Martin Balsam
Acting
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).
Born: November 4, 1919
Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA
Known For
Kids Like These
Bob and Joanna, both over 40 years old, have a baby with the Down syndrome. Their doctor advises them to give the child away, not to "waste their time" with a kid with a mental deficiency. But the parents decide to keep their son, to allow him a life with dignity and to support him as best as possible. And their devotion bears fruit...
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
12 Angry Men
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Psycho
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
On the Waterfront
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
The Octopus
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Gramps
as Priest
as Det. Martin Balsam
as Callaghan (archive footage)
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
as Father Sorendo
as Judge
as Lawyer
as Mr. Pym
as Don Matias Quintero
as Gil Solarski
as Sidney Rosenberg
as Frather Howard
as Grandpa
as Cliff Dowling
as Ben Kaplan
as Dr. Beck
as Bennett Cross
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
as Alexander Rostov
as Mr. Beamish
as Senator Glancey
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
as Edgar Carmody
as Max Silverman
as Frank Carrisi
as Jack Brady
as Nathan Burkan
as Self
as Joel Aurnou
as Captain Steffanelli
as Questore Martorana
as Elmer Babcock
as David Franklin
as Gen. Bello
as Harry Strasberg
as Isser Harel
as Salluzzo
as Dr. Samuel Melman
as (archive footage)
as Arthur Haines
as Louis B. Mayer
as Henry Fancher
as Rizzo
as Inspector Jim Grant
as Ira Davidoff
as Ernie Weinberg
as Joe Fiore
as Prof. Ruzinsky
as Daniel Cooper
as Sam McKeever
as Commissario
as Giulianelli
as Hyam Zgierski
as Howard Simons
as Edward J. Reilly
as Commissioner Katroni
as James Arthur Cummings
as Petrus Lamb
as Ham Russell Buckner
as Carlo Goja
as Ben Montgomery
as Signor Bianchi
as T.C. Hollister
as Ray Kaufman
as Harry Walden
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
as Don Antonio Macaluso
as Al Vescari
as Dr. Rudy Wells
as Jim Douglas
as Capt. Caleb Sark
as Jim Talley
as District Attorney Turrisi
as Giudice Aldo Sola
as Haskins
as Commissario Bonavia
as Jack
as Mr. Merriweather
as Stanley Pulska
as Col. Cathcart
as Wade Hamilton
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
as Mayor Wilker
as Uncle Harold
as Ivor Belli
as Herb Witmer
as Michael Todd (voice)
as Henry Mendez
as Harry
as Arnold
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
as Everett Redman
as Albert Sully
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
as Bernard B. Norman
as Paul Girard
as Sanford Kaufman
as Andrew Newmark
as Leo Valera
as Joseph Feinberg
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
as Self
as O.J. Berman
as Frank Eberhardt
as Ned Lacey
as Benny Orloff
as Dr. Milton Orloff
as Dr. Carl Noyes
as Jack Garsell
as Floyd Harker
as Bernard Maxwell
as District Attorney
as Steve Jackson
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
as Milton Arbogast
as Danny Weiss
as Jack Englander
as Mac Keeley, reporter
as Father Fabian
as Arnold Fleischman
as Joseph Creeley
as Captain Russel Barris
as Caldwell Wyatt
as Captain Joe Reardon
as Dr. David Harris
as Sgt. Baker
as Nick Santos
as Marshal Jim Brock
as Juror 1
as Francis Toohey
as Sam Butler
as Self - Winner
as Eldon Marsh
as Leonard Thompson
as Charlie Malick
as Gillette (uncredited)
as Townsman
as Garth
as Strasberg
as Townsman
as Ed Coyne
as Francis Toohey
as Mike Galloway
as Charlie Malick
as Self
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie