
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

The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV

The Untouchables
1959 · TV

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV

The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV

Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV

The Octopus
1984 · TV

Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV

The Fugitive
1963 · TV

Midnight Caller
1988 · TV

Kojak
1973 · TV

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV

Rawhide
1959 · TV

Arrest and Trial
1963 · TV

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · TV

12 O'Clock High
1964 · TV

Espionage
1963 · TV

Inner Sanctum
1954 · TV

The New Breed
1961 · TV

Space
1985 · TV

Police Story
1973 · TV

The Name of the Game
1968 · TV

Oceano
1989 · TV

Tony Awards
1956 · TV

The Eleventh Hour
1962 · TV

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · TV

Hotel
1982 · TV

Decoy
1957 · TV

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · TV

Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · TV

The Living Christ
1951 · TV

Route 66
1960 · TV

Cain's Hundred
1961 · TV

The Defenders
1961 · TV

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV

Archie Bunker's Place
1979 · TV

Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982 · TV

Naked City
1958 · TV

Great Performances
1971 · TV

Studio One
1948 · TV

Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV

The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV