Martin Balsam
Born 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 Appearances
Movies
12 Angry Men
Psycho
All the President's Men
Cape Fear
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Murder on the Orient Express
On the Waterfront
The Delta Force
Catch-22
Cape Fear
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Hombre
Death Wish 3
The Bedford Incident
Two Evil Eyes
Unreleased
The Time Element
St. Elmo's Fire
The Sentinel
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Little Big Man
Seven Days in May
The Silence of the Hams
Cuba
Raid on Entebbe
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Conquered City
The Six Million Dollar Man
Night of 100 Stars
La Classe américaine
Al Capone
Innocent Prey
People vs. Jean Harris
Two-Minute Warning
The Defender (Studio One)
The Salamander
The Last Match
The Anderson Tapes
A Brand New Life
The Stone Killer
TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
The Twilight Zone
Rawhide
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
Quincy, M.E.
Dr. Kildare
The Untouchables
The Twilight Zone
Naked City
The Defenders
Hotel
The Ed Sullivan Show
Route 66
Kojak
The Name of the Game
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
12 O'Clock High
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Police Story
The Octopus
Archie Bunker's Place
Arrest and Trial
Cain's Hundred
Espionage
Inner Sanctum
Midnight Caller
Target: The Corruptors!
The New Breed
The Eleventh Hour
Decoy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Living Christ
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Space
Oceano
More Movies
Me, Natalie
Middle of the Night
After the Fox
The Carpetbaggers
Death Among Friends
O. Henry's Christmas
Silver Bears
A Thousand Clowns
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Harlow
Death Rage
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Contract on Cherry Street
The House on Garibaldi Street
Time Limit
Aunt Mary
Eyes Behind the Stars
P.I. Private Investigations
The Sands of Time
Cry, Onion!
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
I Want to Live
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Season for Assassins
Marjorie Morningstar
The Goodbye People
The Millionaire
There Goes The Bride
The Brother from Space
Ada
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Blood and Diamonds
Mitchell
Second Serve
Everybody Go Home!
Night of Terror
Smiling Maniacs
Kids Like These
Meet Him and Die
Murder in Space
Confessions of a Police Captain
Counselor at Crime
The Living Bible
The Horror Show
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Hunters Are for Killing
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
The Hassled Hooker
All About 'The Birds'
Rainbow
The Warning
Around the World of Mike Todd
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Brothers in Blood
The Man
Trilogy
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
La colonna infame
Winged Victory
Once Again
The Storyteller
The Child Saver
Concerning a Woman of Sin
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Chronicle of a Homicide
Siege
Gardenia
Whatever it Takes
Bomber's Moon
Unknown Soldier
