Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

1919-11-04 – 1996-02-13 (age 76) The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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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 Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), as well as for his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983).

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Known For

12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men

1957

as Juror 1

Psycho
Psycho

1960

as Milton Arbogast

Cape Fear
Cape Fear

1991

as Judge

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

as O.J. Berman

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

1974

as Signor Bianchi

Cape Fear
Cape Fear

1962

as Police Chief Mark Dutton

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

1970

as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

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

1976

as Howard Simons

The Delta Force
The Delta Force

1986

as Ben Kaplan

On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront

1954

as Gillette (uncredited)

Catch-22
Catch-22

1970

as Col. Cathcart

Hombre
Hombre

1967

as Henry Mendez

Death Wish 3
Death Wish 3

1985

as Bennett Cross

The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man

1973

as Dr. Rudy Wells

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

1985

as Mr. Beamish

The Sentinel
The Sentinel

1977

as Prof. Ruzinsky

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Little Big Man
Little Big Man

1970

as Mr. Merriweather

Al Capone
Al Capone

1959

as Mac Keeley, reporter