Martin Balsam
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 164
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- November 4, 1919
- Died
- February 13, 1996
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Martin Henry BalsamМартин Болсам
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).
