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Martin Balsam

1919 - 1996

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Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1968). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Thousand Clowns (1965). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Balsam is the 705th most popular actor (up from 758th in 2019), the 1,459th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,366th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular American Actor.

Martin Balsam is most famous for his role as Detective Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film, Psycho.

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Among actors, Martin Balsam ranks 705 out of 13,578. Before him are Patrick Wilson, Naomi Watts, Uma Thurman, Groucho Marx, Jonathan Ke Quan, and Peter Cushing. After him are Raf Vallone, Jack Elam, BD Wong, Idina Menzel, Courteney Cox, and George C. Scott.

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Among people born in 1919, Martin Balsam ranks 44. Before him are James M. Buchanan, Jennifer Jones, Gerhard Barkhorn, Oleg Penkovsky, César Manrique, and Mordechai Anielewicz. After him are Boris Shcherbina, Lex Barker, Jackie Robinson, Godfrey Hounsfield, Mohamed Boudiaf, and René Barrientos. Among people deceased in 1996, Martin Balsam ranks 46. Before him are Masaki Kobayashi, Marcel Carné, António de Spínola, Helmut Schön, George Davis Snell, and Alain Poher. After him are Marianne Bachmeier, J. R. Jayewardene, Max Manus, Ernesto Geisel, P. L. Travers, and Nicu Ceaușescu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Balsam ranks 1,459 out of 20,380. Before him are John Clauser (1942), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Stan Smith (1946), The Ultimate Warrior (1959), Harrison Schmitt (1935), and Harry Markowitz (1927). After him are Steve Reich (1936), Jack Elam (1920), BD Wong (1960), Idina Menzel (1971), Courteney Cox (1964), and Harry Daghlian (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Martin Balsam ranks 362. Before him are Vincent Price (1911), Betty White (1922), John Corbett (1961), Patrick Wilson (1973), Uma Thurman (1970), and Groucho Marx (1890). After him are Jack Elam (1920), BD Wong (1960), Idina Menzel (1971), Courteney Cox (1964), George C. Scott (1927), and Brian Dennehy (1938).

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