Martin Balsam
Acting

Martin Balsam

Born 4 November 1919 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Died 13 February 1996

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).

Known for

Psycho
12 Angry Men
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Cape Fear
All the President's Men
Murder on the Orient Express
The Twilight Zone
Little Big Man
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Cape Fear
Tora! Tora! Tora!
St. Elmo's Fire
Legend of the Spirit Dog
O. Henry's Christmas
Unknown Soldier
The Silence of the Hams
The Sands of Time
Cape Fear
Two Evil Eyes
The Last Match
The Brother from Space
The Child Saver
P.I. Private Investigations
Brothers in Blood
Kids Like These
Once Again
The Delta Force
Second Serve
Whatever it Takes
St. Elmo's Fire
Death Wish 3
Murder in Space
The Goodbye People
Innocent Prey
I Want to Live
The Salamander
People vs. Jean Harris
The Love Tapes
The Warning
There Goes The Bride
Cuba
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Gardenia
Aunt Mary
The House on Garibaldi Street
Eyes Behind the Stars
Blood and Diamonds
Siege
Rainbow
The Millionaire
Silver Bears
The Sentinel
Contract on Cherry Street
The Storyteller
All the President's Men
Two-Minute Warning
Death Rage
Meet Him and Die
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Raid on Entebbe
Mitchell
Cry, Onion!
Season for Assassins
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Smiling Maniacs
Death Among Friends
Murder on the Orient Express
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Trapped Beneath the Sea
The Stone Killer
The Six Million Dollar Man
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
A Brand New Life
The Counsellor
La colonna infame
The Hassled Hooker
The Man
Night of Terror
Chronicle of a Homicide
The Anderson Tapes
Confessions of a Police Captain
Catch-22
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Little Big Man
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Hunters Are for Killing
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Me, Natalie
Trilogy
Around the World of Mike Todd
Hombre
After the Fox
Harlow
A Thousand Clowns
The Bedford Incident
Seven Days in May
The Carpetbaggers
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Cape Fear
Conquered City
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Ada
Psycho
Everybody Go Home!
Al Capone
Middle of the Night
Bomber's Moon
Marjorie Morningstar
Time Limit
12 Angry Men
The Defender (Studio One)
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Concerning a Woman of Sin
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