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