
Born 1919 — Died 1996
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 …
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True Fear: The Making of Psycho(2015)
as Self

All About 'The Birds'(2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Legend of the Spirit Dog(1997)
as Gramps

O. Henry's Christmas(1996)

Unknown Soldier(1995)
as Priest

The Silence of the Hams(1994)
as Det. Martin Balsam

La Classe américaine(1993)
as Callaghan (archive footage)

The Sands of Time(1992)
as Father Sorendo

Cape Fear(1991)
as Judge

The Last Match(1990)
as Lawyer

Two Evil Eyes(1990)
as Mr. Pym

The Brother from Space(1988)
as Frather Howard

The Child Saver(1988)
as Sidney Rosenberg

Once Again(1987)
as Gerald

Kids Like These(1987)
as Grandpa

P.I. Private Investigations(1987)
as Cliff Dowling

Brothers in Blood(1987)

Whatever it Takes(1986)
as Hap Perchicksky

The Delta Force(1986)
as Ben Kaplan

Second Serve(1986)
as Dr. Beck

Death Wish 3(1985)
as Bennett Cross

Murder in Space(1985)
as Alexander Rostov

St. Elmo's Fire(1985)
as Mr. Beamish

Innocent Prey(1984)
as Sheriff Virgil Baker

The Goodbye People(1984)
as Max Silverman

I Want to Live(1983)
as Jack Brady

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady(1982)
as Self

Night of 100 Stars(1982)
as Self

People vs. Jean Harris(1981)
as Joel Aurnou

The Salamander(1981)
as Captain Steffanelli

The Warning(1980)
as Questore Martorana

There Goes The Bride(1980)
as Elmer Babcock

The Love Tapes(1980)
as David Franklin

Cuba(1979)
as Gen. Bello

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman(1979)
as Self

Aunt Mary(1979)
as Harry Strasberg

The House on Garibaldi Street(1979)
as Isser Harel

Gardenia(1979)
as Salluzzo

The Seeding of Sarah Burns(1979)
as Dr. Samuel Melman

The Horror Show(1979)
as (archive footage)

The Millionaire(1978)
as Arthur Haines

Rainbow(1978)
as Louis B. Mayer

Siege(1978)
as Henry Fancher

Blood and Diamonds(1978)
as Rizzo

Eyes Behind the Stars(1978)
as Inspector Jim Grant

The Storyteller(1977)
as Ira Davidoff

Contract on Cherry Street(1977)
as Ernie Weinberg

Silver Bears(1977)
as Joe Fiore

The Sentinel(1977)
as Prof. Ruzinsky

Raid on Entebbe(1976)
as Daniel Cooper

Two-Minute Warning(1976)
as Sam McKeever

Death Rage(1976)
as Commissario

Meet Him and Die(1976)
as Giulianelli

All the President's Men(1976)
as Howard Simons

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case(1976)
as Edward J. Reilly

Season for Assassins(1975)
as Commissioner Katroni

Mitchell(1975)
as James Arthur Cummings

Cry, Onion!(1975)
as Petrus Lamb

Death Among Friends(1975)
as Ham Russell Buckner

Smiling Maniacs(1975)
as Carlo Goja

Miles To Go Before I Sleep(1975)
as Ben Montgomery

Murder on the Orient Express(1974)
as Signor Bianchi

Trapped Beneath the Sea(1974)
as T.C. Hollister

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(1974)
as Green

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams(1973)
as Harry Walden

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War(1973)
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

The Counsellor(1973)
as Don Antonio Macaluso

The Stone Killer(1973)
as Al Vescari

La colonna infame(1973)

The Six Million Dollar Man(1973)
as Dr. Rudy Wells

A Brand New Life(1973)
as Jim Douglas

Night of Terror(1972)
as Capt. Caleb Sark

The Man(1972)
as Jim Talley

The Hassled Hooker(1972)
as District Attorney Turrisi

Chronicle of a Homicide(1972)
as Giudice Aldo Sola

The Anderson Tapes(1971)
as Haskins

Confessions of a Police Captain(1971)
as Commissario Bonavia

Little Big Man(1970)
as Mr. Merriweather
The Enemy Before Us(1970)
as Angie

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf(1970)
as Stanley Pulska

Catch-22(1970)
as Col. Cathcart

Hunters Are for Killing(1970)
as Wade Hamilton

Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970)
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys(1969)
as Mayor Wilker

Me, Natalie(1969)
as Uncle Harold

Trilogy(1969)
as Ivor Belli

Around the World of Mike Todd(1968)
as Michael Todd (voice)

Hombre(1967)
as Henry Mendez

After the Fox(1966)
as Harry

A Thousand Clowns(1965)
as Arnold

The Bedford Incident(1965)
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

Harlow(1965)
as Everett Redman

The Carpetbaggers(1964)
as Bernard B. Norman

Seven Days in May(1964)
as Paul Girard

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?(1963)
as Sanford Kaufman

Conquered City(1962)
as Joseph Feinberg

Cape Fear(1962)
as Police Chief Mark Dutton

Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)
as O.J. Berman

Ada(1961)
as Steve Jackson

Everybody Go Home!(1960)
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

Psycho(1960)In catalog
as Milton Arbogast
Winterset(1959)
as Garth

Middle of the Night(1959)
as Jack Englander

Al Capone(1959)
as Mac Keeley, reporter

Bomber's Moon(1958)
as Captain Joe Reardon

Marjorie Morningstar(1958)
as Dr. David Harris

Time Limit(1957)
as Sgt. Baker

12 Angry Men(1957)
as Juror 1

The Defender (Studio One)(1957)
as Francis Toohey

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall(1955)
as Charlie Malick

On the Waterfront(1954)
as Gillette (uncredited)

The Living Bible(1952)
as Townsman

Concerning a Woman of Sin(1949)

Winged Victory(1944)
as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Time Element
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
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The Twilight Zone(1985)
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")