Martin Balsam
Actor
- Born
- November 4, 1919 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 13, 1996 (age 76)
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
Psycho
June 22, 1960
12 Angry Men
April 10, 1957
Breakfast at Tiffany's
October 6, 1961
Cape Fear
November 13, 1991
All the President's Men
April 9, 1976
On the Waterfront
June 22, 1954
Murder on the Orient Express
November 22, 1974
Little Big Man
December 23, 1970
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
October 2, 1974
Cape Fear
April 12, 1962
Tora! Tora! Tora!
January 26, 1970
St. Elmo's Fire
June 28, 1985
Acting115
- 2015True Fear: The Making of Psycho as Self
- 2000All About 'The Birds' as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Legend of the Spirit Dog as Gramps
- 1996O. Henry's Christmas
- 1995Unknown Soldier as Priest
- 1994The Silence of the Hams as Det. Martin Balsam
- 1993La Classe américaine as Callaghan (archive footage)
- 1992The Sands of Time as Father Sorendo
- 1991Cape Fear as Judge
- 1990The Last Match