Personal Info
Martin Henry Balsam
Мартин Болсам
Martin Balsam
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
All About 'The Birds'
as Self (archive footage)
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Gramps
O. Henry's Christmas
Unknown Soldier
as Priest
The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin Balsam
La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)
The Sands of Time
as Father Sorendo
Cape Fear
as Judge
Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. Pym
TV Shows
Oceano
as Don Matias Quintero · 6 ep.
Midnight Caller
as Gil Solarski · 1 ep.
The Twilight Zone
as Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth") · 1 ep.
Space
as Senator Glancey · 5 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Edgar Carmody · 2 ep.
The Octopus
as Frank Carrisi · 2 ep.
Hotel
1 ep.
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
as Nathan Burkan · 2 ep.
Archie Bunker's Place
as Murray Klein · 45 ep.
Quincy, M.E.
as Hyam Zgierski · 1 ep.
