Martin Balsam
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1919-11-04 – 1996-02-13
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961O.J. Berman
All the President's Men
1976Howard Simons
Psycho
1960Milton Arbogast
The Brother from Space
1988Frather Howard
Catch-22
1970Col. Cathcart
Murder on the Orient Express
1974Signor Bianchi
The Silence of the Hams
1994Det. Martin Balsam
The Hassled Hooker
1972District Attorney Turrisi
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Little Big Man
1970Mr. Merriweather
Cape Fear
1962Police Chief Mark Dutton
St. Elmo's Fire
1985Mr. Beamish
Two-Minute Warning
1976Sam McKeever
Seven Days in May
1964Paul Girard
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974Green
Harlow
1965Everett Redman
The Anderson Tapes
1971Haskins
Death Wish 3
1985Bennett Cross
Mitchell
1975James Arthur Cummings