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Martin Balsam
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Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 โ 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 (1979โ1983).
Known For

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Fugitive
1963

Quincy, M.E.
1976

The Twilight Zone
1985

The Twilight Zone
1985

The Untouchables
1959

Kojak
1973

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

12 Angry Men
1957

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

The Octopus
1984

Psycho
1960

Murder on the Orient Express
1974

Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961

Cape Fear
1991

Catch-22
1970

All the President's Men
1976

Hombre
1967

The Delta Force
1986

On the Waterfront
1954

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974

Cuba
1979

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970

Cape Fear
1962

Two Evil Eyes
1990

Death Wish 3
1985

The Sentinel
1977
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