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3 unusual facts about Martin Balsam


Jake Lingle

The reporter played by Martin Balsam in the 1959 film Al Capone is clearly based on Lingle, although the character's name has been changed to "Mac Keeley".

Martin Balsam

In 1973, he played Dr. Rudy Wells when the Martin Caidin novel Cyborg was adapted as the TV-movie, The Six Million Dollar Man, though he did not reprise the role for the subsequent weekly series.

Martin Balsam made his professional debut in August 1941 in a production of The Play's the Thing in Locust Valley.


Middle of the Night

Future Oscar winners Martin Balsam (A Thousand Clowns, 1965) and Lee Grant (Shampoo, 1975) also star in this film, which was mildly controversial in its day.

Pronto ad uccidere

Pronto ad uccidere (Italian: Ready to kill) is a 1976 Italian crime thriller film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Ray Lovelock, Martin Balsam and Elke Sommer.


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