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Martin Balsam
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Martin Balsam in trailer for The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Born
Martin Henry Balsam

(1919-11-04)November 4, 1919
Bronx, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 13, 1996(1996-02-13) (aged 76)
Rome, Italy
Resting place Cedar Park Cemetery, Emerson, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1947–1995
Spouse(s)Pearl Somner (1952–54)
Joyce Van Patten (1957–62; 1 child)
Irene Miller (1963–87; 2 children)
Children3, including Talia Balsam

Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) [1] was an American character actor. [2] [3] He is best known for a number of renowned film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965) (for which he won 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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Early life

Martin Henry Balsam was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, to Russian Jewish parents, Lillian (née Weinstein) and Albert Balsam, who was a manufacturer of women's sportswear. [4] [5] He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where he participated in the drama club. [4] He studied at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the German director Erwin Piscator and then served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

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Career

Martin Balsam (r) on the set of Unknown Soldier, 1995 San Marino, Steve Scott and Academy Award Winner Martin Balsam.jpg
Martin Balsam (r) on the set of Unknown Soldier, 1995

Martin Balsam made his professional debut in August 1941 in a production of The Play's the Thing in Locust Valley. [6] During World War II, he served as a sergeant radio operator in a B-24 in the China-Burma-India theater of operations. [3]

In early 1948, he was selected by Elia Kazan to be a member in the recently formed Actors Studio. [7] Balsam went on to perform in several episodes of the studio's dramatic television anthology series, broadcast between September 1948 and 1950. He appeared in many other television drama series, including Decoy with Beverly Garland, The Twilight Zone (episodes "The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine" and "The New Exhibit"), as a psychologist in the pilot episode, Five Fingers , Target: The Corruptors! , The Eleventh Hour , Breaking Point , Alfred Hitchcock Presents , The Fugitive , and Mr. Broadway , as a retired U.N.C.L.E. agent in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode, "The Odd Man Affair", and guest-starred in the two-part Murder, She Wrote episode, "Death Stalks the Big Top". He also appeared in the Route 66 episode, "Somehow It Gets To Be Tomorrow".

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Balsam appeared in such films as On the Waterfront , 12 Angry Men (as Juror #1), Time Limit , Breakfast at Tiffany's , The Carpetbaggers , Seven Days in May , The Anderson Tapes , Hombre , Catch-22 , Tora! Tora! Tora! (as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel), Little Big Man , The Taking of Pelham One Two Three , All the President's Men , Murder on the Orient Express , The Delta Force , and The Goodbye People .

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In 1960, he appeared in one of his best-remembered roles as Detective Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho . Along with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, Martin Balsam appeared in both the original Cape Fear (1962), and the 1991 Martin Scorsese remake. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965). In 1968, he won a Tony Award for his appearance in the 1967 Broadway production of You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running .

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<i>Cape Fear</i> (1962 film) 1962 thriller movie directed by J. Lee Thompson

Cape Fear is a 1962 American psychological thriller film starring Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Balsam, and Polly Bergen. It was adapted by James R. Webb from the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald. It was initially storyboarded by Alfred Hitchcock, subsequently directed by J. Lee Thompson, and released on April 12, 1962. The film concerns an attorney whose family is stalked by a criminal he helped to send to jail.

Balsam played Washington Post editor Howard Simons in All the President's Men (1976), and a film that eventually became a highly popular Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode, the Joe Don Baker police drama Mitchell (1975). He played Dr. Rudy Wells when the Martin Caidin novel Cyborg was adapted as a TV-movie pilot for The Six Million Dollar Man (1973), though he did not reprise the role for the subsequent series. He appeared as a spokesman/hostage in the TV movie Raid on Entebbe (1976) and as a detective in the TVM Contract on Cherry Street (1977). He also appeared on an episode of Quincy ME . Balsam starred as Murray Klein on the All in the Family spin-off Archie Bunker's Place for two seasons (1979–81) and returned for a guest appearance in the show's fourth and final season. He even filled in for Charles Nelson Reilly on Match Game for one question when Reilly was late for a taping.

Balsam performed the original voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey . After his lines were recorded, director Stanley Kubrick decided "Marty just sounded a little bit too colloquially American," and hired Douglas Rain to perform the role for the released film. [8]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1949 Suspense Abramson
1949–1950 Actors Studio Soldier4 episodes
1950 Danger 2 episodes
1951 The Living Christ Series Innkeeper Miniseries
The Big Story Bill Pinney
Frontiers of Faith
1952The Living BibleNobleman
1953 Man Against Crime Tony / Jean Pinay
Valiant Lady Joey Gordon
1954 On the Waterfront Gillette, Secondary Investigator for Crime CommissionUncredited
The Greatest GiftHarold Matthews #2
Inner Sanctum Mystery Wesley / Hanson / Larkin3 episodes
1954–1955 Philco Television Playhouse Charlie Malick / Mike Galloway3 episodes
1954–1956 Goodyear Television Playhouse Perkins / Walter Gregg3 episodes
1955 The United States Steel Hour Petty Officer
1957 12 Angry Men Juror #1
Time Limit Sargeant Baker
1957–1958 Studio One Francis Toohey / Ed Coyne3 episodes
1958 Kraft Television Theatre Dino
Marjorie Morningstar Dr. David Harris
Father Knows Best Teacher
Pursuit Holden
Decoy Nick Santos
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Leonard Thompson
1958–59 Playhouse 90 Sam Gordon / Captain Mantell3 episodes
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Gambetta / Dr. Gillespie2 episodes
1958–1960 Have Gun - Will Travel Marshall Jim Brock / Charles Dawes2 episodes
1959 Rawhide Father Fabian
Al Capone Mac Keeley
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen 2 episodes
Middle of the Night Jack
BrennerArnold Joplin
The DuPont Show of the Month Charlie Davis
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater Sam Butler
WintersetGarth
The Twilight Zone Danny WeissEpisode: "The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine"
1959–1962 Naked City Captain Russell Barris / Joseph Creeley / Caldwell Wyatt / Arnold Fleischman4 episodes
1960 Five Fingers Monteverdi
Goodyear TheaterJoe Lane
The Robert Herridge Theater
Sunday Showcase Nicola Sacco
Psycho Detective Milton Arbogast
Tutti a casa Sergeant Quintino Fornaciari
1961 Way Out Bill Clayton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Elon Marsh
Ada Steve Jackson
Breakfast at Tiffany's O.J. Berman
The New Breed Frank Eberhardt
The Untouchables Barry Leimer
Route 66 Corelli
1961–1964 The Defenders District Attorney / Bernard Maxwell / Floyd Harker4 episodes
1962 Cain's Hundred Jack Garsell
The Untouchables Arnold Justin
Cape Fear Police Chief Mark Dutton
Target: The Corruptors Jeffrey Marvin
La città prigioniera Joseph Feinberg
1962–1966 Dr. Kildare Dr. Milton Orliff / Benny Orloff / Ned Lacey7 episodes
1963 Route 66 Mike
The Eleventh Hour Frank Dunlear
The Twilight Zone Martin Lombard SenescuEpisode: "The New Exhibit"
Breaking Point Rabbi Eli Oringer
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? Sanford Kaufman
1964 Arrest and Trial Leo Valera
Espionage Richard Carey
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Dave Breslaw
Seven Days in May Presidential aide Paul Girard
Wagon Train Marcey Jones
SuspenseDetective Jack Gross
The Carpetbaggers Bernard B. Norman
Youngblood Hawke Cameo AppearanceUncredited
Mr. Broadway Nate Bannerman
1965 ITV Play of the Week Doc Delaney
The Man from U.N.C.L.E Albert SullyEpisode: "The Odd Man Affair"
Harlow Everett Redman
The Bedford Incident Lieutenant Commander Chester Potter, USNR, MD
A Thousand Clowns Arnoldwon Academy Award for best supporting actor
1966 Caccia alla volpe Harry Granoff
"Anyone Around My Base Is It"NarratorShort Documentary
1967 The Fugitive Andrew Newmark
Hombre Mendez
Among the Paths to EdenIvor Belli
1968 The Name of the Game Angie
Around the World of Mike ToddMichael ToddTV movie / Documentary; Voice
1969 Me, Natalie Uncle Harold
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Mayor Wilker
Trilogy Ivor Belli(segment: "Among the Paths to Eden")
1970 CBS Playhouse Jesse
Hunters Are for KillingWade HamiltonTV movie
Catch-22 Colonel CathcartGroup Commander, 256th Bomb Group
Tora! Tora! Tora! Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf Stanley Pulska
The Name of the Game Herb Witmer
Little Big Man Mr. Merriweather
1971 Confessions of a Police Captain Inspector Bonavia
The Anderson Tapes Tommy Haskins
1972 Chronicle of a Homicide Judge Aldo Sola
The Hassled Hooker District Attorney Turrisi
The Man Jim Talley
Night of TerrorCaptain Caleb SarkTV movie
The Infamous Column
1973 A Brand New Life Jim DouglasTV movie
The Six Million Dollar Man Dr. Rudy WellsTV movie: "The Moon and the Desert"
The Stone Killer Al Vescari
Counselor at Crime Don Antonio Macaluso
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Harry Walden
Money to BurnTV movie
Police Story Detective Al Koster
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Harold "Green" Longman
Trapped Beneath the Sea T.C. HollisterTV movie
Kojak Ray Kaufman
Murder on the Orient Express Bianchi
1975Miles to Go Before I SleepBen MontgomeryTV movie
Smiling Maniacs Carlo Goja
Death Among FriendsHam Russell BucknerTV movie
Cry, Onion! Petrus Lamb
Mitchell James Arthur Cummings
Season for Assassins Commissioner Katroni
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Edward J. ReillyTV movie
All the President's Men Howard Simons
Maude Chester
Meet Him and Die Giulianelli
Death Rage Commissario
Two-Minute Warning Sam McKeever
Raid on Entebbe Daniel CooperTV movie
1977 The Sentinel Professor Ruzinsky
Silver Bears Joe Fiore
Contract on Cherry Street Captain Ernie Weinberg
The StorytellerIra DavidoffTV movie
Blood and Diamonds Rizzo
1978 Eyes Behind the Stars Inspector Jim Grant
SiegeHenry FancherTV movie
Rainbow Louis B. Mayer TV movie
The MillionaireArthur HainesTV movie
The Joe Franklin ShowHimselfTelevision interview
A Salute to American ImaginationHimselfTV movie / Documentary
1979The Seeding of Sarah BurnsDr. Samuel MelmanTV movie
Gardenia Salluzzo
The House on Garibaldi Street Isser HarelTV movie
Aunt MaryHarry StrasburgTV movie
Cuba General Bello
1979-1983 Archie Bunker's Place Murray Kleinseries regular / guest star; 46 episodes
1980The Love TapesDavid Franklin
There Goes the Bride Elmer Babcock
The Warning Questore Martorana
1981 The Salamander Captain Steffanelli
The People vs. Jean HarrisJoel AurnouTV movie
1982 Quincy, M.E. Hyam Sigerski
Little Gloria... Happy at Last Nathan BurkanTV movie
Night of 100 StarsHimselfTV special
1983 I Want to Live! Jack BradyTV movie
Cold StorageParmigianTV Movie
1984 The Goodbye People Max Silverman
Innocent Prey Sheriff Virgil Baker
1985 Space Senator GlanceyMiniseries
St. Elmo's Fire Mr. Beamish
Murder in Space Alexander RostovTV movie
Death Wish 3 Bennett
Great Performances Jack
Glitter Bo
1986 La piovra 2  [ it ]Frank CarrisiMiniseries; 5 episodes
The Delta Force Ben Kaplan
Whatever It TakesHap Perchicksky
Second Serve Dr. BeckTV movie
Murder, She Wrote Edgar CarmodyEpisodes: "Death Stalks The Big Top" Parts 1 & 2
The Twilight Zone Professor Donald KnowlesSegment: "Voices in the Earth"
1987 Hotel Dr. Gilbert Holt
Queenie MartyTV miniseries
P.I. Private Investigations Cliff Dowling
The Twilight ZoneRockne O'BannonSegment: "Personal Demons"
Brothers in Blood Major Briggs
Kids Like TheseGrandpaTV movie
Once AgainTV movie
1988The Child SaverSidney RosenbergTV movie
The Brother from Space Father Howard
1989 Ocean Don Matias QuinteroTV miniseries
1990 Two Evil Eyes Mr. Pym(segment "The Black Cat")
Midnight Caller Gil Solarski
La piovra 5 – Il cuore del problema  [ it ]Don Calogero Barretta
1991Ľultima metaLawyer
Cape Fear Judge
1992The Sands of TimeTV movie
1993"The Black Cat"Movie Short
1994 The Silence of the Hams Detective Martin Balsam
1995Soldato ignotoEnglish meaning: Unknown Soldier
1997Legend of the Spirit DogGrampsReleased posthumously on August 19, 1997, 9 months after his death, (final film role)

Personal life

In 1951, Balsam married his first wife, actress Pearl Somner. They divorced three years later. His second wife was actress Joyce Van Patten. This marriage lasted for four years (from 1958 until 1962) and produced one daughter, Talia Balsam. He married his third wife, Irene Miller, in 1963. They had two children, Adam and Zoe Balsam, and divorced in 1987. [4]

Death

On February 13, 1996, Balsam died of a sudden stroke in his hotel room in Rome, Italy, while on holiday. He was 76. Balsam is interred at Cedar Park Cemetery, in Emerson, New Jersey. [9]

Awards

National Board of Review –

Academy Awards –

Tony Awards –

Golden Globe Awards –

BAFTA Awards –

Primetime Emmy Awards –

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