Biography
Martin Henry Balsam was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, theatre, and 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).
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Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1968
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1966
- National Board of Review Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1964
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 1977 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series · 1977 · nominated
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- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 1976 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1974 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1966 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Rainbow
12 Angry Men
The Twilight Zone
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
On the Waterfront
All the President's Men
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Murder, She Wrote
Quincy, M.E.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Cape Fear
The Defender (Studio One)
Little Big Man
Seven Days in May
Cape Fear
Aunt Mary
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
The Fugitive
Have Gun, Will Travel
Kojak
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Rawhide
Time Limit
Murder on the Orient Express
Hombre
Brothers in Blood
There Goes The Bride
Police Story
The Bedford Incident
Middle of the Night
Confessions of a Police Captain
The Ed Sullivan Show
Catch-22
Route 66
Al Capone
Archie Bunker's Place
Ada
Decoy
Blood and Diamonds
The House on Garibaldi Street
Two-Minute Warning
The Stone Killer
Death Wish 3
Two Evil Eyes
St. Elmo's Fire
Silver Bears
The Sentinel
Great Performances