Martin Henry Balsam ( born Martin Henry Balsam ; November 4, 1919 - February 13, 1996 ) is an American actor.
| Martin Bolsam | |
|---|---|
| Martin balsam | |
 Martin Balsam in the movie Hell (1961) | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | |
| A place of death | Rome , Italy |
| Citizenship | |
| Profession | actor |
| Career | 1947-1995 |
| Direction | |
| Awards | Oscar (1966) |
| IMDb | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Filmography
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Martin Henry Bolsam was born in the Bronx into a Jewish family. His father, Albert Bolsam, was a manufacturer of sportswear for women. [5] [6] While at school, he attended a drama club, [7] and after graduation, he studied at the New York School of Drama Workshop under the direction of the influential German theater director Erwin Piskator . His theatrical debut took place in 1941 in the production of "The play is everything." [8] During the Second World War, Martin Bolsam served in the US Air Force . In 1947, Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg chose Bolsam to play one of the roles in their television project at the Actors Studio , which began his active career in television. He has appeared on TV shows such as The Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildare, She wrote the murder , and many others.
On the big screen, Bolsam made his debut in 1954 in the film " In the Port " (1954) with Marlon Brando in the title role. This was followed by new successful roles in films like “ 12 Angry Men ” (1957), “ Psycho ” (1960), “ Breakfast at Tiffany's ” (1961), “ Cape of Fear ” (1962) and “ Thousand Clowns ” (1965), the role in which the actor was awarded the Oscar as the best supporting actor. His roles in the films “ Torah! Torah! Torah! ”(1970),“ Murder on the Orient Express ” ” (1974), “ The entire Presidential Army ” (1976) and a remake of “ Cape of Fear ” (1991).
In addition, Martin Bolsam successfully played on the theater stage, receiving in 1967 the prestigious Tony Award for his role in the production of "You Know, I Can't Hear You When Water Spills."
The actor was married three times, and his first two spouses were actresses. From the second marriage, the actor left a daughter, actress Talia Bolsam , born in 1959, and from the third - a son and daughter. Martin Bolsam died of a heart attack in February 1996 in Rome and was buried in a cemetery in Bergen , New Jersey . [9]
Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 - 1950 | from | Acting Studio | Actors Studio | Soldier |
| 1953 | from | Man against crime | Gene Pinay / Tony | |
| 1954 | f | In the port | On the waterfront | Gillett |
| 1957 | f | 12 angry men | 12 angry men | Jury Leader |
| 1958 | from | Kraft Television Theater | Kraft Television Theater | Dino |
| 1959 | f | Al capone | Al capone | reporter Mack Keely |
| 1959 | f | Middle of the night | Middle of the night | Jack |
| 1960 | from | Sunday show | Sunday showcase | Nikola Sacco |
| 1960 | f | Psycho | Psycho | Detective Milton Arbogast |
| 1960 | from | All home | Tutti a casa | Sergeant Quentin Fornachiary |
| 1958 - 1961 | from | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Alfred hitchcock presents | Eldon Marsh / Leonard Thompson |
| 1961 | f | Ada | Ada | Steve jackson |
| 1961 | f | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Breakfast at Tiffany's | O.D. Berman |
| 1962 | f | Cape of fear | Cape fear | Police Chief Mark Dutton |
| 1963 | from | Eleventh hour | The eleventh hour | Frank Dunlir |
| 1959 - 1963 | from | Twilight Zone | The twilight zone | Danny Weiss |
| 1963 | f | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Sanford kaufman | |
| 1964 | from | Arrest and Trial | Leo Valera | |
| 1964 | from | Bob Hope Presents | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater | Dave Breslow |
| 1964 | f | Seven days in May | Seven days in may | Paul Girard |
| 1964 | f | Trolleys | The carpetbaggers | Bernard B. Norman |
| 1965 | f | Thousand clowns | A thousand clowns | Arnold Burns |
| 1962 - 1966 | from | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Milton Orliff / Benny Orloff / Ned Lacey |
| 1966 | f | In pursuit of the "Fox" | Caccia alla volpe | Harry |
| 1967 | f | Ombre: the brave shooter | Hombre | Henry Mendez |
| 1969 | f | Good guys and bad guys | The good guys and the bad guys | Major Wilker |
| 1970 | f | Trick-22 | Catch-22 | Colonel Cathcart |
| 1970 | f | Torah! Torah! Torah! | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Hazband Kimmel |
| 1970 | f | Little big man | Little big man | Merryweather |
| 1971 | f | The recognition of the police commissioner to the prosecutor of the republic | Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica | Commissioner Bonavia |
| 1972 | f | Anderson magnetic tapes | The anderson tapes | Haskins |
| 1973 | f | Brand new life | A brand new life | Jim Douglas |
| 1973 | f | Stone killer | The stone killer | Al Vescari |
| 1974 | f | Dangerous passengers of the train 123 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | mr green |
| 1974 | f | Murder on the Orient Express | Murder on the orient express | lord bianchi |
| 1976 | f | The whole presidential army | All the president's men | Howard Simons |
| 1976 | f | Two minute warning | Two-Minute Warning | Mcciver |
| 1977 | tf | Entebbe Raid | Raid on entebbe | Daniel Cooper |
| 1978 | f | Silver bears | Silver bears | Joe fjor |
| 1979 | f | House on Garibaldi Street | The house on garibaldi street | Aisser Harel |
| 1981 | f | Salamander | The salamander | Captain steffanelli |
| 1979 - 1983 | from | Archie Bunker House | Archie bunker's place | Murray Klein |
| 1985 | f | Lights of St. Elm | St. Elmo's Fire | Mr. Beamish |
| 1985 | f | Thirst for Death 3 | Death wish 3 | Bennett |
| 1986 | f | Octopus 2 | La piovra 2 | Frank Carrizi |
| 1986 | f | Detachment "Delta" | The delta force | Ben Kaplan |
| 1985 - 1989 | from | Twilight Zone | The twilight zone | Professor Donald Knowles , Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| 1988 | f | Brother from space | The brother from space | Father howard |
| 1989 | from | Ocean | Oceano | Don Matthias Quintero |
| 1990 | from | Caller at midnight | Midnight caller | Jill solarsky |
| 1991 | f | Cape of fear | Cape fear | referee |
| 1992 | f | The sands of Time | The sands of time | |
| 1994 | f | The silence of ham | Silence of the ham | inspector balsam |
Notes
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 12925052X // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Martin Balsam Is Dead at 76; Ubiquitous Character Actor - New York Times
- ↑ Great Character Actors (unavailable link from 09/08/2013 [2235 days] - history , copy )
- ↑ Van Gelder, Lawrence. "Martin Balsam Is Dead at 76; Ubiquitous Character Actor ” , The New York Times , February 14, 1996. Accessed September 14, 2009.“ He grew up on Mosholu Parkway and became involved in theater and music at DeWitt Clinton High School. ”
- ↑ Ian Herbert, ed. (1981), "BALSAM, Martin," Who's Who in the Theater , Gale Research Company, p. 39–40, ISSN 0083-9833
- ↑ Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place, New York Times (March 28, 2004). Date accessed August 21, 2007. “Cedar Park Cemetery in Paramus [sic] tends toward performers. Martin Balsam, who won both a Tony and an Oscar was buried there in 1996. Joe E. Lewis, the comic whose rough life was portrayed by Frank Sinatra in the 1957 movie, The Joker Is Wild, is nearby. (As are two illustrious nonperformers, the Nobel Prize writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and the poet Delmore Schwartz.). "