Martin Balsam

Birthday: 1919-11-04
Deathday: 1995-10-16
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 3
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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).

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1966 47 A Thousand Clowns (1965) Supporting Actor Win 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
1997-08-19 Legend of the Spirit Dog Gramps
1996-06-03 O. Henry's Christmas
1995-01-01 Unknown Soldier Priest
1994-03-11 The Silence of the Hams Det. Martin Balsam
1992-11-23 The Sands of Time Father Sorendo
1991-11-13 Cape Fear Judge
1990-02-01 The Last Match Lawyer
1990-01-25 Two Evil Eyes Mr. Pym
1989-06-15 Innocent Prey Sheriff Virgil Baker
1988-01-18 The Child Saver Sidney Rosenberg
1988-01-01 The Brother from Space Frather Howard
1987-11-08 Kids Like These Grandpa
1987-06-05 P.I. Private Investigations Cliff Dowling
1987-05-12 Brothers in Blood
1987-05-10 Queenie Marty
1986-02-14 The Delta Force Ben Kaplan
1986-01-01 Second Serve Dr. Beck
1985-11-01 Death Wish 3 Bennett Cross
1985-07-28 Murder in Space Alexander Rostov
1985-06-28 St. Elmo's Fire Mr. Beamish
1984-09-11 The Goodbye People Max Silverman
1983-05-09 I Want to Live Jack Brady
1981-05-07 People vs. Jean Harris Joel Aurnou
1981-04-25 The Salamander Captain Steffanelli
1980-08-15 The Warning Questore Martorana
1980-07-07 There Goes The Bride Elmer Babcock
1980-05-09 The Love Tapes David Franklin
1979-12-21 Cuba Gen. Bello
1979-12-05 Aunt Mary Harry Strasberg
1979-05-28 The House on Garibaldi Street Isser Harel
1979-05-05 Gardenia Salluzzo
1979-04-07 The Seeding of Sarah Burns Dr. Samuel Melman
1978-12-19 The Millionaire Arthur Haines
1978-11-06 Rainbow Louis B. Mayer
1978-04-26 Siege Henry Fancher
1978-03-17 Blood and Diamonds Rizzo
1978-02-21 Eyes Behind the Stars Inspector Jim Grant
1977-12-05 The Storyteller Ira Davidoff
1977-11-19 Contract on Cherry Street Ernie Weinberg
1977-06-03 Silver Bears Joe Fiore
1977-01-07 The Sentinel Prof. Ruzinsky
1976-12-26 Raid on Entebbe Daniel Cooper
1976-11-12 Two-Minute Warning Sam McKeever
1976-10-22 Death Rage Commissario
1976-10-08 Meet Him and Die Giulianelli
1976-04-09 All the President's Men Howard Simons
1976-02-26 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Edward J. Reilly
1975-12-27 Season For Assassins Commissioner Katroni
1975-09-10 Mitchell James Arthur Cummings
1975-08-25 Cry, Onion! Petrus Lamb
1975-01-16 Smiling Maniacs Carlo Goja
1975-01-08 Miles To Go Before I Sleep Ben Montgomery
1974-11-22 Murder on the Orient Express Signor Bianchi
1974-10-22 Trapped Beneath the Sea T.C. Hollister
1974-10-02 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Green
1973-10-21 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Harry Walden
1973-08-30 Counselor at Crime Don Antonio Macaluso
1973-08-08 The Stone Killer Al Vescari
1973-04-19 La colonna infame
1973-03-07 The Six Million Dollar Man Dr. Rudy Wells
1973-02-20 A Brand New Life Jim Douglas
1972-10-10 Night of Terror Capt. Caleb Sark
1972-07-19 The Man Jim Talley
1972-04-07 The Hassled Hooker District Attorney Turrisi
1972-02-04 Chronicle of a Homicide Giudice Aldo Sola
1971-06-17 The Anderson Tapes Haskins
1971-03-26 Confessions of a Police Captain Commissario Bonavia
1970-12-23 Little Big Man Mr. Merriweather
1970-10-16 The Enemy Before Us Angie
1970-10-13 The Old Man Who Cried Wolf Stanley Pulska
1970-06-24 Catch-22 Col. Cathcart
1970-03-12 Hunters Are for Killing Wade Hamilton
1970-01-26 Tora! Tora! Tora! Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
1969-10-10 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Mayor Wilker
1969-07-13 Me, Natalie Uncle Harold
1969-06-08 Trilogy Ivor Belli
1968-09-08 Around the World of Mike Todd Michael Todd (voice)
1967-03-21 Hombre Henry Mendez
1966-09-08 After the Fox Harry
1965-12-13 A Thousand Clowns Arnold
1965-10-11 The Bedford Incident Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
1965-06-23 Harlow Everett Redman
1964-04-08 The Carpetbaggers Bernard B. Norman
1964-02-01 Seven Days in May Paul Girard
1963-12-25 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? Sanford Kaufman
1962-12-05 Conquered City Joseph Feinberg
1962-04-12 Cape Fear Police Chief Mark Dutton
1961-10-06 Breakfast at Tiffany's O.J. Berman
1961-08-25 Ada Steve Jackson
1960-10-27 Everybody Go Home! Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
1960-06-22 Psycho Private Det. Milton Arbogast
1959-10-26 Winterset Garth
1959-05-20 Middle of the Night Jack
1959-03-25 Al Capone Mac Keeley, reporter
1958-08-07 Bomber's Moon Captain Joe Reardon
1958-04-24 Marjorie Morningstar Dr. David Harris
1957-10-23 Time Limit Sgt. Baker
1957-04-10 12 Angry Men Juror 1
1957-02-25 The Defender (Studio One) Francis Toohey
1955-10-02 A Man Is Ten Feet Tall Charlie Malick
1954-06-22 On the Waterfront Gillette (uncredited)
1952-01-01 The Living Bible Townsman
1949-03-24 Concerning a Woman of Sin
1944-12-22 Winged Victory Bit Part (uncredited)