Martin Balsam (1919-1996)
78.8 TOPICAL actor score · #119 of 1,977 actors
Martin Balsam (1919-1996) has a TOPICAL actor score of 78.8 - ranked 119 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are their movies and prime. They've won 3 acting honours from 5 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1957-1966. Best films: 12 Angry Men (1957), All the President's Men (1976), Psycho (1960).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours85
Prime93
Their movies96
Credits78
Career standing85
- Acting honours3 wins, 5 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play; National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Prime1957-1966
- Credits78 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 15 scored films (3 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 48 languages
“He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Thousand Clowns (1965).”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Martin Balsam's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 12 Angry Men | 1957 | 1 |
| 41 | Psycho | 1960 | 5 |
| 82 | All the President's Men | 1976 | 4 |
| 329 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | 1961 | 5 |
| 684 | Little Big Man | 1970 | 4 |
| 897 | Murder on the Orient Express | 1974 | 3 |
| 1,155 | Cape Fear | 1991 | 8 |
| 1,625 | Seven Days in May | 1964 | 6 |
| 1,633 | Cape Fear | 1962 | 4 |
| 1,783 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | 1970 | 1 |
| 2,630 | A Thousand Clowns | 1965 | 4 |
| 4,746 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | 1973 | 2 |
| 4,768 | Two-Minute Warning | 1976 | 3 |
| 5,468 | St. Elmo's Fire | 1985 | 8 |
| 5,736 | The Delta Force | 1986 | 3 |