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Martin Balsam

Born 1919-11-04

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

12 Angry Men 1957 · 9.0 Psycho 1960 · 8.5 Cape Fear 1991 · 7.3 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 · 7.5 All the President's Men 1976 · 7.9 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 · 7.2 St. Elmo's Fire 1985 · 6.4 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 · 7.6 Little Big Man 1970 · 7.5 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 · 7.5 Cape Fear 1962 · 7.7 Catch-22 1970 · 7.1 The Delta Force 1986 · 5.7 Death Wish 3 1985 · 5.8 Seven Days in May 1964 · 7.8 Hombre 1967 · 7.4 The Sentinel 1977 · 6.3 The Anderson Tapes 1971 · 6.4 Two Evil Eyes 1990 · 6.1 The Silence of the Hams 1994 · 4.6 Mitchell 1975 · 2.8 After the Fox 1966 · 6.4 Two-Minute Warning 1976 · 6.2 Raid on Entebbe 1976 · 6.7 The Carpetbaggers 1964 · 6.5 Confessions of a Police Captain 1971 · 7.2 Middle of the Night 1959 · 7.1 Harlow 1965 · 5.5 Counselor at Crime 1973 · 6.2 Gardenia il giustiziere della mala (Gardenia) 1979 · 5.7