AKA Martin Henry Balsam

Born: 4-Nov-1914
Birthplace: Bronx, NY
Died: 13-Feb-1996
Location of death: Rome, Italy
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: A Thousand Clowns

Military service: US Army Air Corps (WWII)

Wife: Pearl Somner (m. 1952, div. 1954)
Wife: Joyce Van Patten (actress, m. 1959, div. 1962, one daughter)
Daughter: Talia Balsam (actress, b. 1-Jan-1960)

    High School: DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City (1938)

    Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1966 for A Thousand Clowns
    Tony 1967 for You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Silence of the Hams (13-Jul-1994)
    Cape Fear (13-Nov-1991)
    Two Evil Eyes (25-Jan-1990)
    Queenie (10-May-1987)
    The Delta Force (14-Feb-1986)
    Death Wish 3 (1-Nov-1985)
    St. Elmo's Fire (28-Jun-1985)
    Little Gloria: Happy at Last (24-Oct-1982)
    Cuba (21-Dec-1979)
    The House on Garibaldi Street (28-May-1979)
    Silver Bears (21-Apr-1978)
    Raid on Entebbe (9-Jan-1977)
    The Sentinel (7-Jan-1977)
    Two Minute Warning (12-Nov-1976)
    All the President's Men (7-Apr-1976)
    The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (26-Feb-1976)
    Mitchell (10-Sep-1975)
    Murder on the Orient Express (24-Nov-1974)
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (2-Oct-1974)
    Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (21-Oct-1973)
    The Stone Killer (8-Aug-1973)
    The Anderson Tapes (17-Jun-1971)
    Little Big Man (14-Dec-1970)
    Tora! Tora! Tora! (23-Sep-1970)
    Catch 22 (24-Jun-1970)
    The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (3-Nov-1969)
    Me, Natalie (13-Jul-1969)
    Hombre (21-Mar-1967)
    After the Fox (8-Sep-1966)
    A Thousand Clowns (13-Dec-1965)
    Harlow (23-Jun-1965)
    The Bedford Incident (Jan-1965)
    The Carpetbaggers (9-Apr-1964)
    Seven Days in May (12-Feb-1964)
    Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (25-Dec-1963)
    Cape Fear (12-Apr-1962)
    Breakfast at Tiffany's (5-Oct-1961)
    Ada (25-Aug-1961)
    Psycho (16-Jun-1960)
    Middle of the Night (17-Jun-1959)
    Al Capone (25-Mar-1959)
    Marjorie Morningstar (24-Apr-1958)
    12 Angry Men (13-Apr-1957)
    On the Waterfront (28-Jul-1954)

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