Martin Balsam
Bronx, New York, USA

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).

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Psychos (2014)
Det. Milton Arbogast
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)
24 Hour Psycho (1993)
Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
The Sands of Time (1992)
Father Sorendo
Cape Fear (1991)
Judge
The Last Match (1990)
Lawyer
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Mr. Pym
Innocent Prey (1989)
Sheriff Virgil Baker
The Child Saver (1988)
Sidney Rosenberg
The Brother from Space (1988)
Frather Howard
Kids Like These (1987)
Grandpa
P.I. Private Investigations (1987)
Cliff Dowling
Brothers in Blood (1987)
Queenie (1987)
Marty
Hunters Are for Killing (1987)
Wade Hamilton
The Delta Force (1986)
Ben Kaplan
Second Serve (1986)
Dr. Beck
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Bennett Cross
Murder in Space (1985)
Alexander Rostov
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Mr. Beamish
The Goodbye People (1984)
Max Silverman
I Want to Live (1983)
Jack Brady
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
Aunt Mary (1979)
Harry Strasberg
The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
Isser Harel
Gardenia (1979)
Salluzzo
The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979)
Dr. Samuel Melman
The Millionaire (1978)
Arthur Haines
Rainbow (1978)
Louis B. Mayer
Siege (1978)
Henry Fancher
Blood and Diamonds (1978)
Rizzo
Eyes Behind the Stars (1978)
Inspector Jim Grant
The Storyteller (1977)
Ira Davidoff
Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
Ernie Weinberg
Silver Bears (1977)
Joe Fiore
The Sentinel (1977)
Prof. Ruzinsky
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Daniel Cooper
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Sam McKeever
Death Rage (1976)
Commissario
Meet Him and Die (1976)
Giulianelli
All the President's Men (1976)
Howard Simons
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Edward J. Reilly
Season For Assassins (1975)
Commissioner Katroni
"Mitchell"! (1975)
James Arthur Cummings
Cry, Onion! (1975)
Petrus Lamb
Smiling Maniacs (1975)
Carlo Goja
Miles To Go Before I Sleep (1975)
Ben Montgomery
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Signor Bianchi
Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)
T.C. Hollister
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Green
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
Harry Walden
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)
Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
Counselor at Crime (1973)
Don Antonio Macaluso
The Stone Killer (1973)
Al Vescari
La colonna infame (1973)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
Dr. Rudy Wells
A Brand New Life (1973)
Jim Douglas
Night of Terror (1972)
Capt. Caleb Sark
The Man (1972)
Jim Talley
The Hassled Hooker (1972)
District Attorney Turrisi
Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)
Giudice Aldo Sola
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Haskins
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Commissario Bonavia
Little Big Man (1970)
Mr. Merriweather
The Enemy Before Us (1970)
Angie
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
Stanley Pulska
Catch-22 (1970)
Col. Cathcart
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
Mayor Wilker
Me, Natalie (1969)
Uncle Harold
Trilogy (1969)
Ivor Belli
Hombre (1967)
Henry Mendez
After the Fox (1966)
Harry
A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Arnold
The Bedford Incident (1965)
Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Harlow (1965)
Everett Redman
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Bernard B. Norman
Seven Days in May (1964)
Paul Girard
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
Sanford Kaufman
Conquered City (1962)
Joseph Feinberg
Cape Fear (1962)
Police Chief Mark Dutton
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
O.J. Berman
Ada (1961)
Steve Jackson
Everybody Go Home! (1960)
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Psycho (1960)
Private Det. Milton Arbogast
Winterset (1959)
Garth
Middle of the Night (1959)
Jack
Al Capone (1959)
Mac Keeley, reporter
Bomber's Moon (1958)
Captain Joe Reardon
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
Dr. David Harris
Time Limit (1957)
Sgt. Baker
12 Angry Men (1957)
Juror 1
The Defender (Studio One) (1957)
Francis Toohey
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955)
Charlie Malick
On the Waterfront (1954)
Gillette (uncredited)
The Living Bible (1952)
Townsman
Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949)
Winged Victory (1944)
Bit Part (uncredited)

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