Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam in trailer for The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Born	Martin Henry Balsam (1919-11-04)November 4, 1919 Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	February 13, 1996(1996-02-13) (aged 76) Rome, Italy
Cause of death	Stroke
Resting place	Cedar Park Cemetery in Emerson, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	DeWitt Clinton High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–95
Spouse(s)	Pearl Somner (1952–54) Joyce Van Patten (1957–62; 1 child) Irene Miller (1963–87; 2 children)
Children	Talia Balsam, born 1959 Adam Balsam Zoe Balsam

Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of renowned film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965) (for which he won 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).

Martin Balsam was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, to Russian Jewish parents, Lillian (née Weinstein) and Albert Balsam, who was a manufacturer of women's sportswear. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where he participated in the drama club. He studied at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the German director Erwin Piscator and then served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

Martin Balsam made his professional debut in August 1941 in a production of The Play's the Thing in Locust Valley. During World War II he served as a sergeant radio operator in a B-24 in the China-Burma-India theater of operations.