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Martin Balsam

  • Born Nov. 4, 1919
  • The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died Feb. 13, 1996, aged 76

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 …

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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).

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Milton Arbogast

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Juror 1

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O.J. Berman

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Judge

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Howard Simons

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Gillette (uncredited)

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Signor Bianchi

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Danny Weiss / Martin Lombard Senescu

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Mr. Merriweather

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Green

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Police Chief Mark Dutton

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Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

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Mr. Beamish

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Ben Kaplan

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Bennett Cross

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Edgar Carmody

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Col. Cathcart

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Mr. Pym

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Eldon Marsh / Leonard Thompson

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Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons") / Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth")

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Henry Mendez

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Prof. Ruzinsky

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Paul Girard

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Det. Martin Balsam

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Haskins

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Ray Kaufman

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Arnold Justin

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Hyam Zgierski

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Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

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Sam McKeever

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Al Vescari

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Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

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Dr. Rudy Wells

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Harry

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Albert Sully

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Frank Carrisi

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Andrew Newmark

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Daniel Cooper

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Mac Keeley, reporter

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Gen. Bello

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Father Fabian

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Commissario Bonavia

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James Arthur Cummings

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Marshal Jim Brock

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Bernard B. Norman

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Jack Englander

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Joe Fiore

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Arnold

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Mayor Wilker

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Captain Steffanelli

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Petrus Lamb

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Commissario

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Sgt. Baker

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Murray Klein

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Jack

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Gil Solarski

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Uncle Harold

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Army Doctor (uncredited)

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Dr. David Harris

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Everett Redman

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Ned Lacey / Benny Orloff / Dr. Milton Orloff / Dr. Carl Noyes

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Steve Jackson

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Rizzo

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Don Antonio Macaluso

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Giudice Aldo Sola

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Harry Walden

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Arnold Fleischman / Joseph Creeley / Captain Russel Barris / Caldwell Wyatt

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Ed Coyne / Francis Toohey

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Herb Witmer

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Inspector Jim Grant

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Capt. Caleb Sark

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Floyd Harker / Bernard Maxwell / District Attorney

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Sam Butler

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Commissioner Katroni

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Edward J. Reilly

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Nathan Burkan

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District Attorney Turrisi

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Questore Martorana

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Nick Santos

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Garth / Strasberg

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Sheriff Virgil Baker

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Cliff Dowling

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Mike Galloway / Charlie Malick

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Sanford Kaufman

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Dr. Beck

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soldier

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Giulianelli

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Alexander Rostov

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Henry Fancher

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Lawyer

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Stanley Pulska

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Joseph Feinberg

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Ernie Weinberg

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Ham Russell Buckner

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Frather Howard

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T.C. Hollister

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Ivor Belli

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Leo Valera

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Jack Garsell

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Salluzzo

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Jack Brady

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Francis Toohey

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Isser Harel

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Jim Talley

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Michael Todd (voice)

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Harry Strasberg

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Wade Hamilton

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Gramps

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Ben Montgomery

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Senator Glancey

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Townsman

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Frank Eberhardt

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Bit Part (uncredited)

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Jesse Rothenberg

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Grandpa

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Don Matias Quintero

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Sidney Rosenberg

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David Franklin

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Dr. Samuel Melman

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Priest

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Jim Douglas

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Richard Carey

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Gerald

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Louis B. Mayer

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Carlo Goja

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Max Silverman

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Arthur Haines

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Father Sorendo

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Ira Davidoff

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Elmer Babcock

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Garth

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Charlie Malick

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Captain Joe Reardon

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Joel Aurnou

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Dr. Arnold Gillespie

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Hap Perchicksky

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Callaghan (archive footage)

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Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

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Self (archive footage)

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Self

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(archive footage)

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Self

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