
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

Cape Fear

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Murder on the Orient Express

The Delta Force

Tora! Tora! Tora!

On the Waterfront

All the President's Men

Cape Fear

St. Elmo's Fire

Death Wish 3

Catch-22

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Little Big Man

The Sentinel

Hombre

Seven Days in May

Night of 100 Stars

Two Evil Eyes

The Silence of the Hams

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Anderson Tapes

Middle of the Night

Two-Minute Warning

Cuba

Marjorie Morningstar

People vs. Jean Harris

Raid on Entebbe

Me, Natalie

Silver Bears

The Six Million Dollar Man

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

The Salamander

Time Limit

The Stone Killer

The Defender (Studio One)

La Classe américaine

Al Capone
TV Shows

Tony Awards

Quincy, M.E.

The Twilight Zone

Have Gun, Will Travel

Dr. Kildare

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Hotel

Studio One

The Name of the Game

Naked City

The Defenders

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Twilight Zone

The Untouchables

Route 66

Rawhide

The Ed Sullivan Show

Kojak

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Police Story

12 O'Clock High

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Arrest and Trial

Target: The Corruptors!

Archie Bunker's Place

Cain's Hundred

Espionage

Midnight Caller

The New Breed

The Octopus

Inner Sanctum

Decoy

The Eleventh Hour

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Living Christ

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

Space

Oceano
More Movies

The Carpetbaggers

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

Death Rage

A Brand New Life

Hunters Are for Killing

Confessions of a Police Captain

The Bedford Incident

I Want to Live

Murder in Space

Cry, Onion!

Everybody Go Home!

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

The Sands of Time

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

After the Fox

Aunt Mary

The Hassled Hooker

Contract on Cherry Street

Harlow

O. Henry's Christmas

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

A Thousand Clowns

There Goes The Bride

The House on Garibaldi Street

The Counsellor

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

P.I. Private Investigations

All About 'The Birds'

Winged Victory

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Night of Terror

Trapped Beneath the Sea

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

The Man

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

The Love Tapes

The Horror Show

Smiling Maniacs

Blood and Diamonds

Conquered City

Gardenia

Second Serve

Innocent Prey

Eyes Behind the Stars

Season for Assassins

The Living Bible

The Last Match

The Brother from Space

Around the World of Mike Todd

The Child Saver

Ada

Mitchell

Unreleased
The Time Element

Chronicle of a Homicide

The Storyteller

The Millionaire

The Warning

The Goodbye People

Legend of the Spirit Dog

Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The Birds

Bomber's Moon

Kids Like These

Siege

Rainbow

Concerning a Woman of Sin

Trilogy

Brothers in Blood

La colonna infame

Once Again

True Fear: The Making of Psycho

Death Among Friends

Meet Him and Die

Whatever it Takes




