Personal Info
Birthday
November 4, 1919
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
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).
Acting Filmography (156)
No Backdrop
0.0
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
Movie2015
No Backdrop
7.2
All About 'The Birds'
Movie2000
No Backdrop
6.0
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Movie1997
No Backdrop
5.0
O. Henry's Christmas
Movie1996
No Backdrop
8.0
Unknown Soldier
Movie1995
4.9
The Silence of the Hams
Movie1994
7.6
La Classe américaine
Movie1993
No Backdrop
10.0
The Sands of Time
Movie1992
7.3
Cape Fear
Movie1991
5.8
The Last Match
Movie1990
6.1
Two Evil Eyes
Movie1990
No Backdrop
7.0
Oceano
TV Series1989
7.6
Midnight Caller
TV Series1988
4.0
The Brother from Space
Movie1988
No Backdrop
7.5
The Child Saver
Movie1988
No Backdrop
7.0
Once Again
Movie1987
No Backdrop
9.0
Kids Like These
Movie1987
No Backdrop
5.1
P.I. Private Investigations
Movie1987
No Backdrop
7.0
Brothers in Blood
Movie1987
No Backdrop
0.0
Whatever it Takes
Movie1986
6.0
The Delta Force
Movie1986
No Backdrop
5.3
Second Serve
Movie1986
6.2
Death Wish 3
Movie1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1985
5.3
Murder in Space
Movie1985
6.1
St. Elmo's Fire
Movie1985
7.7
Space
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
4.3
Innocent Prey
Movie1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
10.0
The Goodbye People
Movie1984
7.8
The Octopus
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
4.8
I Want to Live
Movie1983
5.8
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
TV Series1982
6.8
Hotel
TV Series1982
6.0
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Movie1982
No Backdrop
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
Movie1982
No Backdrop
0.0
People vs. Jean Harris
Movie1981
5.5
The Salamander
Movie1981
5.4
The Warning
Movie1980
7.0
There Goes The Bride
Movie1980
No Backdrop
6.5
The Love Tapes
Movie1980
5.5
Cuba
Movie1979
No Backdrop
0.0
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Movie1979
7.3
Aunt Mary
Movie1979
6.5
Archie Bunker's Place
TV Series1979
No Backdrop
6.3
The House on Garibaldi Street
Movie1979
6.1
Gardenia
Movie1979
No Backdrop
7.5
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Movie1979
3.4
The Horror Show
Movie1979
No Backdrop
8.0
The Millionaire
Movie1978
10.0
Rainbow
Movie1978
6.8
Siege
Movie1978
6.6
Blood and Diamonds
Movie1978
No Backdrop
4.7
Eyes Behind the Stars
Movie1978
No Backdrop
9.0
The Storyteller
Movie1977
6.8
Contract on Cherry Street
Movie1977
6.1
Silver Bears
Movie1977
6.1
The Sentinel
Movie1977
6.0
Raid on Entebbe
Movie1976
6.3
Two-Minute Warning
Movie1976
5.4
Death Rage
Movie1976
5.7
Meet Him and Die
Movie1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
TV Series1976
7.7
All the President's Men
Movie1976
6.5
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Movie1976
4.3
Season for Assassins
Movie1975
3.3
Mitchell
Movie1975
5.3
Cry, Onion!
Movie1975
No Backdrop
4.9
Death Among Friends
Movie1975
7.0
Smiling Maniacs
Movie1975
No Backdrop
7.3
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Movie1975
7.1
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie1974
6.4
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Movie1974
7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Movie1974
7.2
Kojak
TV Series1973
5.6
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Movie1973
6.7
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Movie1973
5.6
Counselor at Crime
Movie1973
6.2
The Stone Killer
Movie1973
No Backdrop
7.0
La colonna infame
Movie1973
7.0
Police Story
TV Series1973
6.7
The Six Million Dollar Man
Movie1973
9.0
A Brand New Life
Movie1973
6.1
Night of Terror
Movie1972
6.5
The Man
Movie1972
6.3
The Hassled Hooker
Movie1972
5.5
Chronicle of a Homicide
Movie1972
6.1
The Anderson Tapes
Movie1971
6.8
Confessions of a Police Captain
Movie1971
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
7.4
Little Big Man
Movie1970
6.8
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Movie1970
6.7
Catch-22
Movie1970
6.0
Hunters Are for Killing
Movie1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie1970
5.5
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Movie1969
5.6
Me, Natalie
Movie1969
6.2
Trilogy
Movie1969
7.0
The Name of the Game
TV Series1968
No Backdrop
6.3
Around the World of Mike Todd
Movie1968
7.1
Hombre
Movie1967
6.1
After the Fox
Movie1966
6.9
A Thousand Clowns
Movie1965
7.0
The Bedford Incident
Movie1965
5.6
Harlow
Movie1965
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV Series1964
7.2
12 O'Clock High
TV Series1964
5.9
The Carpetbaggers
Movie1964
7.3
Seven Days in May
Movie1964
6.1
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Movie1963
10.0
Espionage
TV Series1963
7.3
The Fugitive
TV Series1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
TV Series1963
5.5
Conquered City
Movie1962
6.7
The Eleventh Hour
TV Series1962
7.5
Cape Fear
Movie1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
7.6
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Movie1961
No Backdrop
7.7
The New Breed
TV Series1961
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
TV Series1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
TV Series1961
5.3
Cain's Hundred
TV Series1961
6.3
The Defenders
TV Series1961
6.5
Ada
Movie1961
7.6
Everybody Go Home!
Movie1960
6.7
Route 66
TV Series1960
8.4
Psycho
Movie1960
8.0
The Untouchables
TV Series1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1959
7.0
Middle of the Night
Movie1959
6.6
Al Capone
Movie1959
7.2
Rawhide
TV Series1959
No Backdrop
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV Series1958
5.7
Naked City
TV Series1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Bomber's Moon
Movie1958
6.3
Marjorie Morningstar
Movie1958
7.2
Time Limit
Movie1957
6.7
Decoy
TV Series1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV Series1957
8.6
12 Angry Men
Movie1957
6.1
The Defender (Studio One)
Movie1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV Series1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
No Backdrop
0.0
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Movie1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV Series1955
7.9
On the Waterfront
Movie1954
8.0
Inner Sanctum
TV Series1954
6.0
The Living Bible
Movie1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
5.7
The Living Christ
TV Series1951
No Backdrop
10.0
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Movie1949
5.4
Studio One
TV Series1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV Series1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948
6.3
Winged Victory
Movie1944
No Backdrop
0.0
The Time Element
MovieN/A