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Martin Balsam

1919 - 1996 (age 76) • Acting

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

84%

Milton Arbogast

1960

12 Angry Men

86%

Juror 1

1957

Breakfast at Tiffany's

76%

O.J. Berman

1961

All the President's Men

77%

Howard Simons

1976

Murder on the Orient Express

71%

Signor Bianchi

1974

The Twilight Zone

85%

Danny Weiss

1959

Little Big Man

74%

Mr. Merriweather

1970

Cape Fear

75%

Police Chief Mark Dutton

1962

True Fear: The Making of Psycho

Self

2015

All About 'The Birds'

72%

Self (archive footage)

2000

Legend of the Spirit Dog

60%

Gramps

1997

O. Henry's Christmas

50%
1996

Unknown Soldier

80%

Priest

1995

The Silence of the Hams

49%

Det. Martin Balsam

1994

La Classe américaine

76%

Callaghan (archive footage)

1993

The Sands of Time

100%

Father Sorendo

1992

Cape Fear

73%

Judge

1991

The Last Match

58%

Lawyer

1990

Two Evil Eyes

61%

Mr. Pym

1990

Oceano

70%

Don Matias Quintero

1989

Midnight Caller

76%

Gil Solarski

1988

The Brother from Space

40%

Frather Howard

1988

The Child Saver

75%

Sidney Rosenberg

1988

Once Again

70%

Gerald

1987

Kids Like These

90%

Grandpa

1987

P.I. Private Investigations

51%

Cliff Dowling

1987

Brothers in Blood

70%
1987

Whatever it Takes

Hap Perchicksky

1986

The Delta Force

60%

Ben Kaplan

1986

Second Serve

53%

Dr. Beck

1986

Death Wish 3

62%

Bennett Cross

1985

The Twilight Zone

77%

Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") / Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")

1985

Murder in Space

53%

Alexander Rostov

1985

St. Elmo's Fire

61%

Mr. Beamish

1985

Space

77%

Senator Glancey

1985

Innocent Prey

43%

Sheriff Virgil Baker

1984

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