Biography
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).
Movies & TV Shows
-
Psycho (1960) — Milton Arbogast
-
12 Angry Men (1957) — Juror 1
-
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) — O.J. Berman
-
Cape Fear (1991) — Judge
-
All the President's Men (1976) — Howard Simons
-
On the Waterfront (1954) — Gillette (uncredited)
-
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — Signor Bianchi
-
The Twilight Zone (1959) — Danny Weiss
-
Little Big Man (1970) — Mr. Merriweather
-
Cape Fear (1962) — Police Chief Mark Dutton
-
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) — Green
-
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
-
St. Elmo's Fire (1985) — Mr. Beamish
-
The Delta Force (1986) — Ben Kaplan
-
Death Wish 3 (1985) — Bennett Cross
-
Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Edgar Carmody
-
Catch-22 (1970) — Col. Cathcart
-
Two Evil Eyes (1990) — Mr. Pym
-
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Eldon Marsh
-
The Twilight Zone (1985) — Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
-
La Classe américaine (1993) — Callaghan (archive footage)
-
Hombre (1967) — Henry Mendez
-
The Sentinel (1977) — Prof. Ruzinsky
-
Seven Days in May (1964) — Paul Girard
-
The Silence of the Hams (1994) — Det. Martin Balsam
-
The Anderson Tapes (1971) — Haskins
-
Kojak (1973) — Ray Kaufman
-
The Untouchables (1959) — Arnold Justin
-
Everybody Go Home! (1960) — Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
-
Quincy, M.E. (1976) — Hyam Zgierski
-
Two-Minute Warning (1976) — Sam McKeever
-
The Bedford Incident (1965) — Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
-
The Stone Killer (1973) — Al Vescari
-
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) — Dr. Rudy Wells
-
After the Fox (1966) — Harry
-
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Albert Sully
-
The Octopus (1984) — Frank Carrisi
-
The Fugitive (1963) — Andrew Newmark
-
Raid on Entebbe (1976) — Daniel Cooper
-
Al Capone (1959) — Mac Keeley, reporter