Martin Balsam Martin 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 Henry Balsam was born in the Bronx borough
Psycho (franchise) being typecasted by the film. Even Alfred Hitchcock's films began to decline in critical and financial popularity after the release of "Psycho". Hitchcock film scholars argue that for the rest of his career, Hitchcock's films were constantly being compared to "Psycho". The "Psycho" films still maintain a very large fanbase. Various websites dedicated to the franchise such as "The Psycho Movies.com" have appeared on the Internet. Books detailing the making and impact of the film such as "Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho", "The Moment of Psycho", Janet Leigh's "Psycho: Behind The Scenes of the Classic Thriller" have been