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Martin Balsam
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).
24
Films
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Avg Score
Filmography (24)
The Silence of the Hams
46
as Det. Martin Balsam
Cape Fear
73
as Judge
Two Evil Eyes
61
as Mr. Pym
The Delta Force
56
as Ben Kaplan
Death Wish 3
58
as Bennett Cross
St. Elmo's Fire
64
as Mr. Beamish
The Sentinel
63
as Prof. Ruzinsky
All the President's Men
79
as Howard Simons
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
76
as Green
Murder on the Orient Express
72
as Signor Bianchi
The Stone Killer
61
as Al Vescari
The Anderson Tapes
64
as Haskins
Little Big Man
75
as Mr. Merriweather
Tora! Tora! Tora!
75
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Catch-22
71
as Col. Cathcart
Hombre
74
as Henry Mendez
The Bedford Incident
73
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Seven Days in May
78
as Paul Girard
Cape Fear
77
as Police Chief Mark Dutton
Breakfast at Tiffany's
75
as O.J. Berman
Psycho
85
as Private Det. Milton Arbogast
Al Capone
67
as Mac Keeley, reporter
12 Angry Men
90
as Juror 1
On the Waterfront
81
as Gillette (uncredited)