Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam (1919 - 1996)
==Film Deaths==
*Al Capone (1959) [Mac Keeley]: Killed by two of Rod Steiger's thugs while sitting on a bench at a subway station.
*Psycho (1960) [Detective Milton Arbogast]: Slashed across the face with a knife by Anthony Perkins at the top of the staircase. Martin falls down the stairs after the initial slash, then Anthony finishes him off when he reaches the bottom by stabbing him in the chest. (See also William H. Macy in the 1998 remake.)
*Seven Days in May (1964) [Paul Girard]: Killed in a plane crash, his death is reported in the newspapers.
*The Bedford Incident (1965) [Lieutenant Commander Chester Potter, MD]: Vaporized, along with everyone else on board the Destroyer, when it is hit by nuclear torpedoes from the Russian submarine.
*Confessions of a Police Captain (Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica) (1971) [Commissario Bonavia]: Stabbed in the chest by Nello Pazzafini in prison.
*Mitchell (1975) [James Arthur Cummings]: Shot to death by Joe Don Baker on Martin's boat; we see Joe Don firing, followed by a shot of Martin lying face down on the deck.
*Gardenia, il giustiziere della mala (1979) [Salluzzo]: Shot to death by Franco Califano.
*The Salamander (1981) [Captain Steffanelli]: Tortured to death (off-screen) by Paul L. Smith; his body is shown afterwards in the morgue when Franco Nero identifies him.
*The Silence of the Hams (1994) [Detective Martin Henry Balsam]: In a parody of his death in Psycho, he is slashed at the top of the staircase by Ezio Greggio and falls down the stairs (his obvious green-screen fall in the original is spoofed by having the camera take Martin "falling" around a variety of locations before hitting the ground) before he is stabbed to death with several objects (the actual stabbing isn't shown) that include a tuning fork, a carrot, an umbrella, etc.
==Television Deaths==
*Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Equalizer (1958) [Eldon Marsh]: Shot twice by Leif Erickson whom he has tricked into killing him after Leif has seduced his wife who has left him leaving his life in ruins and now hoping Leif will be arrested for murder.
*Have Gun - Will Travel: Saturday Night (1960) [Sheriff Brock]: Mauled to death (off-screen) by dogs.
*The Untouchables: Man in the Middle (1962) [Benji Lima]: Shot to death by gangsters.
*The Twilight Zone: The New Exhibit (1963) [Martin Lombard Senescu]: Presumably killed by the wax figures; the scene ends as they surround and swarm all over him accusing him of the murders they committed.
*Kojak: A Killing In The Second House (1974) [Ray Kaufman]: Killed by Telly Savalas as they exchange shots.
*Contract on Cherry Street (1977 TV) [Captain Ernie Weinberg]: Shot to death by Johnny Barnes.
==Notable Connections==
*Ex-Mr. Joyce Van Patten.
*Father of Talia Balsam.
*Father-in-law of John Slattery
*Ex-father-in-law of George Clooney
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