1957Winner
Best Performance
12 Angry Men
Martin Balsam
Actor
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
November 4, 1919
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1960Winner
Best Performance
Psycho
1991Nominee
Best Performance
Cape Fear
Career Highlights
1961Highlight
Best Performance
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Murder on the Orient Express