Martin Balsam
Acting · 76 years old
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).
Known For
Kids Like These
Grandpa
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Garth
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Strasberg
12 Angry Men
Juror 1
The Twilight Zone
Danny Weiss
The Twilight Zone
Martin Lombard Senescu
Psycho
Milton Arbogast
On the Waterfront
Gillette (uncredited)
The Untouchables
Arnold Justin
The Twilight Zone
Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
The Octopus
Frank Carrisi
The Twilight Zone
Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Eldon Marsh
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Leonard Thompson
Arrest and Trial
Leo Valera
All the President's Men
Howard Simons
Breakfast at Tiffany's
O.J. Berman
Everybody Go Home!
Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Midnight Caller
Gil Solarski
La Classe américaine
Callaghan (archive footage)