Martin Balsam
Actor
November 4, 1919 — 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).
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail · as Det. Milton Arbogast In Psycho |
| 2019 | Sunset Over Mulholland Drive · as Steve Jackson |
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · as Colonel Cathcart |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Juror 1 |
| 2007 | Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery · as Bianchi |
| 1997 | Legend of the Spirit Dog · as Gramps |
| 1995 | Unknown Soldier · as Priest |
| 1994 | The Silence of the Hams · as Det. Martin Balsam |
| 1993 | La classe américaine · as Callaghan (archive Footage) |
| 1993 | 24 Hour Psycho · as Milton Arbogast (archive Footage) |
| 1993 | Two Evil Eyes · as Cast |
| 1992 | The Sands of Time · as Father Sorendo |
| 1991 | Cape Fear · as Judge |
| 1991 | The Last Match · as Lawyer |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes · as Mr. Pym |
| 1989 | Ocean · as Don Matias Quintero |
| 1988 | Midnight Caller · as Gil Solarski |
| 1988 | The Brother from Space · as Frather Howard |
| 1988 | The Child Saver · as Sidney Rosenberg |
| 1987 | Once Again · as Gerald |
| 1987 | Kids Like These · as Grandpa |
| 1987 | P.I. Private Investigations · as Cliff Dowling |
| 1987 | Brothers in BloodOn Plex |
| 1987 | Queenie · as Marty Rose |
| 1986 | Second Serve · as Dr. Beck |
| 1986 | The Delta Force · as Ben Kaplan |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3 · as Bennett Cross |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) · as Rockne S. O'bannon (segment "personal Demons") |
| 1985 | Murder in Space · as Alexander Rostov |
| 1985 | St. Elmo's Fire · as Mr. Beamish |
| 1985 | Space (1985) · as Senator Glancey |
| 1984 | Innocent Prey · as Sheriff Virgil Baker |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Det. Milton Arbogast |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote · as Edgar Carmody |
| 1984 | Glitter · as Bo |
| 1984 | The Goodbye People · as Max Silverman |
| 1984 | The Octopus · as Frank Carrisi |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | I Want to Live · as Jack Brady |
| 1982 | Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies · as Juror 1 |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last · as Nathan Burkan |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | The People vs. Jean Harris · as Joel Aurnou |
| 1981 | The Salamander · as Captain SteffanelliOn Plex |
| 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 | Archie Bunker's Place · as Murray Klein |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi Street · as Isser Harel |
| 1979 | Gardenia · as Salluzzo |
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as (archive Footage) |
| 1978 | Rainbow · as Louis B. MayerOn Plex |
| 1978 | Siege · as Henry Fancher |
| 1978 | Eyes Behind the Stars · as Inspector Jim Grant |
| 1977 | Contract on Cherry Street · as Ernie Weinberg |
| 1977 | Silver Bears · as Joe Fiore |
| 1977 | The Sentinel · as Prof. Ruzinsky |
| 1977 | Blood and Diamonds · as Rizzo |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe · as Daniel Cooper |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning · as Sam Mckeever |
| 1976 | Death Rage · as CommissarioOn Plex |
| 1976 | Risking · as Giulianelli |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. · as Hyam Zgierski |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Colonel Cathcart |
| 1976 | All the President's Men · as Howard Simons |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case · as Edward J. Reilly |
| 1975 | Season for Assassins · as Commissioner Katroni |
| 1975 | Mitchell · as James Arthur Cummings |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion · as Petrus Lamb |
| 1975 | Death Among Friends · as Ham Russell Buckner |
| 1975 | Smiling Maniacs · as Carlo Goja |
| 1975 | Miles to Go Before I Sleep · as Ben MontgomeryOn Plex |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Signor Bianchi |
| 1974 | Trapped Beneath the Sea · as T.c. Hollister |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three · as Green |
| 1973 | Money to Burn · as Cast |
| 1973 | Kojak · as Ray Kaufman |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams · as Harry Walden |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War · as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive Footage) |
| 1973 | Counselor at Crime · as Don Antonio Macaluso |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer · as Al Vescari |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man · as Dr. Rudy Wells |
| 1973 | A Brand New Life · as Jim Douglas |
| 1972 | Night of Terror · as Capt. Caleb Sark |
| 1972 | Maude · as Chester |
| 1972 | The Man · as Jim Talley |
| 1972 | The Hassled Hooker · as District Attorney Turrisi |
| 1972 | Chronicle of a Homicide · as Giudice Aldo Sola |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes · as HaskinsOn Plex |
| 1971 | Confessions of a Police Captain · as Commissario Bonavia |
| 1971 | Great Performances · as Jack |
| 1970 | Little Big Man · as Mr. Merriweather |
| 1970 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf · as Stanley Pulska |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel |
| 1970 | Catch-22 · as Col. Cathcart |
| 1970 | Hunters Are for Killing · as Wade Hamilton |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie · as Uncle Harold |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys · as Mayor Wilker |
| 1969 | Trilogy · as Ivor Belli |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game · as Herb Witmer |
| 1967 | Around the World of Mike Todd · as Michael Todd (voice) |
| 1967 | Hombre · as Henry Mendez |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 | After the Fox · as Harry |
| 1965 | A Thousand Clowns · as Arnold |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident · as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.d., U.s.n. |
| 1965 | Harlow · as Everett Redman |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers · as Bernard B. Norman |
| 1964 | Mr. Broadway · as Nate Bannerman |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · as Albert Sully |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High · as Army Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May · as Paul Girard |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? · as Sanford Kaufman |
| 1963 | Espionage · as Richard Carey |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre · as Dave Breslaw |
| 1963 | The Fugitive · as Andrew Newmark |
| 1963 | Breaking Point · as Rabbi Eli Oringer |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial · as Leo Valera |
| 1962 | Conquered City · as Joseph Feinberg |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Cape Fear · as Police Chief Mark Dutton |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's · as O.j. Berman |
| 1961 | The New Breed · as Frank Eberhardt |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare · as Dr. Milton Orloff |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred · as Jack Garsell |
| 1961 | The Defenders · as District Attorney |
| 1961 | Ada · as Steve Jackson |
| 1961 | Way Out · as Bill Clayton |
| 1960 | Everybody Go Home! · as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari |
| 1960 | Route 66On Plex |
| 1960 | Psycho · as Milton Arbogast |
| 1959 | Five Fingers · as Monteverdi |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone · as Danny Weiss |
| 1959 | Sunday Showcase · as Nicola Sacco |
| 1959 | Brenner · as Arnold Joplin |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night · as Jack Englander |
| 1959 | Al Capone · as Mac Keeley, Reporter |
| 1959 | The Untouchables · as Arnold Justin |
| 1959 | Rawhide · as Father Fabian |
| 1958 | Pursuit · as Holden |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Naked City · as Arnold Fleischman |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar · as Dr. David Harris |
| 1957 | Time Limit · as Sgt. Baker |
| 1957 | Decoy · as Nick Santos |
| 1957 | Goodyear Theatre · as Joe Lane |
| 1957 | The DuPont Show of the Month · as Charlie Davis |
| 1957 | Wagon Train · as Marcey Jones |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel · as Marshal Jim Brock |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men · as Juror 1 |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre · as Sam Butler |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 · as Captain Joe Reardon |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Leonard Thompson |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Doc Delaney |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best · as TeacherOn Plex |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront · as Gillette (uncredited) |
| 1954 | |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour · as Petty Officer |
| 1952 | Mister Peepers · as Howard |
| 1952 | The Living Bible · as Townsman |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Strasberg |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse · as Perkins |
| 1951 | Living Christ Series · as Townsman |
| 1950 | Danger · as Cast |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action · as Flores |
| 1950 | Rocky King, Detective · as Cast |
| 1949 | Man Against Crime · as Jean Pinay |
| 1949 | The Big Story · as Bill Pinney |
| 1949 | Suspense · as Abramson |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Francis Toohey |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse · as Charlie Malick |
| 1948 | Actors Studio · as Soldier |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Dino |
| 1944 | Winged Victory · as Bit Part (uncredited) |
| 2022 | My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock · as Self |
| 2012 | Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2000 | All About 'the Birds' · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1998 | Psycho Path · as Self |
| 1996 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 1983 | The Electronic Press Kit: Psycho II · as Self |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Self |
| 1968 | The 22nd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1966 | The 38th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |