The heavyset, balding Balsam was a familiar face as a character actor since his career began on Broadway in the early 1940s. After a hiatus to serve in the US Army during WWII, he found work on stage in a number of Broadway productions including "Lamp at Midnight", "Macbeth" and "The Closing Door" and on TV in such varied shows as "Philco Television…
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