Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 4, 1919
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Martin Henry Balsam
- Мартин Болсам
Martin Balsam
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 - Movies
12 Angry Men
as Juror 1
Psycho
as Milton Arbogast
Cape Fear
as Judge
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman
Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi
On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
All the President's Men
as Howard Simons
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Cape Fear
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Known For - TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
as Edgar Carmody
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Twilight Zone
as Danny Weiss
The Twilight Zone
as Martin Lombard Senescu
Quincy, M.E.
as Hyam Zgierski
Great Performances
as Jack
The Fugitive
as Andrew Newmark
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Marshal Jim Brock
Dr. Kildare
as Ned Lacey