. Bello
La Classe américaine
Callaghan (archive footage)
Seven Days in May
Paul Girard
Al Capone
Mac Keeley, reporter
Aunt Mary
Harry Strasberg
Mitchell
James Arthur Cummings
The Silence of the Hams
Det. Martin Balsam
The Bedford Incident
Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Ada
Steve Jackson
Two Evil Eyes
Mr. Pym
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Mayor Wilker
Me, Natalie
Uncle Harold
The Man
Jim Talley
Silver Bears
Joe Fiore
Counselor at Crime
Don Antonio Macaluso
The Defender (Studio One)
Francis Toohey
Two-Minute Warning
Sam McKeever
Night of Terror
Capt. Caleb Sark
Winged Victory
Bit Part (uncredited)
Middle of the Night
Jack Englander
The Stone Killer
Al Vescari
Contract on Cherry Street
Ernie Weinberg
After the Fox
Harry
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Rudy Wells
Time Limit
Sgt. Baker
The Anderson Tapes
Haskins
Conquered City
Joseph Feinberg
Murder in Space
Alexander Rostov
A Thousand Clowns
Arnold
Harlow
Everett Redman
Second Serve
Dr. Beck
The Salamander
Captain Steffanelli
The Goodbye People
Max Silverman
Marjorie Morningstar
Dr. David Harris
Winterset
Garth
Trilogy
Ivor Belli
Rainbow
Louis B. Mayer
I Want to Live
Jack Brady
O. Henry's Christmas
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Stanley Pulska
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Sanford Kaufman
The Sands of Time
Father Sorendo
Trapped Beneath the Sea
T.C. Hollister
The Millionaire
Arthur Haines
The Carpetbaggers
Bernard B. Norman
The Warning
Questore Martorana
The Storyteller
Ira Davidoff
Eyes Behind the Stars
Inspector Jim Grant
Innocent Prey
Sheriff Virgil Baker
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Ben Montgomery
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Edward J. Reilly
P.I. Private Investigations
Cliff Dowling
The House on Garibaldi Street
Isser Harel
The Brother from Space
Frather Howard
People vs. Jean Harris
Joel Aurnou
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Harry Walden
Hunters Are for Killing
Wade Hamilton
Siege
Henry Fancher
There Goes The Bride
Elmer Babcock
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Smiling Maniacs
Carlo Goja
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
Once Again
Gerald
The Living Bible
Townsman
The Last Match
Lawyer
All About 'The Birds'
Self (archive footage)
Cry, Onion!
Petrus Lamb
Season for Assassins
Commissioner Katroni
The Hassled Hooker
District Attorney Turrisi
Gardenia
Salluzzo
La colonna infame
Around the World of Mike Todd
Michael Todd (voice)
Meet Him and Die
Giulianelli
Blood and Diamonds
Rizzo
Death Rage
Commissario
24 Hour Psycho
Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Dr. Samuel Melman
The Love Tapes
David Franklin
Brothers in Blood
Kids Like These
Grandpa
Bomber's Moon
Captain Joe Reardon
Confessions of a Police Captain
Commissario Bonavia
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Death Among Friends
Ham Russell Buckner
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Charlie Malick
Everybody Go Home!
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
A Brand New Life
Jim Douglas
The Time Element
Dr. Arnold Gillespie
The Child Saver
Sidney Rosenberg
The Enemy Before Us
Angie
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Gramps
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Unknown Soldier
Priest
Chronicle of a Homicide
Giudice Aldo Sola