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 (1998 film) private detective Milton Arbogast, who has been hired by Marion's employer to find her and recover the money. Arbogast traces Marion to the motel and questions Norman, who lies unconvincingly that Marion stayed for one night and left the following morning. He refuses to let Arbogast talk to his mother, claiming she is ill. Arbogast calls Lila to update her and tells her he will contact her again in an hour after he questions Norman's mother. Arbogast enters Norman's house and, at the top of the stairs, is attacked and murdered by the Mother figure. When Arbogast does not call