Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Born November 4, 1919 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for film roles including 12 Angry Men and A Thousand Clowns, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared on television shows such as Archie Bunker's Place. His career spanned over four decades.

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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).

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Selected Filmography

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)TV Series · 2 epsas Edgar Carmody
  • The Mike Douglas Show(1961)TV Series · 1 epas Self
  • Tony Awards(1956)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Winner
  • The Fugitive(1963)TV Series · 1 epas Andrew Newmark
  • Great Performances(1971)TV Series · 1 epas Jack
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre(1963)TV Series · 1 epas Dave Breslaw
  • The Twilight Zone(1959)TV Series · 1 epas Martin Lombard Senescu
  • Have Gun, Will Travel(1957)TV Series · 1 epas Marshal Jim Brock
  • Rawhide(1959)TV Series · 1 epas Father Fabian
  • Quincy, M.E.(1976)TV Series · 1 epas Hyam Zgierski
  • Dr. Kildare(1961)TV Series · 2 epsas Dr. Carl Noyes
  • Hotel(1982)TV Series · 1 ep
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre(1956)TV Series · 1 epas Sam Butler
  • Psycho(1960)as Milton Arbogast
  • The Twilight Zone(1985)TV Series · 1 epas Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
  • The Untouchables(1959)TV Series · 1 epas Arnold Justin
  • The Philco Television Playhouse(1948)TV Series · 1 epas Charlie Malick
  • Studio One(1948)TV Series · 2 epsas Francis Toohey
  • Naked City(1958)TV Series · 1 epas Joseph Creeley
  • Route 66(1960)TV Series · 2 eps

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