Actor

Martin Balsam

November 4, 1919 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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).

Notable work

8.4
Psycho (1960)
as Milton Arbogast
8.6
12 Angry Men (1957)
as Juror 1
7.6
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
as O.J. Berman
7.3
Cape Fear (1991)
as Judge
7.7
All the President's Men (1976)
as Howard Simons
7.9
On the Waterfront (1954)
as Gillette (uncredited)
7.1
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
as Signor Bianchi
8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Danny Weiss and as Martin Lombard Senescu
7.4
Little Big Man (1970)
as Mr. Merriweather
7.5
Cape Fear (1962)
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
as Green
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

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