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Martin Balsam
Actor
Died February 13, 1996 (76 years)
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).
Filmography
| 2019 | Sunset Over Mulholland Drive · as Steve Jackson |
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · as Colonel Cathcart |
| 1995 | Unknown Soldier · as Priest |
| 1994 | Legend of the Spirit Dog · as Gramps |
| 1994 | The Silence of the Hams · as Det. Martin Balsam |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine · as Callaghan (archive footage) |
| 1993 | The Black Cat · as actor |
| 1991 | Cape Fear · as Judge |
| 1991 | The Last Match · as Lawyer |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes · as Mr. Pym |
| 1989 | Ocean (TV Series) · as Don Matias Quintero |
| 1987 | P.I. Private Investigations · as Cliff Dowling |
| 1987 | Brothers in Blood · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Kids Like These · as Grandpa |
| 1987 | Queenie (TV Series) · as Marty Rose |
| 1987 | Once Again · as Gerald |
| 1986 | The Delta Force · as Ben Kaplan |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3 · as Bennett Cross |
| 1985 | Space (TV Series) · as Sen. Glancey |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| 1985 | St. Elmo's Fire · as Mr. Beamish |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Det. Milton Arbogast |
| 1984 | Innocent Prey · as Sheriff Virgil Baker |
| 1984 | The Goodbye People · as Max Silverman |
| 1984 | The Octopus (TV Series) · as Frank Carrisi |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Edgar Carmody |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Unknown |
| 1981 | The Salamander · as Captain Steffanelli |
| 1981 | The People vs. Jean Harris · as Joel Aurnou |
| 1980 | The Warning · as Questore Martorana |
| 1980 | There Goes the Bride · as Elmer Babcock |
| 1979 | Cuba · as Gen. Bello |
| 1979 | Aunt Mary · as Harry Strasberg |
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as actor |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Eyes Behind the Stars · as Inspector Jim Grant |
| 1978 | Rainbow · as Louis B. Mayer |
| 1977 | Silver Bears · as Joe Fiore |
| 1977 | Blood and Diamonds · as Rizzo |
| 1977 | The Sentinel · as Prof. Ruzinsky |
| 1976 | All the President's Men · as Howard Simons |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning · as Sam McKeever |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe · as Daniel Cooper |
| 1976 | Death Rage · as Commissario |
| 1976 | Risking · as Giulianelli |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case · as Edward J. Reilly |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Colonel Cathcart |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Mitchell · as James Arthur Cummings |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion · as Petrus Lamb |
| 1975 | Miles to Go Before I Sleep · as Ben Montgomery |
| 1975 | Season for Assassins · as Commissioner Katroni |
| 1975 | Smiling Maniacs · as Carlo Goja |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Signor Bianchi |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as Dr. Rudy Wells |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three · as Mr. Green |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer · as Al Vescari |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man · as Dr. Rudy Wells |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams · as Harry Walden |
| 1973 | Counselor at Crime · as Don Antonio Macaluso |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War · as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Ray Kaufman |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Hassled Hooker · as District Attorney Turrisi |
| 1972 | Night of Terror · as Capt. Caleb Sark |
| 1972 | The Man · as Jim Talley |
| 1972 | Chronicle of a Homicide · as Giudice Aldo Sola |
| 1972 | Maude (TV Series) · as Chester |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes · as Haskins |
| 1971 | Confessions of a Police Captain · as Commissario Bonavia |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Jack |
| 1970 | Catch-22 · as Col. Cathcart |
| 1970 | Little Big Man · as Mr. Merriweather |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys · as Mayor Wilker |
| 1969 | Trilogy · as Ivor Belli |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Herb Witmer |
| 1967 | Hombre · as Henry Mendez |
| 1966 | After the Fox · as Harry |
| 1965 | Harlow · as Everett Redman |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident · as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May · as Paul Girard |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers · as Bernard B. Norman |
| 1964 | Youngblood Hawke · as Cameo Role |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Albert Sully |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? · as Sanford Kaufman |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Andrew Newmark |
| 1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Rabbi Eli Oringer |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | Cape Fear · as Police Chief Mark Dutton |
| 1962 | Conquered City · as Joseph Feinberg |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's · as O.J. Berman |
| 1961 | Ada · as Steve Jackson |
| 1960 | Psycho · as Det. Milton Arbogast |
| 1960 | Everybody Go Home! · as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Al Capone · as Mac Keeley, reporter |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night · as Jack |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Father Fabian |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Danny Weiss |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Arnold Justin |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar · as Dr. David Harris |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Captain Russel Barris |
| 1957 | Time Limit · as Sgt. Baker |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men · as Juror 1 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Decoy (TV Series) · as Nick Santos |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Marcey Jones |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Sam Butler |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Leonard Thompson |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront · as Gillette |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best (TV Series) · as Teacher |
| 1952 | Mister Peepers (TV Series) · as Howard |
| 1952 | The Living Bible (TV Series) · as Townsman |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Strasberg |
| 1949 | Man Against Crime (TV Series) · as Jean Pinay |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Abramson |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Francis Toohey |