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).

Filmography

• 1997Legend of the Spirit Dog — Gramps
• 1996O. Henry's Christmas
• 1995Unknown Soldier — Priest
• 1994The Silence of the Hams — Det. Martin Balsam
• 1993La Classe américaine — Callaghan (archive footage)
• 1992The Sands of Time — Father Sorendo
• 1991Cape Fear — Judge
• 1990The Last Match — Lawyer
• 1990Two Evil Eyes — Mr. Pym
• Oceano — Don Matias Quintero
• Midnight Caller — Gil Solarski
• 1988The Brother from Space — Frather Howard
• 1988The Child Saver — Sidney Rosenberg
• 1987Brothers in Blood
• 1987Kids Like These — Grandpa
• 1987Once Again — Gerald
• 1987P.I. Private Investigations — Cliff Dowling
• 1986Second Serve — Dr. Beck
• 1986The Delta Force — Ben Kaplan
• 1986Whatever it Takes — Hap Perchicksky
• 1985Death Wish 3 — Bennett Cross
• 1985Murder in Space — Alexander Rostov
• Space — Senator Glancey
• 1985St. Elmo's Fire — Mr. Beamish
• The Twilight Zone — Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons"), Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
• 1984Innocent Prey — Sheriff Virgil Baker
• Murder, She Wrote — Edgar Carmody
• 1984The Goodbye People — Max Silverman
• The Octopus — Frank Carrisi
• 1983I Want to Live — Jack Brady
• Hotel
• Little Gloria... Happy at Last — Nathan Burkan
• 1981People vs. Jean Harris — Joel Aurnou
• 1981The Salamander — Captain Steffanelli
• 1980The Love Tapes — David Franklin
• 1980The Warning — Questore Martorana
• 1980There Goes The Bride — Elmer Babcock
• Archie Bunker's Place — Murray Klein
• 1979Aunt Mary — Harry Strasberg
• 1979Cuba — Gen. Bello
• 1979Gardenia — Salluzzo
• 1979The Horror Show — (archive footage)
• 1979The House on Garibaldi Street — Isser Harel
• 1979The Seeding of Sarah Burns — Dr. Samuel Melman
• 1978Blood and Diamonds — Rizzo
• 1978Eyes Behind the Stars — Inspector Jim Grant
• 1978Rainbow — Louis B. Mayer
• 1978Siege — Henry Fancher
• 1978The Millionaire — Arthur Haines
• 1977Contract on Cherry Street — Ernie Weinberg
• 1977Silver Bears — Joe Fiore
• 1977The Sentinel — Prof. Ruzinsky
• 1977The Storyteller — Ira Davidoff
• 1976All the President's Men — Howard Simons
• 1976Death Rage — Commissario
• 1976Meet Him and Die — Giulianelli
• Quincy, M.E. — Hyam Zgierski
• 1976Raid on Entebbe — Daniel Cooper
• 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case — Edward J. Reilly
• 1976Two-Minute Warning — Sam McKeever
• 1975Cry, Onion! — Petrus Lamb
• 1975Death Among Friends — Ham Russell Buckner
• 1975Miles To Go Before I Sleep — Ben Montgomery
• 1975Mitchell — James Arthur Cummings
• 1975Season for Assassins — Commissioner Katroni
• 1975Smiling Maniacs — Carlo Goja
• 1974Murder on the Orient Express — Signor Bianchi
• 1974The Taking of Pelham One Two Three — Green
• 1974Trapped Beneath the Sea — T.C. Hollister
• 1973A Brand New Life — Jim Douglas
• Kojak — Ray Kaufman
• 1973La colonna infame
• Police Story
• 1973Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams — Harry Walden
• 1973The Counsellor — Don Antonio Macaluso
• 1973The Six Million Dollar Man — Dr. Rudy Wells
• 1973The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War — Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)
• 1973The Stone Killer — Al Vescari
• 1972Chronicle of a Homicide — Giudice Aldo Sola
• 1972Night of Terror — Capt. Caleb Sark
• 1972The Hassled Hooker — District Attorney Turrisi
• 1972The Man — Jim Talley
• 1971Confessions of a Police Captain — Commissario Bonavia
• Great Performances — Jack
• 1971The Anderson Tapes — Haskins
• 1970Catch-22 — Col. Cathcart
• 1970Hunters Are for Killing — Wade Hamilton
• 1970Little Big Man — Mr. Merriweather
• 1970The Enemy Before Us — Angie
• 1970The Old Man Who Cried Wolf — Stanley Pulska
• 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! — Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
• 1969Me, Natalie — Uncle Harold
• 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys — Mayor Wilker
• 1969Trilogy — Ivor Belli
• 1968Around the World of Mike Todd — Michael Todd (voice)
• The Name of the Game — Herb Witmer
• 1967Hombre — Henry Mendez
• 1966After the Fox — Harry
• CBS Playhouse — Jesse Rothenberg
• 1965A Thousand Clowns — Arnold
• 1965Harlow — Everett Redman
• 1965The Bedford Incident — Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
• 12 O'Clock High — Army Doctor (uncredited)
• 1964Seven Days in May — Paul Girard
• 1964The Carpetbaggers — Bernard B. Norman
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Albert Sully
• Arrest and Trial — Leo Valera
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Dave Breslaw
• Espionage — Richard Carey
• The Fugitive — Andrew Newmark
• 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? — Sanford Kaufman
• 1962Cape Fear — Police Chief Mark Dutton
• 1962Conquered City — Joseph Feinberg
• The Eleventh Hour
• 1961Ada — Steve Jackson
• 1961Breakfast at Tiffany's — O.J. Berman
• Cain's Hundred — Jack Garsell
• Dr. Kildare — Ned Lacey, Benny Orloff, Dr. Milton Orloff, Dr. Carl Noyes
• Target: The Corruptors!
• The Defenders — Floyd Harker, Bernard Maxwell, District Attorney
• The New Breed — Frank Eberhardt
• 1960Everybody Go Home! — Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
• 1960Psycho — Milton Arbogast
• Route 66
• 1959Al Capone — Mac Keeley, reporter
• 1959Middle of the Night — Jack Englander
• Rawhide — Father Fabian
• The Twilight Zone — Danny Weiss, Martin Lombard Senescu
• The Untouchables — Arnold Justin
• 1959Winterset — Garth
• 1958Bomber's Moon — Captain Joe Reardon
• 1958Marjorie Morningstar — Dr. David Harris
• Naked City — Arnold Fleischman, Caldwell Wyatt, Captain Russel Barris, Joseph Creeley
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• 195712 Angry Men — Juror 1
• Decoy — Nick Santos
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Marshal Jim Brock
• 1957The Defender (Studio One) — Francis Toohey
• 1957Time Limit — Sgt. Baker
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Sam Butler
• 1955A Man Is Ten Feet Tall — Charlie Malick
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Eldon Marsh, Leonard Thompson
• Inner Sanctum
• 1954On the Waterfront — Gillette (uncredited)
• The Greatest Gift
• Valiant Lady
• 1952The Living Bible — Townsman
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Garth, Strasberg
• The Living Christ — Townsman
• 1949Concerning a Woman of Sin
• Actors Studio — soldier
• Studio One — Ed Coyne, Francis Toohey
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Mike Galloway, Charlie Malick
• 1944Winged Victory — Bit Part (uncredited)
• The Time Element — Dr. Arnold Gillespie

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2015True Fear: The Making of Psycho — Self
• 2000All About 'The Birds' — Self (archive footage)
• 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• 1961Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The Birds — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Winner
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self