Martin Balsam
Birthday: 1919-11-04
Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA
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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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. ...
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All the President's Men
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate s...
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Psycho
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starti...
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The Brother from Space
A spaceship lands in a small town in Arizona, leaving behind mysterious capsules from which a strang...
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Catch-22
A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flyi...
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Murder on the Orient Express
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a mu...
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The Silence of the Hams
The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal...
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The Hassled Hooker
Luisa Latin, betrayed by her husband, is imprisoned for the murder of her husband's mistress - who i...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos ...
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Little Big Man
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fightin...
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Cape Fear
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 y...
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St. Elmo's Fire
Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone pla...
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Two-Minute Warning
A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major ch...
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Seven Days in May
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him....
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid...
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Harlow
Jean Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother and stepfather. ...
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The Anderson Tapes
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her pos...
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Death Wish 3
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked...
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Mitchell
A tough-guy cop pursues two drug runners across the city to bust a large syndicate. Very much an an...
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The Stone Killer
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Maf...
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Winterset
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years ...
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Hombre
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by I...
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Two Evil Eyes
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's f...
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A Thousand Clowns
Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps ...
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The Carpetbaggers
Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around...
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Al Capone
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Proh...
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Silver Bears
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in orde...
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Cuba
A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army ...
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The Delta Force
A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Leba...
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Winged Victory
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pi...
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Time Limit
Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW w...
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The Six Million Dollar Man
Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an ex...
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Everybody Go Home!
When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to ret...
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The Bedford Incident
During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and...
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The Sentinel
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual expl...
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After the Fox
A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold....
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24 Hour Psycho
24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The wor...
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurp...
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Eyes Behind the Stars
A photographer and his model are on a photo shoot in a forest when they get the feeling they are bei...
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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her t...
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Cry, Onion!
Onion Jack has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in possession of...
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The Love Tapes
At Frank Yost's Good Possibilities, a state-of-the-art videotaping dating service, various clients h...
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P.I. Private Investigations
A young architect finds himself being stalked by a gang of criminals who believe he knows something ...
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The Seeding of Sarah Burns
A young woman volunteers to carry an embryo transplant for a couple that has tried and failed to hav...
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Middle of the Night
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite ...
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Blood and Diamonds
A man is arrested and condemned to five years in jail for robbery. After serving his term, he is out...
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Season for Assassins
As a gang of youths terrorizes a city, the weary chief of police finds himself caught between the ci...
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Contract on Cherry Street
A policeman devises an unorthodox plan for bringing criminals to justice after his partner is brutal...
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Miles To Go Before I Sleep
A lonely old man (Martin Balsam) finds his life beginning to have some meaning when he helps a teena...
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Death Rage
A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia king...
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The Salamander
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left ...
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Meet Him and Die
Ray Lovelock stars as Massimo, a young undercover cop with a taste for violence and a thirst for rev...
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Confessions of a Police Captain
A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When ...
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Ada
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, deci...
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Me, Natalie
Since she was a child, Natalie Miller has always thought she was an ugly ducking. Despite her mother...
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Siege
A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. Aft...
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The Last Match
The daughter of a star quarterback is falsely accused of drug smuggling while visiting a small Cari...
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Gardenia
A businessman comes into conflict with a gangster when he refuses to allow drugs to be sold through ...
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Trilogy
Trilogy is an anthology film of three adaptations of Truman Capote short stories: Miriam, Among the ...
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The Man
When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-Presiden...
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Murder in Space
Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return tri...
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The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile i...
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Cape Fear
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting,...
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and mu...
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A Brand New Life
After 18 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple has to face the prospect of having their first chil...
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On the Waterfront
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corrupt...
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A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry. Te...
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Rainbow
The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's t...
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Aunt Mary
The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot ba...
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, an...
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People vs. Jean Harris
This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the...
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Second Serve
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it...
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Brothers in Blood
War is Hell... especially NAM. A group of battle weary soldiers in Vietnam are trapped behind enemy ...
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Bomber's Moon
A hard-hearted Colonel loses many men in his group's bombing missions over World War Two Germany, bu...
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Conquered City
Filmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed), Conquered...
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Hunters Are for Killing
A man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's estate. Ho...
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Counselor at Crime
When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio a...
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Night of Terror
A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but...
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Smiling Maniacs
During an inquest, an ambitious judge finds out that a lot of high-rank politicians are corrupt to t...
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Chronicle of a Homicide
Roma.During a clash between demonstrating laborers (whose fight the students have joined) a policema...
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The Warning
During a high-stakes investigation into corporate and banking elites tied to organized crime, a poli...
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Trapped Beneath the Sea
Based on an incident that occurred off the coast of Florida in 1973, this film tells the story of fo...
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The Millionaire
Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each b...
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The Sands of Time
Three nuns are caught up in the midst of Spanish Civil War in the 1930s....
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The Living Bible
Witness the story of Jesus, beginning with his birth in Bethlehem, to his crucifixion, death, and tr...
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Unknown Soldier
In 1943, a group of Italian and Allied soldiers find themselves trapped inside an abandoned villa. W...
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Marjorie Morningstar
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-yea...
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The Storyteller
A television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions the bo...
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There Goes The Bride
A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream...
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The Goodbye People
An elderly man is determined to reopen the Coney Island boardwalk hot dog stand he closed twenty-two...
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Innocent Prey
A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial k...
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The House on Garibaldi Street
When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they ...
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Legend of the Spirit Dog
A young boy in Alaska becomes involved with the legendary battle between a raven and a wolf....
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Kids Like These
Bob and Joanna, both over 40 years old, have a baby with the Down syndrome. Their doctor advises the...
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O. Henry's Christmas
Three episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals with the friendship between a painter and ...
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The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
After Col. Steve Austin fails to retrieve the contents of a safe owned by arms dealer Arlen Findlett...
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Raid on Entebbe
Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Fron...
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Around the World of Mike Todd
"Around the World with Mike Todd" serves as a summarization of the Todd's career, and his role in pr...
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La Classe américaine
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an ...
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12 Angry Men
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a...
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The Child Saver
Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime....
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I Want to Live
The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condem...
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The Enemy Before Us
Jeff Dillon decides to revisit the scenes of his impoverished youth, and learns sadly that "you can'...
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Concerning a Woman of Sin
An unscrupulous agent is able to sell a story by an unknown authoress to a Hollywood studio chief fo...
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The Defender (Studio One)
The pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a fat...
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Night of 100 Stars
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...
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All About 'The Birds'
A wonderfully informative 80-minute documentary combining current interviews with archival materials...
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The Time Element
A man is sent back in time to December 6, 1941 and tries to warn people about the upcoming Japanese ...
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Once Again
Aging rocker flies home to Hoboken, New Jersey, for his elderly father's wedding, meets a nine year ...
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All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Frank Sinatra, Goldie Hawn, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and many more pay tribute to Ingrid Bergman....
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Death Among Friends
Shirley investigates the murder of a millionaire who was strangled on his tennis court....
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