Birth Day: 1919-11-04
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, 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).
Credits
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As Self -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Gramps -
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As Priest -
As Det. Martin Balsam -
As Callaghan (archive footage) -
As Father Sorendo -
As Judge -
As Mr. Pym -
As Lawyer -
As Frather Howard -
As Sidney Rosenberg -
As Grandpa -
As Cliff Dowling -
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As Gerald -
As Dr. Beck -
As Ben Kaplan -
As Hap Perchicksky -
As Mr. Beamish -
As Bennett Cross -
As Alexander Rostov -
As Max Silverman -
As Sheriff Virgil Baker -
As Jack Brady -
As Self -
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As Captain Steffanelli -
As Joel Aurnou -
As Elmer Babcock -
As Questore Martorana -
As David Franklin -
As Harry Strasberg -
As Self -
As Dr. Samuel Melman -
As Isser Harel -
As Salluzzo -
As Gen. Bello -
As (archive footage) -
As Inspector Jim Grant -
As Rizzo -
As Arthur Haines -
As Henry Fancher -
As Louis B. Mayer -
As Ira Davidoff -
As Ernie Weinberg -
As Joe Fiore -
As Prof. Ruzinsky -
As Sam McKeever -
As Commissario -
As Giulianelli -
As Daniel Cooper -
As Edward J. Reilly -
As Howard Simons -
As Petrus Lamb -
As Carlo Goja -
As Ham Russell Buckner -
As James Arthur Cummings -
As Commissioner Katroni -
As Ben Montgomery -
As Signor Bianchi -
As T.C. Hollister -
As Green -
As Al Vescari -
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As Harry Walden -
As Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) -
As Don Antonio Macaluso -
As Jim Douglas -
As Dr. Rudy Wells -
As Jim Talley -
As District Attorney Turrisi -
As Giudice Aldo Sola -
As Capt. Caleb Sark -
As Haskins -
As Commissario Bonavia -
As Wade Hamilton -
As Admiral Husband E. Kimmel -
As Angie
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As Stanley Pulska -
As Mr. Merriweather -
As Dr. Arnold Gillespie -
As Col. Cathcart -
As Uncle Harold -
As Ivor Belli -
As Mayor Wilker -
As Michael Todd (voice) -
As Henry Mendez -
As Harry -
As Everett Redman -
As Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. -
As Arnold -
As Bernard B. Norman -
As Paul Girard -
As Sanford Kaufman -
As Police Chief Mark Dutton -
As Joseph Feinberg -
As O.J. Berman -
As Steve Jackson -
As Sergente Quintino Fornaciari -
As Milton Arbogast -
As Jack Englander -
As Garth
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As Mac Keeley, reporter -
As Dr. David Harris -
As Captain Joe Reardon -
As Juror 1 -
As Francis Toohey -
As Sgt. Baker -
As Charlie Malick -
As Gillette (uncredited) -
As Townsman -
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As Bit Part (uncredited)