Martin Balsam
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 1
Psycho
1960
as Milton Arbogast
The Delta Force
1986
as Ben Kaplan
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Signor Bianchi
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
as O.J. Berman
Cape Fear
1991
as Judge
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
On the Waterfront
1954
as Gillette (uncredited)
Hombre
1967
as Henry Mendez
All the President's Men
1976
as Howard Simons
Little Big Man
1970
as Mr. Merriweather
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Mr. Beamish
Cuba
1979
as Gen. Bello
Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Mr. Pym
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Green
Death Wish 3
1985
as Bennett Cross
Catch-22
1970
as Col. Cathcart
Seven Days in May
1964
as Paul Girard
Cape Fear
1962
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self