Martin Balsam - Actor Profile

Martin Balsam

20Movies
10.0 Best Rating

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).

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
1987 Kids Like These Grandpa ★ 10.0 HIT
1957 12 Angry Men Juror 1 ★ 8.6 HIT
1960 Psycho Private Det. Milton Arbogast ★ 8.4 HIT
1954 On the Waterfront Gillette (uncredited) ★ 7.9 HIT
1976 All the President's Men Howard Simons ★ 7.7 HIT
1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's O.J. Berman ★ 7.6 HIT
1960 Everybody Go Home! Sergente Quintino Fornaciari ★ 7.6 HIT
1993 La Classe américaine Callaghan (archive footage) ★ 7.6 HIT
1970 Little Big Man Mr. Merriweather ★ 7.5 HIT
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Green ★ 7.5 HIT
1962 Cape Fear Police Chief Mark Dutton ★ 7.4 HIT
1964 Seven Days in May Paul Girard ★ 7.3 HIT
1991 Cape Fear Judge ★ 7.3 HIT
1957 The Defender (Studio One) Francis Toohey ★ 7.2 HIT
2000 All About 'The Birds' Self (archive footage) ★ 7.2 HIT
1974 Murder on the Orient Express Signor Bianchi ★ 7.1 HIT
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Admiral Husband E. Kimmel ★ 7.1 HIT
1965 A Thousand Clowns Arnold ★ 7.1 HIT
1957 Time Limit Sgt. Baker ★ 7.1 HIT
1967 Hombre Henry Mendez ★ 7.0 HIT