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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
Cape FearJudge
All the President's MenHoward Simons
Murder on the Orient ExpressSignor Bianchi
The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeGreen1997Legend of the Spirit DogGrampsMovie
1996O. Henry's ChristmasMovie
1995Unknown SoldierPriestMovie
1994The Silence of the HamsDet. Martin BalsamMovie
1993La Classe américaineCallaghan (archive footage)Movie
1992The Sands of TimeFather SorendoMovie
1991Cape FearJudgeMovie
1990The Last MatchLawyerMovie
1990Two Evil EyesMr. PymMovie
1988The Brother from SpaceFrather HowardMovie
1988The Child SaverSidney RosenbergMovie
1987Once AgainGeraldMovie
1987Kids Like TheseGrandpaMovie
1987P.I. Private InvestigationsCliff DowlingMovie
1987Brothers in BloodMovie
1986Whatever it TakesHap PerchickskyMovie
1986The Delta ForceBen KaplanMovie
1986Second ServeDr. BeckMovie
1985Death Wish 3Bennett CrossMovie
1985Murder in SpaceAlexander RostovMovie
1985St. Elmo's FireMr. BeamishMovie
1984Innocent PreySheriff Virgil BakerMovie
1984The Goodbye PeopleMax SilvermanMovie
1983I Want to LiveJack BradyMovie
1981People vs. Jean HarrisJoel AurnouMovie
1981The SalamanderCaptain SteffanelliMovie
1980The WarningQuestore MartoranaMovie
1980There Goes The BrideElmer BabcockMovie
1980The Love TapesDavid FranklinMovie
1979CubaGen. BelloMovie
1979Aunt MaryHarry StrasbergMovie
1979The House on Garibaldi StreetIsser HarelMovie
1979GardeniaSalluzzoMovie
1979The Seeding of Sarah BurnsDr. Samuel MelmanMovie
1979The Horror Show(archive footage)Movie
1978The MillionaireArthur HainesMovie
1978RainbowLouis B. MayerMovie
1978SiegeHenry FancherMovie
1978Blood and DiamondsRizzoMovie
1978Eyes Behind the StarsInspector Jim GrantMovie
1977The StorytellerIra DavidoffMovie
1977Contract on Cherry StreetErnie WeinbergMovie
1977Silver BearsJoe FioreMovie
1977The SentinelProf. RuzinskyMovie
1976Raid on EntebbeDaniel CooperMovie
1976Two-Minute WarningSam McKeeverMovie
1976Death RageCommissarioMovie
1976Meet Him and DieGiulianelliMovie
1976All the President's MenHoward SimonsMovie
1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseEdward J. ReillyMovie
1975Season for AssassinsCommissioner KatroniMovie
1975MitchellJames Arthur CummingsMovie
1975Cry, Onion!Petrus LambMovie
1975Death Among FriendsHam Russell BucknerMovie
1975Smiling ManiacsCarlo GojaMovie
1975Miles To Go Before I SleepBen MontgomeryMovie
1974Murder on the Orient ExpressSignor BianchiMovie
1974Trapped Beneath the SeaT.C. HollisterMovie
1974The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeGreenMovie
1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsHarry WaldenMovie
1973The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and WarDr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)Movie
1973The CounsellorDon Antonio MacalusoMovie
1973The Stone KillerAl VescariMovie
1973La colonna infameMovie
1973The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Rudy WellsMovie
1973A Brand New LifeJim DouglasMovie
1972Night of TerrorCapt. Caleb SarkMovie
1972The ManJim TalleyMovie
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