Martin Balsam

Known for

Acting

Born

November 4, 1919

Birthplace

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died

February 13, 1996 (aged 76)

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).

Best known work

Psycho

1960

12 Angry Men

1957

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

Cape Fear

1991

All the President's Men

1976

On the Waterfront

1954

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

The Twilight Zone

1959

Little Big Man

1970

Cape Fear

1962

Filmography

TBA
The Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
2015
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
as Self
2000
All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
1996
O. Henry's Christmas
1995
Unknown Soldier
as Priest
1994
The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
1993
La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
1992
The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo
1991
Cape Fear
as Judge
1990
The Last Match
as Lawyer
1990
Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
1989
OceanoTV
as Don Matias Quintero (6 episodes)
1988
Midnight CallerTV
as Gil Solarski (1 episode)
1988
The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
1988
The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
1987
Once Again
as Gerald
1987
Kids Like These
as Grandpa
1987
P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
1987
Brothers in Blood
1986
Whatever it Takes
as Hap Perchicksky
1986
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
1986
Second Serve
as Dr. Beck
1985
Death Wish 3
as Bennett Cross
1985
The Twilight ZoneTV
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") (1 episode), as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") (1 episode)