Martin Balsam
Department: Acting
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).
Known For
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
All the President's Men
1976
Psycho
1960
The Brother from Space
1988
Catch-22
1970
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
The Silence of the Hams
1994
The Hassled Hooker
1972
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Little Big Man
1970
Cape Fear
1962
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
Two-Minute Warning
1976
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
Seven Days in May
1964
Harlow
1965
The Anderson Tapes
1971
Death Wish 3
1985
Mitchell
1975
The Stone Killer
1973
Winterset
1959
The Horror Show
1979
Hombre
1967
Two Evil Eyes
1990
A Thousand Clowns
1965
The Carpetbaggers
1964
Al Capone
1959
Silver Bears
1977
Cuba
1979
The Delta Force
1986
Winged Victory
1944
Time Limit
1957
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
Everybody Go Home!
1960
The Bedford Incident
1965
The Sentinel
1977
After the Fox
1966
24 Hour Psycho
1993
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
Eyes Behind the Stars
1978
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
Cry, Onion!
1975
The Love Tapes
1980
P.I. Private Investigations
1987
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
Middle of the Night
1959
Blood and Diamonds
1978
Season for Assassins
1975
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
1975
Death Rage
1976
The Salamander
1981
Meet Him and Die
1976
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
Ada
1961
Me, Natalie
1969
Siege
1978
The Last Match
1990
Gardenia
1979
Trilogy
1969
The Man
1972
Murder in Space
1985
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
Cape Fear
1991
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
A Brand New Life
1973
On the Waterfront
1954
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
Rainbow
1978
Aunt Mary
1979
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
Second Serve
1986
Brothers in Blood
1987
Bomber's Moon
1958
Conquered City
1962
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
Counselor at Crime
1973
Night of Terror
1972
Smiling Maniacs
1975
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
The Warning
1980
Trapped Beneath the Sea
1974
The Millionaire
1978
The Sands of Time
1992
The Living Bible
1952
Unknown Soldier
1995
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
The Storyteller
1977
There Goes The Bride
1980
The Goodbye People
1984
Innocent Prey
1984
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997
La colonna infame
1973
Kids Like These
1987
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968
La Classe américaine
1993
12 Angry Men
1957
The Child Saver
1988
I Want to Live
1983
The Enemy Before Us
1970
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
Night of 100 Stars
1982
All About 'The Birds'
2000
The Time Element
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Once Again
1987
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
Death Among Friends
1975
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Twilight Zone
1985
Route 66
1960
Midnight Caller
1988
Naked City
1958
Hotel
1982
Kojak
1973
Studio One
1948
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Twilight Zone
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Rawhide
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Police Story
1973
The Fugitive
1963
The Octopus
1984
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Decoy
1957
The New Breed
1961
CBS Playhouse
1966
Inner Sanctum
1954
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Living Christ
1951
The Greatest Gift
1954
Valiant Lady
1953
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Naked City
1958
Naked City
1958
Naked City
1958
Actors Studio
1948
Dr. Kildare
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Oceano
1989
Space
1985
The Name of the Game
1968
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Arrest and Trial
1963
12 O'Clock High
1964
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Great Performances
1971
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Untouchables
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Tony Awards
1956