
Martin Balsam
- Born
- November 4, 1919 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 13, 1996
- Actor
- Archive footage
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 · 50 credits
- 2024Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail · Archive footage (Det. Milton Arbogast in Psycho)
- 2024Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail · Actor (Det. Milton Arbogast in Psycho)
- 2023Film Geek · Self (Self - Actor, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three)
- 2023Film Geek · Archive footage (Self - Actor, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three)
- 2015True Fear: The Making of Psycho · Archive footage
- 1997Legend of the Spirit Dog · Actor (Gramps)
- 1991Cape Fear · Actor (Judge)
- 1987P.I. Private Investigations · Actor (Cliff Dowling)
- 1986The Delta Force · Actor (Ben Kaplan)
- 1986Whatever It Takes · Actor (Hap Perchicksky)
- 1985St. Elmo's Fire · Actor (Mr. Beamish)
- 1985Death Wish 3 · Actor (Bennett)
- 1984The Goodbye People · Actor (Max Silverman)
- 1979Cuba · Actor (Gen. Bello)
- 1977The Sentinel · Actor (Professor Ruzinsky)
- 1977Silver Bears · Actor (Joe Fiore)
- 1976All the President's Men · Actor (Howard Simons)
- 1976Two-Minute Warning · Actor (Sam McKeever)
- 1976Raid on Entebbe · Actor (Daniel Cooper)
- 1976America at the Movies · Archive footage (Colonel Cathcart)
- 1975Mitchell · Actor (James Arthur Cummings)
- 1974Murder on the Orient Express · Actor (Bianchi)
- 1974The Taking of Pelham One Two Three · Actor (Green)
- 1973The Stone Killer · Actor (Al Vescari)
- 1973Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams · Actor (Harry)
- 1972The Man · Actor (Jim Talley)
- 1971The Anderson Tapes · Actor (Tommy Haskins)
- 1970Little Big Man · Actor (Mr. Merriweather)
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! · Actor (Admiral Husband E. Kimmel)
- 1970Catch-22 · Actor (Colonel Cathcart)
- 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys · Actor (Mayor Wilker)
- 1969Me, Natalie · Actor (Uncle Harold)
- 1969Trilogy · Actor (Ivor Belli (segment: Among the Paths to Eden))
- 1967Hombre · Actor (Henry Mendez)
- 1966After the Fox · Actor (Harry Granoff)
- 1965The Bedford Incident · Actor (Lt. Cmdr. Chester Potter M.D., U.S.N.)
- 1965A Thousand Clowns · Actor (Arnold)
- 1965Harlow · Actor (Everett Redman)
- 1964Seven Days in May · Actor (Paul Girard)
- 1964The Carpetbaggers · Actor (Bernard B. Norman)
- 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? · Actor (Sanford Kaufman)
- 1962Cape Fear · Actor (Police Chief Mark Dutton)
- 1961Breakfast at Tiffany's · Actor (O.J. Berman)
- 1961Ada · Actor (Steve Jackson)
- 1960Psycho · Actor (Det. Milton Arbogast)
- 1959Al Capone · Actor (Mac Keely)
- 1959Middle of the Night · Actor (Jack Englander)
- 1958Marjorie Morningstar · Actor (Dr. David Harris)
- 195712 Angry Men · Actor (Juror 1)
- 1957Time Limit · Actor (Sgt. Baker)