Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Birthday: 1919-11-04

Deathday: 1996-02-13

Place of birth: Bronx, New York, USA

Also known as: Martin Henry Balsam, Мартин Болсам

imdb_id: nm0000842

Biography:

Martin Henry Balsam 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).

Played in movies:

Kids Like These

Score: 10.0

12 Angry Men

Score: 8.5

Psycho

Score: 8.4

Aunt Mary

Score: 8.0

On the Waterfront

Score: 7.9

All the President's Men

Score: 7.7

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Score: 7.6

La Classe américaine

Score: 7.6

Everybody Go Home!

Score: 7.6

Little Big Man

Score: 7.5

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Score: 7.5

Cape Fear

Score: 7.4

Seven Days in May

Score: 7.3

Cape Fear

Score: 7.3

The Defender (Studio One)

Score: 7.2

All About 'The Birds'

Score: 7.2

Murder on the Orient Express

Score: 7.1

Time Limit

Score: 7.1

Middle of the Night

Score: 7.1

A Thousand Clowns

Score: 7.1

Hombre

Score: 7.1

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Score: 7.1

The Bedford Incident

Score: 6.9

Confessions of a Police Captain

Score: 6.8

The Six Million Dollar Man

Score: 6.7

Catch-22

Score: 6.7

Night of 100 Stars

Score: 6.7

The Hassled Hooker

Score: 6.6

Al Capone

Score: 6.6

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

Score: 6.4

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Score: 6.4

Ada

Score: 6.4

Blood and Diamonds

Score: 6.4

The Man

Score: 6.3

Contract on Cherry Street

Score: 6.3

Death Wish 3

Score: 6.2

Marjorie Morningstar

Score: 6.2

Siege

Score: 6.2

Two-Minute Warning

Score: 6.2

The Stone Killer

Score: 6.2

The Anderson Tapes

Score: 6.2

Two Evil Eyes

Score: 6.1

The Sentinel

Score: 6.1

St. Elmo's Fire

Score: 6.1

Around the World of Mike Todd

Score: 6.0

Raid on Entebbe

Score: 6.0

La colonna infame

Score: 6.0

Unknown Soldier

Score: 6.0

The Living Bible

Score: 6.0

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

Score: 6.0

Trilogy

Score: 6.0

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

Score: 6.0

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

Score: 6.0

After the Fox

Score: 6.0

The Delta Force

Score: 6.0

Silver Bears

Score: 5.9

Trapped Beneath the Sea

Score: 5.8

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Score: 5.8

The Carpetbaggers

Score: 5.8

Night of Terror

Score: 5.7

Chronicle of a Homicide

Score: 5.6

Counselor at Crime

Score: 5.6

Me, Natalie

Score: 5.6

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Score: 5.6

The House on Garibaldi Street

Score: 5.5

The Salamander

Score: 5.5

Death Rage

Score: 5.5

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Score: 5.5

Winged Victory

Score: 5.5

Cuba

Score: 5.5

The Warning

Score: 5.4

Second Serve

Score: 5.4

Meet Him and Die

Score: 5.4

Harlow

Score: 5.4

Cry, Onion!

Score: 5.2

Brothers in Blood

Score: 5.0

The Last Match

Score: 5.0

The Silence of the Hams

Score: 4.9

Gardenia

Score: 4.8

Murder in Space

Score: 4.8

P.I. Private Investigations

Score: 4.8

Season for Assassins

Score: 4.7

Legend of the Spirit Dog

Score: 4.5

Hunters Are for Killing

Score: 4.5

Conquered City

Score: 4.3

Eyes Behind the Stars

Score: 4.3

I Want to Live

Score: 4.0

Innocent Prey

Score: 4.0

24 Hour Psycho

Score: 4.0

The Horror Show

Score: 3.8

Mitchell

Score: 3.2

The Love Tapes

Score: 3.0

The Brother from Space

Score: 2.5

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

Score: 0.0

Once Again

Score: 0.0

The Time Element

Score: 0.0

Concerning a Woman of Sin

Score: 0.0

The Enemy Before Us

Score: 0.0

The Child Saver

Score: 0.0

O. Henry's Christmas

Score: 0.0

The Goodbye People

Score: 0.0

There Goes The Bride

Score: 0.0

The Storyteller

Score: 0.0

The Sands of Time

Score: 0.0

The Millionaire

Score: 0.0

Smiling Maniacs

Score: 0.0

Bomber's Moon

Score: 0.0

People vs. Jean Harris

Score: 0.0

Rainbow

Score: 0.0

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

Score: 0.0

A Brand New Life

Score: 0.0

Winterset

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

The Twilight Zone

Score: 8.5

The Octopus

Score: 7.9

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.7

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Arrest and Trial

Score: 7.7

Midnight Caller

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

Score: 7.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

The Fugitive

Score: 7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Score: 7.2

12 O'Clock High

Score: 7.2

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

Kojak

Score: 7.0

Inner Sanctum

Score: 7.0

CBS Playhouse

Score: 7.0

The New Breed

Score: 7.0

Police Story

Score: 6.9

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

Score: 6.8

The Name of the Game

Score: 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.8

Hotel

Score: 6.8

Actors Studio

Score: 6.7

Space

Score: 6.5

Archie Bunker's Place

Score: 6.5

Route 66

Score: 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Decoy

Score: 6.2

The Eleventh Hour

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

The Defenders

Score: 5.9

The Defenders

Score: 5.9

The Defenders

Score: 5.9

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Score: 5.8

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Naked City

Score: 5.5

Naked City

Score: 5.5

Naked City

Score: 5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Score: 5.5

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Naked City

Score: 5.5

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Oceano

Score: 5.0

The Living Christ

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Cain's Hundred

Score: 4.7

Target: The Corruptors!

Score: 3.5

Valiant Lady

Score: 3.0

The Greatest Gift

Score: 0.0