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Martin Balsam (1919-1996) was an Oscar® winning American actor. He is best known for a number of renowned film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in 1960’s Psycho, Arnold Burns in 1965’s A Thousand Clowns , Juror #1 in 1957’s 12 Angry Men, and Mr. Green in 1974’s The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. His most famous television credit was his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker’s Place (1979–1983). His IMDb page shows 178 acting credits from 1949 to 1997. This page will rank Martin Balsam movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
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Best IMDb trivia on Martin Balsam
- Martin Henry Balsam was born in New York City, New York in 1919.
2. Martin Balsam served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
3. Martin Balsam was the first to record the voice of the computer HAL-9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), but was passed over in favor of Douglas Rain because Kubrick thought that Balsam’s voice sounded “too colloquially American” for HAL.
4. Martin Balsam has appeared in six films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant: On the Waterfront (1954), 12 Angry Men (1957), Psycho (1960), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), Little Big Man (1970) and All the President’s Men (1976).
5. Martin Balsam is the father of actress Talia Balsam. Talia Balsam has over 100 acting credits on her IMDb page.
6. Martin Balsam would express frustration when fans asking for autographs would only seem to remember him falling backwards down the stairway in Psycho (1960). He felt there were so many other challenging roles he would rather be remembered for. Always charming, he simply smiled and provided the signature, just the same.
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HI BRUCE: I look forward to the Warden/Ed Begley Jr Pages.
Note that Steve personally potentially broke ‘political correctness’ rules in his post by referring to Lee J and Begley as “nasty OLD bigots and racists” That could be taken to imply that nastiness, bigotry and racism go with age. It’s true that I refer to Tracy as “OLD Cantankerous”; but that’s because I became most familiar with him in his later years, whereas he was apparently a nasty piece of work as a young man too – ask Melvyn Douglas!
“Remember: when you look into the abyss, the abyss looks out at you,” is a famous old quote. The guys that Steve refers to would regard others who disagree with them as not living in the real world and maybe even representing a minority viewpoint. It is telling that when Hank first defended the colored accused boy in 12 Angry Men, Ed Begley exclaimed in disgust “Boy, oh boy – there’s ALWAYS ONE!”
Cobb’s main beef wasn’t of course primarily race or color but youth in general, who he thought didn’t respect their parents enough or appreciate what adults had done for them. Apparently to “make a man” out of his own son he had been rough on him as he grew up until the boy turned on Cobb and gave him a hiding – then walked out on him. Lee J’s character had been smarting in his tent about youth ever since!
Anyway great exchanging comments with both you guys. Keep on giving your all to your own sites and each other’s and the fun can only continue for my money.
Hey Bob…I always did the Jack Warden page tonight…but Lou Gossett Jr. got the nod instead…but Jack is coming soon. I think we can forgive Steve….lol. Good stuff as always.
Milton Arbogast: Now, if Marion Crane were here… you wouldn’t be hiding her would you?
Norman Bates: No.
Milton Arbogast: Not even if she paid you?
Norman Bates: No.
Milton Arbogast: All right, then lets say for the sake of argument that she needed your help and that she made you out to be a fool in helping her…
Norman Bates: Well, I’m not a fool. And I’m not capable of being fooled! Not even by a woman.
Second time I posted that quote this past week. It’s all Bruce’s fault. 🙂
I’ve seen 25 of the 40 films on the chart, more than I thought. Favorites are – Psycho (no surprise there), The Bedford Incident, Seven Days in May, Taking of Pelham 123, Tora Tora Tora, All the President’s Men, Cape Fear, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Little Big Man, Murder on the Orient Express, The Good Guys and the Bad Guys, Delta Force, Death Wish 3 and The Sentinel.
Lots of favorites there, bought Seven Days in May on blu-ray recently.
I watch 12 Angry Men occasionally, good film well acted but I can’t really say it’s a favorite, ditto The Verdict, Judgment at Nuremberg and Anatomy of a Murder. Hmm is there a connection there I wonder.
Whoa Psycho was a huge success for Hitch, his biggest hit and probably his most well known movie. Ironic considering it was his cheapest at the time and friends in Hollywood were begging him not to waste his talent on a lurid horror story. The result, another Hitchcock masterpiece.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
HI STEVE
Good recall of that Milt/Norman conversation. However you will need to watch that W o C’s ‘feminist’ workmates don’t go after your scalp for repeating “Not even by a woman.”
It’s not politically correct to say that kind of thing these days [especially since the advent of Jo Swinson and Prime Minister Mother Theresa!] so I wouldn’t be surprised if The Work Horse comes under pillow talk pressure to edit it out even though it’s part of a factual quote!!!!
I’m surprised you don’t rate 12 Angry Men more highly. It one of my all-time own fave flicks overall and my outright fave courtroom drama, followed by Newman’s The Verdict and my Jimmy’s Anatomy of a Murder. 12 Angry Men is No 1 on Bruce’s Fonda page with a 95% rating.
Hi Bob, it’s a good film no doubt but I remember everything and I haven’t seen it as often as you have. I don’t like the characters played by Ed Begley and Lee J. Cobb and that can be offputting to some.
Funny thing is I enjoy over-the-top villainy such as Alan Rickman in Robin Hood and Die Hard. But nasty old bigots and racists can make my blood boil. I loved Cobb in The Exorcist and the two Flint films, but I hated him in 12 Angry Men and Waterfront.
I know what you mean about “not even by a woman” quote, it wouldn’t be written into a script these days for sure. I recall Jack Nicholson’s mad Joker angrily shouting at Jack Palance – “You set me up over a woman! A woman!!” ooh that won’t go down well in these ‘woke’ times. I’ve heard the upcoming Bond film script has been carefully vetted so as not to offend anyone, especially the ladies. [groan] 🙂
HI STEVE: Thanks for your further thoughts – always interesting to me even when we disagree, which thankfully is not often and even then, just on subjects like Jace where I know I MUST be right!!
In On the Waterfront, Leif Erickson is the Lead Investigator for The Crime Commission who want the Mumbling Terry Malloy to testify against the dockland racketeers. Leif’s assistant is the uncredited Martin Balsam who joins Leif in trying to persuade Terry to “squeal”. Terry tells Leif to get lost and “take your girlfriend here with you!” Obviously the rough and tumble pugilist Terry considered that one way that he could insult somebody who annoyed him was to equate him with a woman! Definitely not politically correct [though Boris is supposed to have referred to David Cameron as “a girly swot”]
I agree with your general sentiments about racists and bigots but the whole point of 12 Angry Men was to show such people up as ridiculous and blinkered; so within that context I enjoyed the performances of Cobb and Begley.
Hopefully your excellent foray into box office grosses recently has now warmed your heart to that aspect of the movie business because I see that in your post today you touch on Psycho’s earnings. I therefore thought that the Part 2 current extracts about Psycho and the “family Hitchcock” from the respected Celebrity Net Worth site might interest you. Take care and I hope you are having a good weekend.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK net worth: Alfred Hitchcock was an English director and producer who had a net worth of $200 million [at his death in 1980: worth $660 million in 2019 dollars] Alfred’s largest payday came from the film Psycho. He deferred his salary in exchange for 60% of the movie’s profits in the early sixties. This resulted in an estimated $15 million payday, which adjusted for inflation is around $120 million today.
PAT HITCHCOCK net worth: Pat Hitchcock [still living at 91] is an English actress and producer who has a net worth of $150 million. Patricia Hitchcock was born in London, England, UK in July 1928. She is the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville. She was featured on the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1955 to 1960
ALMA REVILLE HITCHCOCK net worth: She was married to Alfred from 1926 until his death in 1980. At her own death two years later she left behind a net worth that on 15 March last year was calculated at $150 million.
In summary in today’s money “family Hitchcock” are reckoned to have collectively earned jus short of $1 billion. SOURCE: Celebrity Net Worth sites
Hey Bob and Steve…..good conversation between the two of you. All I can say about the woman quote…..we now live in a very politically correct world. That is one of the reasons….I try and focus on the movies…because you never know when a comment can be taken out of context and offend somebody.
As for 12 Angry Men…it is IMDb’s top rated movie…..I enjoy it…..but….it is not in my Top 100 movie list. Eventually a Jack Warden and Ed Begley Sr. UMR page is coming. I currently have pages on 4 people associated with the movie. Fonda, Cobb, Balsam and the director Sidney Lumet. Good feedback from the both of you.
Hey Steve….as always thanks for the feedback on our latest page. Tally count…..Steve 25, Flora 22 and Cogerson 20….a pretty close grouping. But congrats…not thinking you top this tally counts too much…as Flora usually rules the classic subjects and I rule the current subjects….though I suspect Dan actually rules both subjects.
Thanks for sharing that classic scene from Psycho again…..as you correctly guessed this subject before it came out. I still was not able to find box office on many of his movies. Heck…he spent so much time overseas in the 1970s….he only has about 15 movies from that decade on the table when he actually made about 25 movies. The extra time only got one more movie on the table (Two Evil Eyes). Added benefit…when I finally got his page done….the website broke as soon as it was published.
Looking at your favorites….I have seen and enjoyed them all…with the exception of The Good Guys and the Bad Guys and The Sentinel. My favorites would include All The President’s Men (a Top 100 personal movie for me), Psycho, Taking of Pelham 123 and Tora Tora Tora. I have not watched Seven Days In May in a really long time……I need to re-watch versus the crap I seem to watch…..last night I watched the Disney dud Tower of Terror with a very bored Steve Guttenberg.
I like 12 Angry Men more than you…..not that it is a goal….but we now have pages on three of those men….Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and now Balsam. On the docket to get done..Ed Begley Sr. (Oscar winner) and Jack Warden (one of my favorite character actors). That would be almost half of those angry men.
Psycho was indeed Hitch’s most successful movie at the box office. Good stuff as always.
As you have indicated above Martin has been in many fine films and I liked him best as the touchy Juror No 1 in 12 Angry Men, which may have been the part in which he was able to spend longest time on screen: the script allowed him and the other 11 to be in the movie throughout. Many viewers will possibly most remember him though for the staircase-stabbing scene in Psycho, from which you have given us a nostalgic little still above – Steve Lensman’s screen Mother executing some of her best work!
I had actually forgotten that Martin was in On the Waterfront until you mentioned it, though he was uncredited in the film and thus you do not give him a share of Brando’s grosses!; but one line of his that will always stick in my mind was in the 1964 The Carpetbaggers, sadly Laddie’s last movie – it’s said he actually died the night it was premiered – and Wikipedia says about the movie “The film is a landmark of the sexual revolution of the 1960s, venturing further than most films of the period.”
In an overall great performance Martin’s greatest line in it was I thought when, as her movie producer, he is again exasperated with his troublesome, “trampy” screen sex goddess Rina Marlowe [played by Carroll Baker] and he complains to an associate “They queue up for hours to get her autograph and little do they know that they would just have to walk upstairs to her hotel room and she’d give them everything!”
Nobody, in my opinion, was quite as good as Martin was at being sarcastic and dismissive as that on screen. Your new page on a superb character actor is “Voted Up”. Excellent choice, WH.
After Tiffany Haddish isn’t it nice to get a big juicy file again. Martin Balsam is # 146 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. I also saw his ex-wife Joyce Van Patten and their daughter Talia Balsam in Jake’s Women (by Neil Simon) years ago. Talia was married to George Clooney (his first wife). These are the people on the 1000 Martin appeared with.
1 CHRISTOPHER LEE The Salamander (1981)
4 DONALD SUTHERLAND The Bedford Incident (1965)
5 MICHAEL CAINE Silver Bears (1978)
6 ROBERT DE NIRO Cape Fear (1991)
10 MARTIN SHEEN Catch-22 (1970)
18 JOHN GIELGUD Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
21 SEAN CONNERY Cuba (1979)
21 SEAN CONNERY Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
21 SEAN CONNERY The Anderson Tapes (1971)
23 VANESSA REDGRAVE Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
29 NED BEATTY All the President’s Men (1976)
30 ANTHONY QUINN The Salamander (1981)
36 ROD STEIGER Al Capone (1959)
36 ROD STEIGER On the Waterfront (1954)
43 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Anderson Tapes (1971)
43 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Sentinel (1977)
48 JOHN CARRADINE The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
48 JOHN CARRADINE The Sentinel (1977)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY The Delta Force (1986)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
50 VERNON DOBTCHEFF Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
51 FRANCO NERO Cipolla Colt (1976)
51 FRANCO NERO The Salamander (1981)
53 JOHN SAXON Mitchell (1975)
57 ORSON WELLES Catch-22 (1970)
65 CLAUDIA CARDINALE The Salamander (1981)
69 ALAN ARKIN Catch-22 (1970)
78 JASON ROBARDS A Thousand Clowns (1965)
78 JASON ROBARDS All the President’s Men (1976)
78 JASON ROBARDS Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
85 JACK WARDEN 12 Angry Men (1957)
85 JACK WARDEN All the President’s Men (1976)
90 MARTIN LANDAU Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997)
91 JOSS ACKLAND Silver Bears (1978)
92 CHARLTON HESTON Two-Minute Warning (1976)
94 PAUL NEWMAN Hombre (1967)
100 ELI WALLACH The Salamander (1981)
100 ELI WALLACH The Sentinel (1977)
102 RIP TORN Time Limit (1957)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM Cape Fear (1962)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM Cape Fear (1991)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Little Big Man (1970)
109 DAVID NIVEN Conquered City (1962)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN All the President’s Men (1976)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Little Big Man (1970)
117 MICHAEL YORK Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
123 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Sentinel (1977)
125 SHANE RIMMER Silver Bears (1978)
125 SHANE RIMMER The Bedford Incident (1965)
127 BURT LANCASTER Seven Days in May (1964)
128 DAVID WARNER Silver Bears (1978)
131 ROBERT VAUGHN The Delta Force (1986)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS The Delta Force (1986)
140 LAUREN BACALL Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
141 KIRK DOUGLAS Seven Days in May (1964)
143 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM All the President’s Men (1976)
144 FERNANDO REY Smiling Maniacs (1975)
153 ROBERT FORSTER The Delta Force (1986)
166 JON VOIGHT Catch-22 (1970)
170 LESLIE NIELSEN Harlow (1965/I)
172 MICKEY ROONEY Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
175 BEN GAZZARA Conquered City (1962)
180 DAVID CARRADINE The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH The Sentinel (1977)
195 NICK NOLTE Cape Fear (1991)
207 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Cuba (1979)
208 TELLY SAVALAS Cape Fear (1962)
216 JEAN-PIERRE CASSEL Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
224 JACQUELINE BISSET Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
225 BOB BALABAN Catch-22 (1970)
225 BOB BALABAN Me, Natalie (1969)
228 JOSE FERRER The Sentinel (1977)
230 JEFF COREY Little Big Man (1970)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY Harlow (1965/I)
234 TOM BERENGER The Sentinel (1977)
236 FAYE DUNAWAY Little Big Man (1970)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF After the Fox (1966)
242 AVA GARDNER Seven Days in May (1964)
242 AVA GARDNER The Sentinel (1977)
243 HAL HOLBROOK All the President’s Men (1976)
278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Catch-22 (1970)
280 JULIETTE LEWIS Cape Fear (1991)
297 HENRY FONDA 12 Angry Men (1957)
300 BILLY ZANE The Silence of the Hams (1994)
302 GREGORY PECK Cape Fear (1962)
302 GREGORY PECK Cape Fear (1991)
305 JOSEPH COTTEN Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
325 ALBERT FINNEY Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
334 ROBERT REDFORD All the President’s Men (1976)
338 TOMAS MILIAN Counselor at Crime (1973)
341 CHARLES BRONSON Death Wish 3 (1985)
341 CHARLES BRONSON The Stone Killer (1973)
372 BEAU BRIDGES Two-Minute Warning (1976)
374 ANTHONY PERKINS Catch-22 (1970)
374 ANTHONY PERKINS Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
374 ANTHONY PERKINS Psycho (1960)
394 ED LAUTER Death Wish 3 (1985)
403 AL PACINO Me, Natalie (1969)
408 GRAHAM STARK There Goes the Bride (1980)
417 WALTER GOTELL Cuba (1979)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK The Bedford Incident (1965)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK Time Limit (1957)
430 GABRIELE FERZETTI Smiling Maniacs (1975)
448 DEMI MOORE St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
449 CHARLES NAPIER The Last Match (1990)
476 YUL BRYNNER Death Rage (1976)
484 BEVERLY D’ANGELO The Sentinel (1977)
487 MARCEL DALIO Catch-22 (1970)
496 ARTHUR KENNEDY The Sentinel (1977)
504 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE Ada (1961)
517 ELKE SOMMER Meet Him and Die (1976)
537 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
540 DOM DELUISE The Silence of the Hams (1994)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS The Sentinel (1977)
550 JAMES REBHORN Whatever It Takes (1986)
553 ANTHONY ZERBE P.I. Private Investigations (1987)
555 WALTER MATTHAU The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
574 ROBERT SHAW The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
610 PAT HINGLE On the Waterfront (1954)
613 BRODERICK CRAWFORD There Goes the Bride (1980)
615 JOE DON BAKER Cape Fear (1991)
615 JOE DON BAKER Mitchell (1975)
616 SUSAN STRASBERG The Delta Force (1986)
631 GEORGE COULOURIS Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
642 BRITT EKLAND After the Fox (1966)
654 MARSHALL BELL The Silence of the Hams (1994)
656 CAMERON MITCHELL Hombre (1967)
661 ANN DORAN The Carpetbaggers (1964)
665 MAURICE DENHAM After the Fox (1966)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Two-Minute Warning (1976)
685 TOM BOWER Two-Minute Warning (1976)
688 ROBERT WEBBER 12 Angry Men (1957)
688 ROBERT WEBBER Gardenia (1979)
700 VERA MILES Psycho (1960)
708 JOHN DEHNER Youngblood Hawke (1964)
727 VALENTINA CORTESE Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente (1972)
734 JAMES WHITMORE Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
759 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF Al Capone (1959)
759 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF On the Waterfront (1954)
760 LEE MARVIN The Delta Force (1986)
767 SIDNEY POITIER The Bedford Incident (1965)
772 SALLY KIRKLAND The Black Cat (1993)
772 SALLY KIRKLAND Two Evil Eyes (1990)
775 GENA ROWLANDS Two-Minute Warning (1976)
780 MARLON BRANDO On the Waterfront (1954)
781 EDWARD ANDREWS TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970)
781 EDWARD ANDREWS YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE (1964)
805 CHARLES LANE The Carpetbaggers (1964)
809 ALDO SAMBRELL Unknown Soldier (1995)
810 BILL COBBS The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
851 E.G. MARSHALL 12 Angry Men (1957)
851 E.G. MARSHALL Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
851 E.G. MARSHALL Two Evil Eyes (1990)
853 LOUIS JOURDAN Silver Bears (1978)
855 ANDIE MACDOWELL St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
866 PERCY HERBERT Conquered City (1962)
867 PETER LAWFORD Harlow (1965/I)
869 RICHARD ANDERSON Seven Days in May (1964)
869 RICHARD ANDERSON Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
879 JAY LENO Silver Bears (1978)
935 STERLING HAYDEN Cipolla Colt (1976)
940 SYLVIA SIMS There Goes the Bride (1980)
949 DORIS ROBERTS THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974)
955 RAF VALLONE Harlow (1965/I)
958 VENANTINO VENANTINI Conquered City (1962)
958 VENANTINO VENANTINI Gardenia (1979)
966 JIM BACKUS There Goes the Bride (1980)
975 LEE GRANT Middle of the Night (1959)
991 JANE ALEXANDER All the President’s Men (1976)
999 JERRY STILLER THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974)
HM (746) ROSSANO BRAZZI Il tempo degli assassini (1975)
HM (863) EDMOND O’BRIEN Seven Days in May (1964)
HM (999) BUCK HENRY Catch-22 (1970)
Marty appeared with 51 Oscar winners.
AL PACINO Me, Natalie (1969)
ALAN ARKIN Catch-22 (1970)
ANTHONY QUINN The Salamander (1981)
AUDREY HEPBURN Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD There Goes the Bride (1980)
BURT LANCASTER Seven Days in May (1964)
CHARLTON HESTON Two-Minute Warning (1976)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Anderson Tapes (1971)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Sentinel (1977)
CLAIRE TREVOR Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
DAVID NIVEN Conquered City (1962)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN All the President’s Men (1976)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Little Big Man (1970)
EDMOND O’BRIEN Seven Days in May (1964)
EVA MARIE SAINT On the Waterfront (1954)
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM All the President’s Men (1976)
FAYE DUNAWAY Little Big Man (1970)
FREDRIC MARCH Hombre (1967)
FREDRIC MARCH Middle of the Night (1959)
FREDRIC MARCH Seven Days in May (1964)
GEORGE KENNEDY The Delta Force (1986)
GEORGE KENNEDY The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
GERALDINE PAGE Trilogy (1969)
GREGORY PECK Cape Fear (1962)
GREGORY PECK Cape Fear (1991)
HENRY FONDA 12 Angry Men (1957)
INGRID BERGMAN Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
JASON ROBARDS A Thousand Clowns (1965)
JASON ROBARDS All the President’s Men (1976)
JASON ROBARDS Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
JESSICA LANGE Cape Fear (1991)
JOANNE WOODWARD Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
JOHN GIELGUD Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
JON VOIGHT Catch-22 (1970)
JOSE FERRER The Sentinel (1977)
KARL MALDEN On the Waterfront (1954)
KARL MALDEN Time Limit (1957)
KIM HUNTER The Black Cat (1993)
KIM HUNTER Two Evil Eyes (1990)
LEE GRANT Middle of the Night (1959)
LEE MARVIN The Delta Force (1986)
MARLON BRANDO On the Waterfront (1954)
MARTIN LANDAU Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997)
MARY ASTOR Youngblood Hawke (1964)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Trilogy (1969)
MICHAEL CAINE Silver Bears (1978)
PATRICIA NEAL Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
PATTY DUKE Me, Natalie (1969)
PAUL NEWMAN Hombre (1967)
RED BUTTONS Harlow (1965/I)
RICHARD DREYFUSS The Sentinel (1977)
ROBERT DE NIRO Cape Fear (1991)
ROD STEIGER Al Capone (1959)
ROD STEIGER On the Waterfront (1954)
SEAN CONNERY Cuba (1979)
SEAN CONNERY Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
SEAN CONNERY The Anderson Tapes (1971)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Delta Force (1986)
SIDNEY POITIER The Bedford Incident (1965)
SUSAN HAYWARD Ada (1961)
VANESSA REDGRAVE Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
WALTER MATTHAU The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
WENDY HILLER Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
YUL BRYNNER Death Rage (1976)
Hey Dan. I agree with you 100%, his list is way bigger than Tiffany Haddish’s. I’m surprised he’s not a little higher, then his current ranking. Our table only shows 40 of his movies. Sadly, many of his movies did not make this table. He spent most of the 1970s making movies overseas that never made it to box office here.His career ended like many others making low budget movies that know what he saw. I estimate they were another 30 movies that he made.
Looking at the first list, pretty impressive. His most frequent costar looks like a tie between many screen legends: Connery, Widmark, Perkins, Mitchum and E. G. Marshall. Each with 3 movies.
Looking at the second list, yet another impressive total. 51 Oscar-winning costars is one of the best photos you have posted. Not quite as good as Michael Caine but still an impressive total. As always thanks for taking the time to post this information. You are the man.
great list. huge number of Oscar winners 51 who won 64. good to see paul newman and Charlton heston hanging in top 100 along with Vernon dobtcheff (50) and franco Nero (51) , LOL, who? now I need 2 new UMR pages. thanks for your lists. your amazing.
I agree with you bob cox….Dan’s lists are very insightful….and make actors and actresses beg for an UMR page. Good comment.
I have seen 22 Martin Balsam movies, including 8 of the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is All The President’s Men.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen Little Big Man.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Death Wish 3.
Favourite Martin Balsam Movies:
Psycho
Murder on the Orient Express
All the President’s Men
12 Angry Men
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Cape Fear (1962)
Seven Days in May
The Bedford Incident
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Anderson Tapes
Time Limit
St. Elmo’s Fire
A Thousand Clowns
Other Martin Balsam Movies I Have Seen;
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Cape Fear (1991)
The Carpetbaggers
Hombre
Al Capone
Middle of the Night
Ada
The Delta Force
Death Wish 3
Hey Flora….thanks for the feedback on Mr. Martin Balsam. Seems like as soon as I published this page, our website broke. Do I blame him? Well yes I do….lol. Our tally counts are close…I have seen 20 of his movies compared to your 22. 13 movies on your favorite lists…that is pretty impressive. Of those 13 I have seen all of them except for Time Limit. I saw two of them in theaters…St. Elmo’s Fire and pretty sure my parents took me to The Taking of Pelham One Two Three when I was really small. Heck Balsam’s sneeze at the end, seems like one of my first movie memories. Looking at the other Balsam movies…I really enjoyed Tora Tora Tora….and have always wanted to see The Carpetbaggers. One day George Peppard will have an UMR page. Good stuff as always.