Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Acting

Born November 4, 1919 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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 Psych…

Known for

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1963

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959

Acting(163)

2015True Fear: The Making of PsychoSelf

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

1997Legend of the Spirit DogGramps

1996O. Henry's Christmas

1995Unknown SoldierPriest

1994The Silence of the HamsDet. Martin Balsam

1993La Classe américaineCallaghan (archive footage)

1992The Sands of TimeFather Sorendo

1991Cape FearJudge

1990The Last MatchLawyer

1990Two Evil EyesMr. Pym

1989OceanoDon Matias Quintero

1988Midnight CallerGil Solarski

1988The Brother from SpaceFrather Howard

1988The Child SaverSidney Rosenberg

1987Once AgainGerald

1987Kids Like TheseGrandpa

1987P.I. Private InvestigationsCliff Dowling

1987Brothers in Blood

1986Whatever it TakesHap Perchicksky

1986The Delta ForceBen Kaplan

1986Second ServeDr. Beck

1985Death Wish 3Bennett Cross

1985The Twilight ZoneRockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")

1985Murder in SpaceAlexander Rostov

1985St. Elmo's FireMr. Beamish

1985SpaceSenator Glancey

1984Innocent PreySheriff Virgil Baker

1984Murder, She WroteEdgar Carmody

1984The Goodbye PeopleMax Silverman

1984The OctopusFrank Carrisi

1983I Want to LiveJack Brady

1982Little Gloria... Happy at LastNathan Burkan

1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1982Night of 100 StarsSelf

1981People vs. Jean HarrisJoel Aurnou

1981The SalamanderCaptain Steffanelli

1980The WarningQuestore Martorana

1980There Goes The BrideElmer Babcock

1980The Love TapesDavid Franklin

1979CubaGen. Bello

1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid BergmanSelf

1979Aunt MaryHarry Strasberg

1979Archie Bunker's PlaceMurray Klein

1979The House on Garibaldi StreetIsser Harel

1979GardeniaSalluzzo

1979The Seeding of Sarah BurnsDr. Samuel Melman

1979The Horror Show(archive footage)

1978The MillionaireArthur Haines

1978RainbowLouis B. Mayer

1978SiegeHenry Fancher

1978Blood and DiamondsRizzo

1978Eyes Behind the StarsInspector Jim Grant

1977The StorytellerIra Davidoff

1977Contract on Cherry StreetErnie Weinberg

1977Silver BearsJoe Fiore

1977The SentinelProf. Ruzinsky

1976Raid on EntebbeDaniel Cooper

1976Two-Minute WarningSam McKeever

1976Death RageCommissario

1976Meet Him and DieGiulianelli

1976Quincy, M.E.Hyam Zgierski

1976All the President's MenHoward Simons

1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseEdward J. Reilly

1975Season for AssassinsCommissioner Katroni

1975MitchellJames Arthur Cummings

1975Cry, Onion!Petrus Lamb

1975Death Among FriendsHam Russell Buckner

1975Smiling ManiacsCarlo Goja

1975Miles To Go Before I SleepBen Montgomery

1974Murder on the Orient ExpressSignor Bianchi

1974Trapped Beneath the SeaT.C. Hollister

1974The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeGreen

1973KojakRay Kaufman

1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsHarry Walden

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

1973Counselor at CrimeDon Antonio Macaluso

1973The Stone KillerAl Vescari

1973La colonna infame

1973Police Story

1973The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Rudy Wells

1973A Brand New LifeJim Douglas

1972Night of TerrorCapt. Caleb Sark

1972The ManJim Talley

1972The Hassled HookerDistrict Attorney Turrisi

1972Chronicle of a HomicideGiudice Aldo Sola

1971The Anderson TapesHaskins

1971Confessions of a Police CaptainCommissario Bonavia

1971Great PerformancesJack

1970Little Big ManMr. Merriweather

1970The Enemy Before UsAngie

1970The Old Man Who Cried WolfStanley Pulska

1970Catch-22Col. Cathcart

1970Hunters Are for KillingWade Hamilton

1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysMayor Wilker

1969Me, NatalieUncle Harold

1969TrilogyIvor Belli

1968The Name of the GameHerb Witmer

1968Around the World of Mike ToddMichael Todd (voice)

1967HombreHenry Mendez

1966CBS PlayhouseJesse Rothenberg

1966After the FoxHarry

1965A Thousand ClownsArnold

1965The Bedford IncidentLieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

1965HarlowEverett Redman

1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Albert Sully

196412 O'Clock HighArmy Doctor (uncredited)

1964The CarpetbaggersBernard B. Norman

1964Seven Days in MayPaul Girard

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

1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreDave Breslaw

1963EspionageRichard Carey

1963The FugitiveAndrew Newmark

1963Arrest and TrialLeo Valera

1962Conquered CityJoseph Feinberg

1962The Eleventh Hour

1962Cape FearPolice Chief Mark Dutton

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sO.J. Berman

1961The New BreedFrank Eberhardt

1961Target: The Corruptors!

1961Dr. KildareNed Lacey

1961Cain's HundredJack Garsell

1961The DefendersFloyd Harker

1961AdaSteve Jackson

1960Everybody Go Home!Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

1960PsychoMilton Arbogast

1959WintersetGarth

1959The UntouchablesArnold Justin

1959The Twilight ZoneDanny Weiss

1959Middle of the NightJack Englander

1959Al CaponeMac Keeley, reporter

1959RawhideFather Fabian

1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958Naked CityArnold Fleischman

1958Bomber's MoonCaptain Joe Reardon

1958Marjorie MorningstarDr. David Harris

1957Time LimitSgt. Baker

1957DecoyNick Santos

1957Have Gun, Will Travel

195712 Angry MenJuror 1

1957The Defender (Studio One)Francis Toohey

1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSam Butler

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner

1955A Man Is Ten Feet TallCharlie Malick

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsEldon Marsh

1954The Greatest Gift

1954On the WaterfrontGillette (uncredited)

1954Inner Sanctum

1953Valiant Lady

1952The Living BibleTownsman

1951Hallmark Hall of FameGarth

1951The Living ChristTownsman

1949Concerning a Woman of Sin

1948Studio OneEd Coyne

1948The Philco Television Playhouse

1948Actors Studiosoldier

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf

1944Winged VictoryBit Part (uncredited)

The Time ElementDr. Arnold Gillespie