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Martin Balsam

Biography

Martin Henry Balsam 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

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
Psycho
Psycho
The Brother from Space
The Brother from Space
Catch-22
Catch-22
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
The Silence of the Hams
The Silence of the Hams
The Hassled Hooker
The Hassled Hooker
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Little Big Man
Little Big Man

Filmography

2000 All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
1997 Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
1996 O. Henry's Christmas
as
1995 Unknown Soldier
as Priest
1994 The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
1993 La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
1993 24 Hour Psycho
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
1992 The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo
1991 Cape Fear
as Judge
1990 The Last Match
as Lawyer
1990 Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
1989 Oceano
as Don Matias Quintero
1988 Midnight Caller
as Gil Solarski
1988 The Child Saver
as Sidney Rosenberg
1988 The Brother from Space
as Frather Howard
1987 Once Again
as Gerald
1987 Kids Like These
as Grandpa
1987 P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff Dowling
1987 Brothers in Blood
as
1986 The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan