1936
Martin Balsam
Acting
Born: November 4, 1919
Bronx, New York, USA
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).
Known For
12 Angry Men
as Juror 1
Psycho
as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as O.J. Berman
All the President's Men
as Howard Simons
Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor Bianchi
On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)
Little Big Man
as Mr. Merriweather
Cape Fear
as Judge
The Delta Force
as Ben Kaplan
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
