Martin Balsam "The Goodbye People". In 1960, he appeared in one of his best-remembered roles as Detective Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Along with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, Martin Balsam appeared in both the original "Cape Fear" (1962), and the 1991 Martin Scorsese remake. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Arnold Burns in "A Thousand Clowns" (1965). In 1968, 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". Balsam played "Washington Post" editor Howard Simons in "All the President's
Psycho (franchise) his mother, claiming she is ill. Arbogast calls Lila to update her and tells her he will call again after he questions Norman's mother. Arbogast enters Norman's house and at the top of the stairs is attacked by a figure who slashes his face with a knife, pushes him down the stairs, then stabs him to death. When Arbogast does not call Lila, she and Sam contact the local police. Deputy Sheriff Al Chambers (John McIntire) is perplexed to learn Arbogast saw a woman in a window since Norman's mother died ten years ago. Norman confronts his mother and urges