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Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Birthday: 1919-11-04 | Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1994
The Silence of the Hams

as    Det. Martin Balsam

1991
Two Evil Eyes

as    Mr. Pym

1990
The Last Match

as    Lawyer

1987
P.I. Private Investigations

as    Cliff Dowling

1986
The Delta Force

as    Ben Kaplan

1985
Death Wish 3

as    Bennett Cross

1985
St. Elmo's Fire

as    Mr. Beamish

1985
Space

as    Sen. Glancey

1983
The Salamander

as    Captain Steffanelli

1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last

as    Nathan Burkan

1981
People vs. Jean Harris

as    Joel Aurnou

1980
The Warning

as    Questore Martorana

1979
Cuba

as    Gen. Bello

1979
Aunt Mary

as    Harry Strasberg

1978
Siege

as    Henry Fancher

1978
Eyes Behind the Stars

as    Inspector Jim Grant

1978
Silver Bears

as    Joe Fiore

1977
Contract on Cherry Street

as    Ernie Weinberg

1977
The Sentinel

as    Prof. Ruzinsky

1976
Death Rage

as    Commissario

1976
Raid on Entebbe

as    Daniel Cooper

1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

as    Edward J. Reilly

1976
All the President's Men

as    Howard Simons

1976
Two-Minute Warning

as    Sam McKeever

1975
Miles To Go Before I Sleep

as    Ben Montgomery

1975
Mitchell

as    James Arthur Cummings

1974
1974
Murder on the Orient Express

as    Signor Bianchi

1974
Trapped Beneath the Sea

as    T.C. Hollister

1973
The Six Million Dollar Man

as    Dr. Rudy Wells