Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

November 4, 1919 · 106 years old

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 Supp…

Known For

30 titles
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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957 · 1h 36m · Movie

The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.

9.0
2
Psycho

Psycho

1960 · 1h 49m · Movie

A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.

8.5
3
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991 · 2h 8m · Movie

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

7.3
4
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961 · 1h 55m · Movie

A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.

7.5
5
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976 · 2h 18m · Movie

"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

7.9
6
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

1974 · 2h 8m · Movie

Returning home from Istanbul on the Orient Express, renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the murder of an American businessman aboard the train. The suspects are numerous and the clues confusing.

7.2
7
St. Elmo's Fire

St. Elmo's Fire

1985 · 1h 50m · Movie

A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.

6.4
8
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974 · 1h 44m · Movie

Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

7.6
9
Little Big Man

Little Big Man

1970 · 2h 19m · Movie

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.

7.5
10
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · 2h 24m · Movie

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

7.5
11
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1962 · 1h 46m · Movie

A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.

7.7
12
Catch-22

Catch-22

1970 · 2h 2m · Movie

A military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane during World War II so that he can be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.

7.1
13
The Delta Force

The Delta Force

1986 · 2h 5m · Movie

After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.

5.7
14
Death Wish 3

Death Wish 3

1985 · 1h 30m · Movie

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and immediately witnesses a friend getting killed. After being arrested, he's recruited by a crooked police chief to fight a large gang terrorizing a dilapidated neighb...

5.8
15
Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

1964 · 1h 58m · Movie

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.

7.8
16
Hombre

Hombre

1967 · 1h 51m · Movie

John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Apaches becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

7.4
17
The Sentinel

The Sentinel

1977 · 1h 32m · Movie

A New York fashion model's old brownstone houses a sinister evil.

6.3
18
The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes

1971 · 1h 39m · Movie

After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.

6.4
19
Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

1990 · 2h 0m · Movie

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

6.1
20
The Silence of the Hams

The Silence of the Hams

1994 · 1h 21m · Movie

The federal agent Jo Dee Fostar is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.

4.6
21
Mitchell

Mitchell

1975 · 1h 37m · Movie

A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life.

2.8
22
After the Fox

After the Fox

1966 · 1h 43m · Movie

An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.

6.4
23
Two-Minute Warning

Two-Minute Warning

1976 · 1h 55m · Movie

A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.

6.2
24
Raid on Entebbe

Raid on Entebbe

1976 · 2h 25m · Movie

True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.

6.7
25
The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

1964 · 2h 30m · Movie

Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.

6.5
26
Confessions of a Police Captain

Confessions of a Police Captain

1971 · 1h 32m · Movie

In a city rife with corruption, a cynical police captain clashes with an idealistic district attorney as they attempt to nab an elusive Mafia boss.

7.2
27
Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night

1959 · 1h 58m · Movie

A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.

7.1
28
Harlow

Harlow

1965 · 2h 5m · Movie

A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of platinum blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (Carroll Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930s.

5.5
29
Counselor at Crime

Counselor at Crime

1973 · 1h 39m · Movie

When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a bloody mob war breaks out. It is only throug...

6.2
30
Gardenia il giustiziere della mala (Gardenia)

Gardenia il giustiziere della mala (Gardenia)

1979 · 1h 40m · Movie

In the city of Rome lives Gardenia, a respected exponent of Roman organized crime.

5.7