Martin Balsam

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Psycho1960
12 Angry Men1957
Breakfast at Tiffany's1961
Cape Fear1991

About Martin Balsam

Known for: Acting
Born: November 4, 1919
Died: February 13, 1996 (age 76)
Birthplace: 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…

Also credited as

Martin Henry Balsam, Мартин Болсам

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Filmography

True Fear: The Making of Psycho2015as Self

All About 'The Birds'2000as Self (archive footage)
Legend of the Spirit Dog1997as Gramps
O. Henry's Christmas1996
Unknown Soldier1995as Priest
The Silence of the Hams1994as Det. Martin Balsam
La Classe américaine1993as Callaghan (archive footage)
The Sands of Time1992as Father Sorendo
Cape Fear1991as Judge
The Last Match1990as Lawyer
Two Evil Eyes1990as Mr. Pym
The Brother from Space1988as Frather Howard
The Child Saver1988as Sidney Rosenberg
Once Again1987as Gerald
Kids Like These1987as Grandpa
P.I. Private Investigations1987as Cliff Dowling
Brothers in Blood1987
Whatever it Takes1986as Hap Perchicksky
The Delta Force1986as Ben Kaplan
Second Serve1986as Dr. Beck
Death Wish 31985as Bennett Cross
Murder in Space1985as Alexander Rostov
St. Elmo's Fire1985as Mr. Beamish
Innocent Prey1984as Sheriff Virgil Baker
The Goodbye People1984as Max Silverman
I Want to Live1983as Jack Brady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982as Self
Night of 100 Stars1982as Self
People vs. Jean Harris1981as Joel Aurnou
The Salamander1981as Captain Steffanelli
The Warning1980as Questore Martorana
There Goes The Bride1980as Elmer Babcock
The Love Tapes1980as David Franklin
Cuba1979as Gen. Bello
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman1979as Self
Aunt Mary1979as Harry Strasberg
The House on Garibaldi Street1979as Isser Harel
Gardenia1979as Salluzzo
The Seeding of Sarah Burns1979as Dr. Samuel Melman
The Horror Show1979as (archive footage)
The Millionaire1978as Arthur Haines
Rainbow1978as Louis B. Mayer
Siege1978as Henry Fancher
Blood and Diamonds1978as Rizzo
Eyes Behind the Stars1978as Inspector Jim Grant
The Storyteller1977as Ira Davidoff
Contract on Cherry Street1977as Ernie Weinberg
Silver Bears1977as Joe Fiore
The Sentinel1977as Prof. Ruzinsky
Raid on Entebbe1976as Daniel Cooper
Two-Minute Warning1976as Sam McKeever
Death Rage1976as Commissario
Meet Him and Die1976as Giulianelli
All the President's Men1976as Howard Simons
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case1976as Edward J. Reilly
Season for Assassins1975as Commissioner Katroni
Mitchell1975as James Arthur Cummings
Cry, Onion!1975as Petrus Lamb
Death Among Friends1975as Ham Russell Buckner
Smiling Maniacs1975as Carlo Goja
Miles To Go Before I Sleep1975as Ben Montgomery
Murder on the Orient Express1974as Signor Bianchi
Trapped Beneath the Sea1974as T.C. Hollister
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three1974as Green
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams1973as Harry Walden
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War1973as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Counsellor1973as Don Antonio Macaluso
The Stone Killer1973as Al Vescari
La colonna infame1973
The Six Million Dollar Man1973as Dr. Rudy Wells
A Brand New Life1973as Jim Douglas
Night of Terror1972as Capt. Caleb Sark
The Man1972as Jim Talley
The Hassled Hooker1972as District Attorney Turrisi
Chronicle of a Homicide1972as Giudice Aldo Sola
The Anderson Tapes1971as Haskins
Confessions of a Police Captain1971as Commissario Bonavia
Little Big Man1970as Mr. Merriweather
The Enemy Before Us1970as Angie
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf1970as Stanley Pulska
Catch-221970as Col. Cathcart
Hunters Are for Killing1970as Wade Hamilton
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys1969as Mayor Wilker
Me, Natalie1969as Uncle Harold
Trilogy1969as Ivor Belli
Around the World of Mike Todd1968as Michael Todd (voice)
Hombre1967as Henry Mendez
After the Fox1966as Harry
A Thousand Clowns1965as Arnold
The Bedford Incident1965as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Harlow1965as Everett Redman
The Carpetbaggers1964as Bernard B. Norman
Seven Days in May1964as Paul Girard
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?1963as Sanford Kaufman
Conquered City1962as Joseph Feinberg
Cape Fear1962as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Breakfast at Tiffany's1961as O.J. Berman
Ada1961as Steve Jackson
Everybody Go Home!1960as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Psycho1960as Milton Arbogast
Winterset1959as Garth
Middle of the Night1959as Jack Englander
Al Capone1959as Mac Keeley, reporter
Bomber's Moon1958as Captain Joe Reardon
Marjorie Morningstar1958as Dr. David Harris
Time Limit1957as Sgt. Baker
12 Angry Men1957as Juror 1
The Defender (Studio One)1957as Francis Toohey
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall1955as Charlie Malick
On the Waterfront1954as Gillette (uncredited)
The Living Bible1952as Townsman
Concerning a Woman of Sin1949
Winged Victory1944as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Time ElementYear unavailableas Dr. Arnold Gillespie

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