
Martin Henry Balsam 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).
Movie | The Time Element | Dr. Arnold Gillespie | 2026 |
Movie | All About 'The Birds' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-05-28 |
Movie | Legend of the Spirit Dog | Gramps | 1997-08-19 |
Movie | O. Henry's Christmas | Unknown | 1996-06-03 |
Movie | Unknown Soldier | Priest | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | The Silence of the Hams | Det. Martin Balsam | 1994-03-11 |
Movie | 24 Hour Psycho | Milton Arbogast (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | Callaghan (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
Movie | The Sands of Time | Father Sorendo | 1992-11-23 |
Movie | Cape Fear | Judge | 1991-11-13 |
Movie | Two Evil Eyes | Mr. Pym | 1990-01-25 |
Movie | The Last Match | Lawyer | 1990-02-01 |
Series | Oceano | Don Matias Quintero | 1989-08-20 |
Movie | The Brother from Space | Frather Howard | 1988-01-01 |
Series | Midnight Caller | Gil Solarski | 1988-10-25 |
Movie | The Child Saver | Sidney Rosenberg | 1988-01-18 |
Movie | Queenie | Marty | 1987-05-10 |
Movie | P.I. Private Investigations | Cliff Dowling | 1987-06-05 |
Movie | Brothers in Blood | Unknown | 1987-05-12 |
Movie | Once Again | Gerald | 1987-12-01 |
Movie | Kids Like These | Grandpa | 1987-11-08 |
Movie | Second Serve | Dr. Beck | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | The Delta Force | Ben Kaplan | 1986-02-14 |
Series | Space | Senator Glancey | 1985-04-14 |
Movie | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish | 1985-06-28 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") | 1985-09-27 |
Movie | Death Wish 3 | Bennett Cross | 1985-11-01 |
Movie | Murder in Space | Alexander Rostov | 1985-07-28 |
Series | The Octopus | Frank Carrisi | 1984-03-11 |
Movie | The Goodbye People | Max Silverman | 1984-09-11 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Edgar Carmody | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Innocent Prey | Sheriff Virgil Baker | 1984-12-12 |
Movie | I Want to Live | Jack Brady | 1983-05-09 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Movie | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nathan Burkan | 1982-10-24 |
Series | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nathan Burkan | 1982-10-24 |
Movie | The Salamander | Captain Steffanelli | 1981-04-25 |
Movie | People vs. Jean Harris | Joel Aurnou | 1981-05-07 |
Movie | The Love Tapes | David Franklin | 1980-05-09 |
Movie | The Warning | Questore Martorana | 1980-08-15 |
Movie | There Goes The Bride | Elmer Babcock | 1980-07-07 |
Movie | The Seeding of Sarah Burns | Dr. Samuel Melman | 1979-04-07 |
Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
Movie | Gardenia | Salluzzo | 1979-05-05 |
Movie | The House on Garibaldi Street | Isser Harel | 1979-05-28 |
Movie | Cuba | Gen. Bello | 1979-12-21 |
Movie | All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman | Self | 1979-12-06 |
Movie | Aunt Mary | Harry Strasberg | 1979-12-05 |
Series | Archie Bunker's Place | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Movie | Eyes Behind the Stars | Inspector Jim Grant | 1978-02-21 |
Movie | Blood and Diamonds | Rizzo | 1978-03-17 |
Movie | Rainbow | Louis B. Mayer | 1978-11-06 |
Movie | Siege | Henry Fancher | 1978-04-26 |
Movie | The Millionaire | Arthur Haines | 1978-12-19 |
Movie | The Sentinel | Prof. Ruzinsky | 1977-01-07 |
Movie | Silver Bears | Joe Fiore | 1977-06-03 |
Movie | Contract on Cherry Street | Ernie Weinberg | 1977-11-19 |
Movie | The Storyteller | Ira Davidoff | 1977-12-05 |
Movie | All the President's Men | Howard Simons | 1976-04-09 |
Series | Quincy, M.E. | Hyam Zgierski | 1976-10-03 |
Movie | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Edward J. Reilly | 1976-02-26 |
Movie | Raid on Entebbe | Daniel Cooper | 1976-12-26 |
Movie | Meet Him and Die | Giulianelli | 1976-10-08 |
Movie | Two-Minute Warning | Sam McKeever | 1976-11-12 |
Movie | Death Rage | Commissario | 1976-10-22 |
Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Carlo Goja | 1975-01-16 |
Movie | Cry, Onion! | Petrus Lamb | 1975-08-25 |
Movie | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | Ben Montgomery | 1975-01-08 |
Movie | Mitchell | James Arthur Cummings | 1975-09-10 |
Movie | Season for Assassins | Commissioner Katroni | 1975-12-27 |
Series | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells | 1974-01-18 |
Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Green | 1974-10-02 |
Movie | Trapped Beneath the Sea | T.C. Hollister | 1974-10-22 |
Movie | Murder on the Orient Express | Signor Bianchi | 1974-11-22 |
Movie | La colonna infame | Unknown | 1973-04-19 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | A Brand New Life | Jim Douglas | 1973-02-20 |
Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells | 1973-03-07 |
Movie | The Stone Killer | Al Vescari | 1973-08-08 |
Movie | Counselor at Crime | Don Antonio Macaluso | 1973-08-30 |
Series | Kojak | Ray Kaufman | 1973-10-24 |
Movie | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Harry Walden | 1973-10-21 |
Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage) | 1973-10-20 |
Movie | Chronicle of a Homicide | Giudice Aldo Sola | 1972-02-04 |
Movie | The Hassled Hooker | District Attorney Turrisi | 1972-04-07 |
Movie | Night of Terror | Capt. Caleb Sark | 1972-10-10 |
Movie | The Man | Jim Talley | 1972-07-19 |
Movie | Confessions of a Police Captain | Commissario Bonavia | 1971-03-26 |
Series | Great Performances | Jack | 1971-01-28 |
Movie | The Anderson Tapes | Haskins | 1971-06-17 |
Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel | 1970-01-26 |
Movie | Catch-22 | Col. Cathcart | 1970-06-24 |
Movie | Hunters Are for Killing | Wade Hamilton | 1970-03-12 |
Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Stanley Pulska | 1970-10-13 |
Movie | The Enemy Before Us | Angie | 1970-10-16 |
Movie | Little Big Man | Mr. Merriweather | 1970-12-23 |
Movie | Trilogy | Ivor Belli | 1969-06-08 |
Movie | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mayor Wilker | 1969-10-10 |
Movie | Me, Natalie | Uncle Harold | 1969-07-13 |
Movie | Around the World of Mike Todd | Michael Todd (voice) | 1968-09-08 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Herb Witmer | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Hombre | Henry Mendez | 1967-03-21 |
Movie | After the Fox | Harry | 1966-09-08 |
Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
Movie | Harlow | Everett Redman | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | A Thousand Clowns | Arnold | 1965-12-13 |
Movie | The Bedford Incident | Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. | 1965-10-11 |
Movie | The Carpetbaggers | Bernard B. Norman | 1964-04-08 |
Movie | Seven Days in May | Paul Girard | 1964-02-01 |
Series | 12 O'Clock High | Army Doctor (uncredited) | 1964-09-18 |
Series | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Albert Sully | 1964-09-22 |
Series | The Fugitive | Andrew Newmark | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Leo Valera | 1963-09-15 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Dave Breslaw | 1963-10-04 |
Movie | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Sanford Kaufman | 1963-12-25 |
Movie | Cape Fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton | 1962-04-12 |
Series | The Eleventh Hour | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
Movie | Conquered City | Joseph Feinberg | 1962-12-05 |
Series | The Defenders | District Attorney | 1961-09-16 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Jack Garsell | 1961-09-19 |
Movie | Ada | Steve Jackson | 1961-08-25 |
Movie | Breakfast at Tiffany's | O.J. Berman | 1961-10-06 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes | 1961-09-27 |
Series | The New Breed | Frank Eberhardt | 1961-10-03 |
Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
Movie | Psycho | Private Det. Milton Arbogast | 1960-06-22 |
Movie | Everybody Go Home! | Sergente Quintino Fornaciari | 1960-10-27 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Rawhide | Father Fabian | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | Al Capone | Mac Keeley, reporter | 1959-03-25 |
Movie | Middle of the Night | Jack | 1959-05-20 |
Movie | Winterset | Garth | 1959-10-26 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Danny Weiss | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Marjorie Morningstar | Dr. David Harris | 1958-04-24 |
Movie | Bomber's Moon | Captain Joe Reardon | 1958-08-07 |
Series | Naked City | Captain Russel Barris | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Francis Toohey | 1957-02-25 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 1 | 1957-04-10 |
Series | Decoy | Nick Santos | 1957-10-14 |
Movie | Time Limit | Sgt. Baker | 1957-10-23 |
Series | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1956-04-01 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sam Butler | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Charlie Malick | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Leonard Thompson | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Inner Sanctum | Unknown | 1954-01-09 |
Movie | On the Waterfront | Gillette (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
Series | The Greatest Gift | Unknown | 1954-08-30 |
Series | Valiant Lady | Unknown | 1953-10-12 |
Movie | The Living Bible | Townsman | 1952-01-01 |
Series | The Living Christ | Townsman | 1951-01-07 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Strasberg | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Concerning a Woman of Sin | Unknown | 1949-03-24 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948-06-20 |
Series | Actors Studio | soldier | 1948-09-26 |
Series | Studio One | Francis Toohey | 1948-11-07 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Charlie Malick | 1948-10-03 |
Movie | Winged Victory | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |
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