Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

American actor (1919–1996)

Martin Henry Balsam was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1968). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Thousand Clowns (1965).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 29 films (1954–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1980 The love tapes. MGM-TV 16mm sound
1977 Contract on Cherry Street William Goldwyn
1977 Raid on Entebbe Irvin Kershner
1977 Silver Bears Columbia Picture Corp 113 min 16mm Color sound
1977 The Sentinel Michael Winner
1976 All the President's Men Alan J. Pakula 138 min 16mm Color
1976 All the president's men. Alan J. Pakula 138 min 16mm Color sound
1976 Two Minute Warning Universal Pictures. A Filmways production 115 min Color sound
1975 Mitchell Andrew V. McLaglen
1974 Murder On The Orient Express Dist By Aims Media 2:08:00 16mm Color sound
1974 The taking of Pelham one two three. Palladium Productions 16mm sound
1971 The Anderson Tapes Robert M. Weitman Productions 98 min Color sound
1971 The Man. ABC Circle Films 3300 16mm silent
1970 Little Big Man National General Pictures 147 min Color sound
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
1965 A thousand clowns. Harrell Inc. 118 min 35mm B&W sound
1965 The Bedford incident. Bedford Productions Ltd. 3600 35mm B&W sound
1964 Seven Days In May. Joel Productions Inc. 118 min 35mm B&W sound
1963 The Carpetbaggers. Paramount Pictures Corp. & Embassy Pictures Corp. 150 min 35mm Color sound
1963 Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? Paramount Pictures Corp. Amro Productions Claude Productions Inc. & Mea Productions Inc. 103 min 35mm Color sound
1962 Cape fear Melville-Talbot Productions (Publisher) 1:45:00 16mm B&W sound
1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's Jurow-Shepherd Productions : Publisher | Paramount Pictures: Distributor 1:54:00 16mm Color sound
1961 Breakfast At Tiffany's. Paramount Pictures Corp. & Jurow-Shepherd Productions 110 min 35mm Color sound
1961 Cape Fear. Melville-Talbot Productions 106 min 35mm B&W sound
1960 Psycho. Shamley Productions Inc. 109 min 35mm B&W sound
1959 Middle Of The Night. Sudan Co. Inc. 118 min 35mm B&W sound
1959 Time Limit. CBS Films Inc. 96 min. 35mm Color sound
1958 Marjorie Morningstar. Beachwold Pictures Inc. 123 min 35mm Color sound
1954 On The Waterfront Elia Kazan 1:08 16mm B&W