1963 he made his debut in the theatrical play Canuto Cañete, conscripto del siete, and due to his great success on Canal 9, he was hired to host his own program, Balamicina. At the end of that year he filmed the film version of Canuto Cañete.... In 1964 he was hired by Canal 13 to star in El soldado Balá, and began a long television career during the sixties and seventies with the programs El flequillo de Balá (1965–66), El clan de Balá (1967, with scripts by Juan Carlos Mesa, Jorge Basurto, and Carlos Garaycochea); Nicolás Mancera's Sábados Circulares, El circus show by Carlitos Balá, El circo mágico de Carlitos Balá (1973), and El show de Carlitos Balá. He participated in eighteen family comedyfilms, such as Canuto Cañete y los 40 ladrones, ¡Esto es alegría!, Brigada en acción, el tío disparate, Qué hermosa es mi familia!, among others. In 1979 he was hired to star in El show de Carlitos Balá, working in the intervened state channel Canal 7. He then went on several inland tours with the circus. In 1987, Cacho Fontana hired Balá to be part of the television program Sábados de la bondad. Then he was summoned again by ATC. That same year he returned with El show de Carlitos Balá, which won a Martín Fierro Awards for best children's program. In 1988 the program went to Canal 2, and that same year he made one of his last film appearances in Tres alegres fugitivos. Later works In 1990, ATC produced a program with Carlitos Balá and the troupe of Margarito Tereré that lasted only a short time on the air. In 1995 he starred in To play with Teddy and Carlitos Balá. Later he participated in TV programs Son de diez, and Como vos y yo, aired on Canal 13. On 2 September 2009, he was invited to Justo a tiempo, a program hosted by Julián Weich, where promised to donate his famous Chupetómetro to continue the tradition of helping boys give up the pacifier. He himself said that he had it in the "living room" of his house and invited the boys to leave their pacifier when they visited him. In addition, he toured the interior of Argentina with his circus. In 2009 he accompanied the clown Piñón Fijo in his show and in 2011 he participated together with the children's host Laura Franco in