Martin Balsam
Known For
Acting
Born
1919-11-04 in Bronx, New York, USA
Died
1996-02-13
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).
Most Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
as Edgar Carmody
Great Performances
as Jack
The Twilight Zone
as Danny Weiss
The Twilight Zone
as Martin Lombard Senescu
The Twilight Zone
as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
The Twilight Zone
as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")
The Fugitive
as Andrew Newmark
Quincy, M.E.
as Hyam Zgierski
Studio One
as Ed Coyne
Studio One
as Francis Toohey
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Marshal Jim Brock
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sam Butler
Hotel
Dr. Kildare
as Ned Lacey
Dr. Kildare
as Benny Orloff
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Milton Orloff
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Carl Noyes
The Untouchables
as Arnold Justin