Acting
Martin Balsam
- Titles
- 111movies48TV shows
- Career
Active from 1953 to 1997, with up to 6 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 60top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
12 Angry Men94/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 83 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime6.1average 3.7
- Historical4.7average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.7
- Politics4.1average 2.6
- Mystery5.0average 4.1
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Tension6.7average 6.0
- Social Commentary5.5average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.7
- Wonder2.3, average 3.4
- Coming of Age2.0, average 3.0
- Family Dynamics3.8, average 4.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 7
- Character Study 5
- Psychological Thriller 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Nostalgic 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Slow Burn 3
- Investigative Thriller 3
- Courtroom Drama 3
- Political Thriller 3
- 1970s Cinema 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jerry GoldsmithComposerTora! Tora! Tora!, The Salamander, Seven Days in May, Contract on Cherry Street, The Man
David ShireComposerAll the President's Men, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Raid on Entebbe, The Storyteller
Rod SerlingWriterSeven Days in May, The Time Element, Bomber's Moon, The Man
Anthony PerkinsActorPsycho, Murder on the Orient Express, Catch-22
Sylvia SidneyActorRaid on Entebbe, Siege, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Franco NeroActorThe Salamander, Confessions of a Police Captain, Cry, Onion!
Jason RobardsActorAll the President's Men, Tora! Tora! Tora!, A Thousand Clowns
Sean ConneryActorMurder on the Orient Express, The Anderson Tapes, Cuba
Jack WardenActor12 Angry Men, All the President's Men, Raid on Entebbe
Jack KlugmanActor12 Angry Men, The Greatest Gift, Two-Minute Warning
Charles BronsonActorDeath Wish 3, The Stone Killer, Raid on Entebbe- HHarry Stradling Jr.CinematographerLittle Big Man, The Good Guys and the Bad Guys, Mitchell
Movies and TV shows
151Upcoming
1 title
as Dr. Arnold Gillespie
1990s
8 titles · average score 56
as Gramps
as Priest
as Det. Martin Balsam
as Callaghan (archive footage)
as Father Sorendo
as Judge
as Lawyer
as Mr. Pym
1980s
27 titles · average score 60
as Frather Howard
as Grandpa
as Ben Kaplan
as Dr. Beck
as Bennett Cross
as Alexander Rostov
as Max Silverman
as Jack Brady
TV show · as Nathan Burkan
as Captain Steffanelli
as Joel Aurnou
as Questore Martorana
1970s
53 titles · average score 62
as Prof. Ruzinsky
as Howard Simons
as Sam McKeever
as Signor Bianchi
as Dr. Rudy Wells
as Al Vescari
as Haskins
as Commissario Bonavia
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
as Col. Cathcart
as Mr. Merriweather
1960s
33 titles · average score 70
as Mayor Wilker
as Uncle Harold
as Michael Todd (voice)
as Harry
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
as Arnold
as Everett Redman
as Paul Girard
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
as O.J. Berman
as Milton Arbogast
as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
1950s
25 titles · average score 72
as Mac Keeley, reporter
TV show · as Danny Weiss / Martin Lombard Senescu
TV show · as Father Fabian
as Captain Joe Reardon
as Juror 1
as Francis Toohey
as Sgt. Baker
TV show · as Marshal Jim Brock
as Charlie Malick
TV show · as Leonard Thompson / Eldon Marsh
as Gillette (uncredited)
TV show
1940s
4 titles · average score 64
TV show · as Francis Toohey / Ed Coyne
TV show · as Charlie Malick / Mike Galloway
TV show · as soldier
as Bit Part (uncredited)