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Born to a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York , he studied dramatics at The New School in New York City and then served in the Army Air Corps during World War II . In 1947 he was selected by Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg to be a player in the '' Actors' Studio '' Television program and went on to appear in a number of television plays in the 1950s and returned frequently to television as a guest star on numerous dramas. Balsam appeared in such films as '' On The Waterfront '', '' 12 Angry Men '' (as Juror #1), '' Psycho '', '' Cape Fear '' (1962) as the police chief, '' Breakfast At Tiffany's '', '' Seven Days In May '', '' Catch-22 '', '' Tora! Tora! Tora! '', and '' The Delta Force . In 1965 he won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role as Arnold Burns, the agent brother of the oddball non-conformist and unemployed kiddie-show writer Jason Robards, Jr. in A Thousand Clowns and starred as Murry Klein on the All In The Family Spin-off Archie Bunker's Place for two seasons. In 1967 he won a Tony Award for his appearance in the 1967 Broadway production of '' You Know I Can't Hear You When The Water's Running ''. He married and divorced actress Joyce Van Patten . Their daughter, Talia Balsam , was born January 1 , 1960 .
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