ACTOR

Martin Balsam

1919 - 1996

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Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1968). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Balsam has received more than 2,855,472 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Martin Balsam is the 758th most popular actor (up from 803rd in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,484th in 2019) and the 364th most popular American Actor.

Martin Balsam is most famous for his role as Detective Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film, Psycho.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Martin Balsams by language

Over the past year Martin Balsam has had the most page views in the with 382,253 views, followed by German (46,805), and Italian (43,144). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (145.92%), Volapük (86.92%), and Afrikaans (64.94%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Martin Balsam ranks 758 out of 13,578. Before him are Cybill Shepherd, Boris Karloff, Isabel Sarli, Tyler Perry, Anne Parillaud, and Benedict Cumberbatch. After him are Wentworth Miller, Kelly Lynch, Max Wright, Horst Tappert, Sofía Vergara, and Scott Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Martin Balsam ranks 50. Before him are Abdel Hakim Amer, Godfrey Hounsfield, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Siad Barre, Donald J. Cram, and Chavela Vargas. After him are William Lipscomb, Joseph Murray, Daniel Bell, Mohamed Boudiaf, Ashraf Pahlavi, and Hermine Braunsteiner. Among people deceased in 1996, Martin Balsam ranks 50. Before him are Alain Poher, Fujiko Fujio, Timothy Leary, P. L. Travers, Ernesto Geisel, and Nevill Francis Mott. After him are George Davis Snell, Marianne Bachmeier, František Plánička, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Rafael Kubelík, and Frida Boccara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Balsam ranks 1,366 out of 20,380. Before him are John Backus (1924), Etta James (1938), John G. Avildsen (1935), Tyler Perry (1969), Dave Mustaine (1961), and Mike Powell (1963). After him are George Benson (1943), Ken Thompson (1943), George Davis Snell (1903), Ludacris (1977), Rodney King (1965), and Ron Jeremy (1953).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Martin Balsam ranks 364. Before him are Richard Farnsworth (1920), Ben Gazzara (1930), Anthony Mann (1906), Robin Wright (1966), Cybill Shepherd (1950), and Tyler Perry (1969). After him are Kelly Lynch (1959), Max Wright (1943), Scott Wilson (1942), Annette Bening (1958), David Duchovny (1960), and Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

Psycho
Private Det. Milton Arbogast
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Jun 22o 19608.4 / 10
12 Angry Men
Juror 1
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Apr 10o 19578.545 / 10
Breakfast at Tiffany's
O.J. Berman
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Oct 6o 19617.7 / 10