Martin Balsam

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).

Known For

Psycho

as Private Det. Milton Arbogast

12 Angry Men

as Juror 1

Breakfast at Tiffany's

as O.J. Berman

Cape Fear

as Judge

All the President's Men

as Howard Simons

On the Waterfront

as Gillette (uncredited)

Murder on the Orient Express

as Signor Bianchi

The Twilight Zone

as Danny Weiss

Little Big Man

as Mr. Merriweather

Cape Fear

as Police Chief Mark Dutton