Martin Balsam
Filmography

Martin Balsam

Section Title: Filmography
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1949	Suspense	Abramson

1949–1950	Actors Studio	Soldier	4 episodes

1950	Danger	2 episodes

1951	The Living Christ Series	Innkeeper	Miniseries

The Big Story	Bill Pinney

Frontiers of Faith

1952	The Living Bible	Nobleman

1953	Man Against Crime	Tony / Jean Pinay

Valiant Lady	Joey Gordon

1954	On the Waterfront	Gillette, Secondary Investigator for Crime Commission	Uncredited

The Greatest Gift	Harold Matthews #2

Inner Sanctum Mystery	Wesley / Hanson / Larkin	3 episodes

1954–1955	Philco Television Playhouse	Charlie Malick / Mike Galloway	3 episodes

1954–1956	Goodyear Television Playhouse	Perkins / Walter Gregg	3 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 Coyne	3 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 Mantell	3 episodes

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	Gambetta / Dr. Gillespie	2 episodes

1958–1960	Have Gun - Will Travel	Marshall Jim Brock / Charles Dawes	2 episodes

1959	Rawhide	Father Fabian

Al Capone	Mac Keeley

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen	2 episodes

Middle of the Night	Jack

Brenner	Arnold Joplin

The DuPont Show of the Month	Charlie Davis

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater	Sam Butler

Winterset	Garth

The Twilight Zone	Danny Weiss	Episode: "The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine"

1959–1962	Naked City	Captain Russell Barris / Joseph Creeley / Caldwell Wyatt / Arnold Fleischman	4 episodes

1960	Five Fingers	Monteverdi

Goodyear Theater	Joe 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 Harker	4 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 Lacey	7 episodes

1963	Route 66	Mike

The Eleventh Hour	Frank Dunlear

The Twilight Zone	Martin Lombard Senescu	Episode: "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

Suspense	Detective Jack Gross

The Carpetbaggers	Bernard B. Norman

Youngblood Hawke	Cameo Appearance	Uncredited

Mr. Broadway	Nate Bannerman

1965	ITV Play of the Week	Doc Delaney

The Man from U.N.C.L.E	Albert Sully	Episode: "The Odd Man Affair"

Harlow	Everett Redman

The Bedford Incident	Lieutenant Commander Chester Potter, USNR, MD

A Thousand Clowns	Arnold	won Academy Award for best supporting actor

1966	Caccia alla volpe	Harry Granoff

"Anyone Around My Base Is It"	Narrator	Short Documentary

1967	The Fugitive	Andrew Newmark

Hombre	Mendez

Among the Paths to Eden	Ivor Belli

1968	The Name of the Game	Angie

Around the World of Mike Todd	Michael Todd	TV 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 Killing	Wade Hamilton	TV movie

Catch-22	Colonel Cathcart	Group 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 Terror	Captain Caleb Sark	TV movie

The Infamous Column

1973	A Brand New Life	Jim Douglas	TV movie

The Six Million Dollar Man	Dr. Rudy Wells	TV 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 Burn	TV movie

Police Story	Detective Al Koster

1974	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Harold "Green" Longman

Trapped Beneath the Sea	T.C. Hollister	TV movie

Kojak	Ray Kaufman

Murder on the Orient Express	Bianchi

1975	Miles to Go Before I Sleep	Ben Montgomery	TV movie

Smiling Maniacs	Carlo Goja

Death Among Friends	Ham Russell Buckner	TV movie

Cry, Onion!	Petrus Lamb

Mitchell	James Arthur Cummings

Season for Assassins	Commissioner Katroni

1976	The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case	Edward J. Reilly	TV 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 Cooper	TV movie

1977	The Sentinel	Professor Ruzinsky

Silver Bears	Joe Fiore

Contract on Cherry Street	Captain Ernie Weinberg

The Storyteller	Ira Davidoff	TV movie

Blood and Diamonds	Rizzo

1978	Eyes Behind the Stars	Inspector Jim Grant

Siege	Henry Fancher	TV movie

Rainbow	Louis B. Mayer	TV movie

The Millionaire	Arthur Haines	TV movie

The Joe Franklin Show	Himself	Television interview

A Salute to American Imagination	Himself	TV movie / Documentary

1979	The Seeding of Sarah Burns	Dr. Samuel Melman	TV movie

Gardenia	Salluzzo

The House on Garibaldi Street	Isser Harel	TV movie

Aunt Mary	Harry Strasburg	TV movie

Cuba	General Bello

1979-1983	Archie Bunker's Place	Murray Klein	series regular / guest star; 46 episodes

1980	The Love Tapes	David Franklin

There Goes the Bride	Elmer Babcock

The Warning	Questore Martorana

1981	The Salamander	Captain Steffanelli

The People vs. Jean Harris	Joel Aurnou	TV movie

1982	Quincy, M.E.	Hyam Sigerski

Little Gloria... Happy at Last	Nathan Burkan	TV movie

Night of 100 Stars	Himself	TV special

1983	I Want to Live!	Jack Brady	TV movie

Cold Storage	Parmigian	TV Movie

1984	The Goodbye People	Max Silverman

Innocent Prey	Sheriff Virgil Baker

1985	Space	Senator Glancey	Miniseries

St. Elmo's Fire	Mr. Beamish

Murder in Space	Alexander Rostov	TV movie

Death Wish 3	Bennett

Great Performances	Jack

Glitter	Bo

1986	La piovra 2 [it]	Frank Carrisi	Miniseries; 5 episodes

The Delta Force	Ben Kaplan

Whatever It Takes	Hap Perchicksky

Second Serve	Dr. Beck	TV movie

Murder, She Wrote	Edgar Carmody	Episodes: "Death Stalks The Big Top" Parts 1 & 2

The Twilight Zone	Professor Donald Knowles	Segment: "Voices in the Earth"

1987	Hotel	Dr. Gilbert Holt

Queenie	Marty	TV miniseries

P.I. Private Investigations	Cliff Dowling

The Twilight Zone	Rockne O'Bannon	Segment: "Personal Demons"

Brothers in Blood	Major Briggs

Kids Like These	Grandpa	TV movie

Once Again	TV movie

1988	The Child Saver	Sidney Rosenberg	TV movie

The Brother from Space	Father Howard

1989	Ocean	Don Matias Quintero	TV 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

1991	Ľultima meta	Lawyer

Cape Fear	Judge

1992	The Sands of Time	TV movie

1993	"The Black Cat"	Movie Short

1994	The Silence of the Hams	Detective Martin Balsam

1995	Soldato ignoto	English meaning: Unknown Soldier

1997	Legend of the Spirit Dog	Gramps	Released posthumously on August 19, 1997, 9 months after his death, (final film role)

Sentence(s)

Martin Balsam won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns in 1965.

final_sentence: Martin Balsam won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns in 1965.