Martin Balsam

from Bronx, New York, USA

Artwork for Cape FearImage of Martin Balsam

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).

Timeline

2015Aged 96

  • Poster for True Fear: The Making of Psycho

    Self

2000Aged 81

  • Poster for All About 'The Birds'

    Self (archive footage)

1997Aged 78

  • Poster for Legend of the Spirit Dog

    Gramps

1996Aged 77

  • Poster for O. Henry's Christmas

    (Unknown)

1995Aged 76

  • Poster for Unknown Soldier

    Priest

1994Aged 75

  • Poster for The Silence of the Hams

    Det. Martin Balsam

1993Aged 74

  • Poster for La Classe américaine

    Callaghan (archive footage)

1992Aged 73

  • Poster for The Sands of Time

    Father Sorendo

1991Aged 72

  • Poster for Cape Fear

    Judge

1990Aged 71

  • Poster for Two Evil Eyes

    Mr. Pym

  • Poster for The Last Match

    Lawyer

1988Aged 69

  • Poster for The Child Saver

    Sidney Rosenberg

  • Poster for The Brother from Space

    Frather Howard

1987Aged 68

  • Poster for Brothers in Blood

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for P.I. Private Investigations

    Cliff Dowling

  • Poster for Kids Like These

    Grandpa

  • Poster for Once Again

    Gerald

1986Aged 67

  • Poster for Second Serve

    Dr. Beck

  • Poster for The Delta Force

    Ben Kaplan

  • Poster for Whatever it Takes

    Hap Perchicksky

1985Aged 66

  • Poster for St. Elmo's Fire

    Mr. Beamish

  • Poster for Murder in Space

    Alexander Rostov

  • Poster for Death Wish 3

    Bennett Cross

1984Aged 65

  • Poster for The Goodbye People

    Max Silverman

  • Poster for Innocent Prey

    Sheriff Virgil Baker

1983Aged 64

  • Poster for I Want to Live

    Jack Brady

1982Aged 63

  • Poster for Night of 100 Stars

    Self

  • Poster for Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

    (Unknown)

1981Aged 62

  • Poster for The Salamander

    Captain Steffanelli

  • Poster for People vs. Jean Harris

    Joel Aurnou

1980Aged 61

  • Poster for The Love Tapes

    David Franklin

  • Poster for There Goes The Bride

    Elmer Babcock

  • Poster for The Warning

    Questore Martorana

1979Aged 60

  • Poster for The Horror Show

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Seeding of Sarah Burns

    Dr. Samuel Melman

  • Poster for Gardenia

    Salluzzo

  • Poster for The House on Garibaldi Street

    Isser Harel

  • Poster for Aunt Mary

    Harry Strasberg

  • Poster for All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

    Self

  • Poster for Cuba

    Gen. Bello

1978Aged 59

  • Poster for Eyes Behind the Stars

    Inspector Jim Grant

  • Poster for Blood and Diamonds

    Rizzo

  • Poster for Siege

    Henry Fancher

  • Poster for Rainbow

    Louis B. Mayer

  • Poster for The Millionaire

    Arthur Haines

1977Aged 58

  • Poster for The Sentinel

    Prof. Ruzinsky

  • Poster for Silver Bears

    Joe Fiore

  • Poster for Contract on Cherry Street

    Ernie Weinberg

  • Poster for The Storyteller

    Ira Davidoff

1976Aged 57

  • Poster for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

    Edward J. Reilly

  • Poster for All the President's Men

    Howard Simons

  • Poster for Meet Him and Die

    Giulianelli

  • Poster for Death Rage

    Commissario

  • Poster for Two-Minute Warning

    Sam McKeever

  • Poster for Raid on Entebbe

    Daniel Cooper

1975Aged 56

  • Poster for Miles To Go Before I Sleep

    Ben Montgomery

  • Poster for Smiling Maniacs

    Carlo Goja

  • Poster for Death Among Friends

    Ham Russell Buckner

  • Poster for Cry, Onion!

    Petrus Lamb

  • Poster for Mitchell

    James Arthur Cummings

  • Poster for Season for Assassins

    Commissioner Katroni

1974Aged 55

  • Poster for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    Green

  • Poster for Trapped Beneath the Sea

    T.C. Hollister

  • Poster for Murder on the Orient Express

    Signor Bianchi

1973Aged 54

  • Poster for A Brand New Life

    Jim Douglas

  • Poster for The Six Million Dollar Man

    Dr. Rudy Wells

  • Poster for La colonna infame

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Stone Killer

    Al Vescari

  • Poster for Counselor at Crime

    Don Antonio Macaluso

  • Poster for The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

    Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

  • Poster for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

    Harry Walden

1972Aged 53

  • Poster for Chronicle of a Homicide

    Giudice Aldo Sola

  • Poster for The Hassled Hooker

    District Attorney Turrisi

  • Poster for The Man

    Jim Talley

  • Poster for Night of Terror

    Capt. Caleb Sark

1971Aged 52

  • Poster for Confessions of a Police Captain

    Commissario Bonavia

  • Poster for The Anderson Tapes

    Haskins

1970Aged 51

  • Poster for Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

  • Poster for Hunters Are for Killing

    Wade Hamilton

  • Poster for Catch-22

    Col. Cathcart

  • Poster for The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

    Stanley Pulska

  • The Enemy Before Us

    Angie

  • Poster for Little Big Man

    Mr. Merriweather

1969Aged 50

  • Poster for Trilogy

    Ivor Belli

  • Poster for Me, Natalie

    Uncle Harold

  • Poster for The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

    Mayor Wilker

1968Aged 49

  • Poster for Around the World of Mike Todd

    Michael Todd (voice)

1967Aged 48

  • Poster for Hombre

    Henry Mendez

1966Aged 47

  • Poster for After the Fox

    Harry

1965Aged 46

  • Poster for Harlow

    Everett Redman

  • Poster for The Bedford Incident

    Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

  • Poster for A Thousand Clowns

    Arnold

1964Aged 45

  • Poster for Seven Days in May

    Paul Girard

  • Poster for The Carpetbaggers

    Bernard B. Norman

1963Aged 44

  • Poster for Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

    Sanford Kaufman

1962Aged 43

  • Poster for Cape Fear

    Police Chief Mark Dutton

  • Poster for Conquered City

    Joseph Feinberg

1961Aged 42

  • Poster for Ada

    Steve Jackson

  • Poster for Breakfast at Tiffany's

    O.J. Berman

1960Aged 41

  • Poster for Psycho

    Milton Arbogast

  • Poster for Everybody Go Home!

    Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

1959Aged 40

  • Poster for Al Capone

    Mac Keeley, reporter

  • Poster for Middle of the Night

    Jack Englander

  • Winterset

    Garth

1958Aged 39

  • Poster for Marjorie Morningstar

    Dr. David Harris

  • Poster for Bomber's Moon

    Captain Joe Reardon

1957Aged 38

  • Poster for The Defender (Studio One)

    Francis Toohey

  • Poster for 12 Angry Men

    Juror 1

  • Poster for Time Limit

    Sgt. Baker

1955Aged 36

  • Poster for A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

    Charlie Malick

1954Aged 35

  • Poster for On the Waterfront

    Gillette (uncredited)

1952Aged 33

  • Poster for The Living Bible

    Townsman

1949Aged 30

  • Poster for Concerning a Woman of Sin

    (Unknown)

1944Aged 25

  • Poster for Winged Victory

    Bit Part (uncredited)

Year unknown

  • Poster for The Time Element

    Dr. Arnold Gillespie

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