
Martin Balsam
Acting
Born 1919-11-04 · The Bronx, New York City, 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).
Known for

Archie Bunker's Place
1979 · TV

Oceano
1989 · TV

Space
1985 · TV

Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV

Inner Sanctum
1954 · TV

Route 66
1960 · TV

The Octopus
1984 · TV

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · TV

The Fugitive
1963 · TV

Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982 · TV

The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV

Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV

Great Performances
1971 · TV

Hotel
1982 · TV

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV

The Untouchables
1959 · TV

The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV

Rawhide
1959 · TV

Naked City
1958 · TV

Kojak
1973 · TV

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · TV

Espionage
1963 · TV

The Name of the Game
1968 · TV

12 O'Clock High
1964 · TV

Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV

Studio One
1948 · TV

Arrest and Trial
1963 · TV

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · TV

Police Story
1973 · TV

The Defenders
1961 · TV

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV

The New Breed
1961 · TV

Midnight Caller
1988 · TV

Decoy
1957 · TV

The Eleventh Hour
1962 · TV

Cain's Hundred
1961 · TV

Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · TV

The Living Christ
1951 · TV

Tony Awards
1956 · TV

The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV