Martin Balsam

Acting

Martin Balsam

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 04, 1919 (105 years old)

Martin Balsam

Known For

O. Henry's Christmas
Movie 1996

O. Henry's Christmas

Three episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals...

Unknown Soldier
1h 35m
Movie 1995

Unknown Soldier

In 1943, a group of Italian and Allied soldiers find...

The Silence of the Hams
1h 21m
Movie 1994

The Silence of the Hams

The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a...

24 Hour Psycho
24h 0m
Movie 1993

24 Hour Psycho

24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation...

The Sands of Time
1h 36m
Movie 1992

The Sands of Time

Three nuns are caught up in the midst of Spanish...

The Last Match
1h 35m
Movie 1990

The Last Match

The daughter of a star quarterback is falsely accused of...

Two Evil Eyes
2h 0m
Movie 1990

Two Evil Eyes

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy...

Oceano
1h 30m
TV Show 1989

Oceano

The Child Saver
1h 45m
Movie 1988

The Child Saver

Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save...

Kids Like These
1h 33m
Movie 1987

Kids Like These

Bob and Joanna, both over 40 years old, have a...

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).