10.0
10.0
Kids Like These
1987
as Grandpa
Martin Balsam
Also known as: Martin Henry Balsam
Nationality:United States
Education:DeWitt Clinton High School, The New School
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1968). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Thousand Clowns (1965). His other notable film roles include Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), private detective Milton Arbogast in Psycho (1960), Hollywood agent O.J. Berman in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Bernard B. Norman in The Carpetbaggers (1964), Lieutenant Commander Chester Potter, the ship doctor, in The Bedford Incident (1965), Colonel Cathcart in Catch-22 (1970), Admiral Husband E. Kimmel in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Signor Bianchi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and Howard Simons in All the President's Men (1976). He had a recurring role as Dr. Milton Orloff on the television drama Dr. Kildare (1963–66), and Murray Klein on the sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–83). In addition to his Oscar and Tony Awards, Balsam was also a BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Emmy Award nominee. With Joyce Van Patten, he was the father of actress Talia Balsam.
Filmography (108 movies)
8.6
8.6
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 1
8.4
8.4
Psycho
1960
as Milton Arbogast
8.0
8.0
Aunt Mary
1979
as Harry Strasberg
7.9
7.9
On the Waterfront
1954
as Gillette (uncredited)
7.7
7.7
All the President's Men
1976
as Howard Simons
7.6
7.6
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
as O.J. Berman
7.6
7.6
Everybody Go Home!
1960
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
7.5
7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Green
7.5
7.5
Little Big Man
1970
as Mr. Merriweather
7.4
7.4
Cape Fear
1962
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
7.3
7.3
Seven Days in May
1964
as Paul Girard
7.2
7.2
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
as Francis Toohey
7.2
7.2
Cape Fear
1991
as Judge
7.2
7.2
All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
7.1
7.1
Time Limit
1957
as Sgt. Baker
7.1
7.1
A Thousand Clowns
1965
as Arnold
7.1
7.1
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Signor Bianchi
7.0
7.0
Hombre
1967
as Henry Mendez
6.9
6.9
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
6.9
6.9
Middle of the Night
1959
as Jack
6.7
6.7
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
as Commissario Bonavia
6.7
6.7
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
6.7
6.7
Catch-22
1970
as Col. Cathcart
6.7
6.7
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
as Dr. Rudy Wells
6.6
6.6
Al Capone
1959
as Mac Keeley, reporter
6.4
6.4
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Edward J. Reilly
6.4
6.4
Ada
1961
as Steve Jackson
6.4
6.4
Blood and Diamonds
1978
as Rizzo
6.3
6.3
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
as Ernie Weinberg
6.3
6.3
The Man
1972
as Jim Talley
6.2
6.2
Death Wish 3
1985
as Bennett Cross
6.2
6.2
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
as Dr. David Harris
6.2
6.2
Siege
1978
as Henry Fancher
6.2
6.2
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Haskins
6.2
6.2
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Sam McKeever
6.1
6.1
The Stone Killer
1973
as Al Vescari
6.1
6.1
Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Mr. Pym
6.1
6.1
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Mr. Beamish
6.1
6.1
The Sentinel
1977
as Prof. Ruzinsky
6.0
6.0
Trilogy
1969
as Ivor Belli
6.0
6.0
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
as Dr. Samuel Melman
6.0
6.0
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
1975
as Ben Montgomery
6.0
6.0
The Delta Force
1986
as Ben Kaplan
6.0
6.0
After the Fox
1966
as Harry
6.0
6.0
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Daniel Cooper
6.0
6.0
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Stanley Pulska
6.0
6.0
La colonna infame
1973
6.0
6.0
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968
as Michael Todd (voice)
6.0
6.0
Unknown Soldier
1995
as Priest
5.9
5.9
Silver Bears
1977
as Joe Fiore
5.9
5.9
The Hassled Hooker
1972
as District Attorney Turrisi
5.8
5.8
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
as Sanford Kaufman
5.8
5.8
Trapped Beneath the Sea
1974
as T.C. Hollister
5.8
5.8
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Bernard B. Norman
5.7
5.7
Night of Terror
1972
as Capt. Caleb Sark
5.5
5.5
Me, Natalie
1969
as Uncle Harold
5.5
5.5
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Isser Harel
5.4
5.4
Cuba
1979
as Gen. Bello
5.4
5.4
Meet Him and Die
1976
as Giulianelli
5.4
5.4
Harlow
1965
as Everett Redman
5.4
5.4
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Harry Walden
5.4
5.4
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Mayor Wilker
5.3
5.3
The Salamander
1981
as Captain Steffanelli
5.3
5.3
Death Rage
1976
as Commissario
5.3
5.3
Counselor at Crime
1973
as Don Antonio Macaluso
5.3
5.3
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
as Giudice Aldo Sola
5.2
5.2
Cry, Onion!
1975
as Petrus Lamb
5.0
5.0
The Last Match
1990
as Lawyer
5.0
5.0
Brothers in Blood
1987
4.9
4.9
The Silence of the Hams
1994
as Det. Martin Balsam
4.8
4.8
The Warning
1980
as Questore Martorana
4.8
4.8
Gardenia
1979
as Salluzzo
4.8
4.8
Murder in Space
1985
as Alexander Rostov
4.8
4.8
P.I. Private Investigations
1987
as Cliff Dowling
4.7
4.7
Second Serve
1986
as Dr. Beck
4.5
4.5
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
as Wade Hamilton
4.5
4.5
Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997
as Gramps
4.3
4.3
Conquered City
1962
as Joseph Feinberg
4.3
4.3
Eyes Behind the Stars
1978
as Inspector Jim Grant
4.3
4.3
Season for Assassins
1975
as Commissioner Katroni
4.0
4.0
24 Hour Psycho
1993
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
3.8
3.8
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
3.6
3.6
Innocent Prey
1984
as Sheriff Virgil Baker
3.2
3.2
Mitchell
1975
as James Arthur Cummings
3.0
3.0
I Want to Live
1983
as Jack Brady
3.0
3.0
The Love Tapes
1980
as David Franklin
2.5
2.5
The Brother from Space
1988
as Frather Howard
The Child Saver
1988
as Sidney Rosenberg
The Storyteller
1977
as Ira Davidoff
The Enemy Before Us
1970
as Angie
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
The Goodbye People
1984
as Max Silverman
Once Again
1987
as Gerald
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Charlie Malick
The Millionaire
1978
as Arthur Haines
The Sands of Time
1992
as Father Sorendo
Winterset
1959
as Garth
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Captain Joe Reardon
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
as Joel Aurnou
Rainbow
1978
as Louis B. Mayer
Smiling Maniacs
1975
as Carlo Goja
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Elmer Babcock
A Brand New Life
1973
as Jim Douglas
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
The Time Element
TBA
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
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