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Martin Balsam

Age: 105 years

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Gender: Male

Birthday: November 4, 1919

Place of birth: Bronx, New York, USA

Biography: Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psych...

Known for: Acting

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Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Breakfast at Tiffany...

as O.J. Berman

All the President's Men
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All the President's ...

as Howard Simons

Psycho
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Psycho

as Private Det. Milton Arbogast

The Brother from Space
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The Brother from Spa...

as Frather Howard

Catch-22
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Catch-22

as Col. Cathcart

Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder on the Orient...

as Signor Bianchi

The Silence of the Hams
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The Silence of the H...

as Det. Martin Balsam

The Hassled Hooker
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The Hassled Hooker

as District Attorney Turrisi

Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Little Big Man
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Little Big Man

as Mr. Merriweather

Cape Fear
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Cape Fear

as Police Chief Mark Dutton

St. Elmo's Fire
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St. Elmo's Fire

as Mr. Beamish

Two-Minute Warning
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Two-Minute Warning

as Sam McKeever

Seven Days in May
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Seven Days in May

as Paul Girard

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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The Taking of Pelham...

as Green

Harlow
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Harlow

as Everett Redman

The Anderson Tapes
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The Anderson Tapes

as Haskins

Death Wish 3
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Death Wish 3

as Bennett Cross

Mitchell
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Mitchell

as James Arthur Cummings

The Stone Killer
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The Stone Killer

as Al Vescari

Winterset
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Winterset

as Garth

The Horror Show
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The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Hombre
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Hombre

as Henry Mendez

Two Evil Eyes
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Two Evil Eyes

as Mr. Pym

A Thousand Clowns
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A Thousand Clowns

as Arnold

The Carpetbaggers
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The Carpetbaggers

as Bernard B. Norman

Al Capone
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Al Capone

as Mac Keeley, reporter

Silver Bears
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Silver Bears

as Joe Fiore

Cuba
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Cuba

as Gen. Bello

The Delta Force
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The Delta Force

as Ben Kaplan

Winged Victory
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Winged Victory

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Time Limit
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Time Limit

as Sgt. Baker

The Six Million Dollar Man
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The Six Million Doll...

as Dr. Rudy Wells

Everybody Go Home!
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Everybody Go Home!

as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

The Bedford Incident
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The Bedford Incident

as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

The Sentinel
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The Sentinel

as Prof. Ruzinsky

After the Fox
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After the Fox

as Harry

24 Hour Psycho
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24 Hour Psycho

as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
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The Good Guys and th...

as Mayor Wilker

Eyes Behind the Stars
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Eyes Behind the Star...

as Inspector Jim Grant

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
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Summer Wishes, Winte...

as Harry Walden

Cry, Onion!
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Cry, Onion!

as Petrus Lamb

The Love Tapes
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The Love Tapes

as David Franklin

P.I. Private Investigations
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P.I. Private Investi...

as Cliff Dowling

The Seeding of Sarah Burns
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The Seeding of Sarah...

as Dr. Samuel Melman

Middle of the Night
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Middle of the Night

as Jack

Blood and Diamonds
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Blood and Diamonds

as Rizzo

Season For Assassins
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Season For Assassins

as Commissioner Katroni

Contract on Cherry Street
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Contract on Cherry S...

as Ernie Weinberg

Miles To Go Before I Sleep
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Miles To Go Before I...

as Ben Montgomery

Death Rage
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Death Rage

as Commissario

The Salamander
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The Salamander

as Captain Steffanelli

Meet Him and Die
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Meet Him and Die

as Giulianelli

Confessions of a Police Captain
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Confessions of a Pol...

as Commissario Bonavia

Ada
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Ada

as Steve Jackson

Me, Natalie
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Me, Natalie

as Uncle Harold

Siege
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Siege

as Henry Fancher

The Last Match
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The Last Match

as Lawyer

Gardenia
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Gardenia

as Salluzzo

Trilogy
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Trilogy

as Ivor Belli

The Man
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The Man

as Jim Talley

Murder in Space
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Murder in Space

as Alexander Rostov

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
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The Old Man Who Crie...

as Stanley Pulska

Cape Fear
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Cape Fear

as Judge

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
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Who's Been Sleeping ...

as Sanford Kaufman

A Brand New Life
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A Brand New Life

as Jim Douglas

On the Waterfront
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On the Waterfront

as Gillette (uncredited)

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
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A Man Is Ten Feet Ta...

as Charlie Malick

Rainbow
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Rainbow

as Louis B. Mayer

Aunt Mary
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Aunt Mary

as Harry Strasberg

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
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The Lindbergh Kidnap...

as Edward J. Reilly

People vs. Jean Harris
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People vs. Jean Harr...

as Joel Aurnou

Second Serve
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Second Serve

as Dr. Beck

Brothers in Blood
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Brothers in Blood

Bomber's Moon
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Bomber's Moon

as Captain Joe Reardon

Conquered City
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Conquered City

as Joseph Feinberg

Hunters Are for Killing
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Hunters Are for Kill...

as Wade Hamilton

Counselor at Crime
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Counselor at Crime

as Don Antonio Macaluso

Night of Terror
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Night of Terror

as Capt. Caleb Sark

Smiling Maniacs
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Smiling Maniacs

as Carlo Goja

Chronicle of a Homicide
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Chronicle of a Homic...

as Giudice Aldo Sola

The Warning
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The Warning

as Questore Martorana

Trapped Beneath the Sea
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Trapped Beneath the ...

as T.C. Hollister

The Millionaire
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The Millionaire

as Arthur Haines

The Sands of Time
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The Sands of Time

as Father Sorendo

The Living Bible
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The Living Bible

as Townsman

Unknown Soldier
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Unknown Soldier

as Priest

Marjorie Morningstar
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Marjorie Morningstar

as Dr. David Harris

The Storyteller
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The Storyteller

as Ira Davidoff

There Goes The Bride
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There Goes The Bride

as Elmer Babcock

The Goodbye People
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The Goodbye People

as Max Silverman

Innocent Prey
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Innocent Prey

as Sheriff Virgil Baker

The House on Garibaldi Street
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The House on Garibal...

as Isser Harel

Queenie
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Queenie

as Marty

Legend of the Spirit Dog
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Legend of the Spirit...

as Gramps

La colonna infame
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La colonna infame

Kids Like These
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Kids Like These

as Grandpa

O. Henry's Christmas
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O. Henry's Christmas

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
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as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

Raid on Entebbe
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Raid on Entebbe

as Daniel Cooper

Around the World of Mike Todd
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Around the World of ...

as Michael Todd (voice)

La Classe américaine
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La Classe américaine

as Callaghan (archive footage)

12 Angry Men
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12 Angry Men

as Juror 1

The Child Saver
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The Child Saver

as Sidney Rosenberg

I Want to Live
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I Want to Live

as Jack Brady

The Enemy Before Us
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The Enemy Before Us

as Angie

Concerning a Woman of Sin
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Concerning a Woman o...

The Defender (Studio One)
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The Defender (Studio...

as Francis Toohey

Night of 100 Stars
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Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote

as Edgar Carmody

Cain's Hundred
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Cain's Hundred

as Jack Garsell

The Twilight Zone
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The Twilight Zone

as Rockne S. O'Bannon

Route 66
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Route 66

Midnight Caller
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Midnight Caller

as Gil Solarski

Naked City
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Naked City

as Arnold Fleischman

Hotel
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Hotel

Kojak
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Kojak

as Ray Kaufman

Studio One
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Studio One

as Ed Coyne

Archie Bunker's Place
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Archie Bunker's Plac...

Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Hallmark Hall of Fam...

as Garth

The Twilight Zone
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The Twilight Zone

as Danny Weiss

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Alfred Hitchcock Pre...

as Eldon Marsh

Target: The Corruptors!
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Target: The Corrupto...

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
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Westinghouse Desilu ...

The Eleventh Hour
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The Eleventh Hour

Rawhide
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Rawhide

as Father Fabian

Have Gun, Will Travel
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Have Gun, Will Trave...

Police Story
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Police Story

The Fugitive
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The Fugitive

as Andrew Newmark

The Octopus
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The Octopus

as Frank Carrisi

The Philco Television Playhouse
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The Philco Televisio...

Decoy
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Decoy

as Nick Santos

The New Breed
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The New Breed

as Frank Eberhardt

CBS Playhouse
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CBS Playhouse

Inner Sanctum
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Inner Sanctum

Dr. Kildare
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Dr. Kildare

as Ned Lacey

The Defenders
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The Defenders

as Floyd Harker

The Defenders
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The Defenders

as Bernard Maxwell

The Defenders
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The Defenders

as District Attorney

The Twilight Zone
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The Twilight Zone

as Prof. Donald Knowles

The Living Christ
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The Living Christ

as Townsman

The Greatest Gift
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The Greatest Gift

Valiant Lady
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Valiant Lady

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
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Dick Powell's Zane G...

as Sam Butler

Naked City
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Naked City

as Caldwell Wyatt

Naked City
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Naked City

as Captain Russel Barris

Naked City
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Naked City

as Joseph Creeley

Actors Studio
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Actors Studio

as soldier

Dr. Kildare
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Dr. Kildare

as Benny Orloff

Dr. Kildare
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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Milton Orloff

Dr. Kildare
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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Carl Noyes

Tony Awards
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Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Oceano
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Oceano

as Don Matias Quintero

Space
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Space

as Senator Glancey

The Name of the Game
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The Name of the Game

as Herb Witmer

Little Gloria... Happy at Last
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Little Gloria... Hap...

as Nathan Burkan

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Alfred Hitchcock Pre...

as Leonard Thompson

Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Hallmark Hall of Fam...

as Strasberg

Arrest and Trial
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Arrest and Trial

as Leo Valera

12 O'Clock High
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12 O'Clock High

as Army Doctor (uncredited)

Studio One
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Studio One

as Francis Toohey

The Philco Television Playhouse
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The Philco Televisio...

as Mike Galloway

The Philco Television Playhouse
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The Philco Televisio...

as Charlie Malick

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
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Bob Hope Presents th...

as Dave Breslaw

Great Performances
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Great Performances

as Jack

Quincy, M.E.
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Quincy, M.E.

as Hyam Zgierski