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Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Actor · 1927 – 2011 · New York City, New York, USA

Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards (1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973). In 1996, TV Guide ranked Falk No. 21 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. He received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013. He first starred as Columbo in two 2-hour "World Premiere" TV pilots; the first with Gene Barry in 1968 and the second with Lee Grant in 1971. The show then aired as part of The NBC Mystery Movie series from 1971 to 1978, and again on ABC from 1989 to 2003. Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was the first actor to be nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year, achieving the feat twice (1961 and 1962). He went on to appear in such films as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), alongside Frank Sinatra in Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), The Great Race (1965), Anzio (1968), Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), The Brink's Job (1978), The In-Laws (1979), The Princess Bride (1987), Wings of Desire (1987), The Player (1992), and Next (2007), as well as many television guest roles. Falk was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and personal friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Big Trouble (1986), Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky (1976) and the Columbo episode "Étude in Black" (1972). He cameoed as a theatergoer in Cassavetes' 1977 film Opening Night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Falk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • Movie7.7

    The Princess Bride

    1987 · 5.3K votes

  • Movie6.0

    Shark Tale

    2004 · 6.8K votes

  • Movie6.1

    Next

    2007 · 3.4K votes

  • Movie6.5

    Undisputed

    2002 · 860 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Player

    1992 · 986 votes

  • Movie7.8

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    Wings of Desire

    1987 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie7.8
  • Movie7.1

    Murder by Death

    1976 · 932 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Great Race

    1965 · 390 votes

  • Movie6.1

    ...All the Marbles

    1981 · 59 votes

  • Movie4.5

    Corky Romano

    2001 · 189 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The In-Laws

    1979 · 140 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Robin and the 7 Hoods

    1964 · 76 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Mikey and Nicky

    1976 · 210 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Vibes

    1988 · 87 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Made

    2001 · 213 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Great Muppet Caper

    1981 · 355 votes

  • Movie7.6

    Opening Night

    1977 · 267 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Pocketful of Miracles

    1961 · 189 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Penelope

    1966 · 24 votes

  • Movie7.0

    In weiter Ferne, so nah!

    Faraway, So Close!

    1993 · 184 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Night of 100 Stars

    1982 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Lo sbarco di Anzio

    Anzio

    1968 · 85 votes

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  • TV7.5
  • TV4.3

    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

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  • TV5.3

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    2003 · 217 votes

  • TV8.1

    Columbo

    1971 · 857 votes

  • TV5.6

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988 · 51 votes

  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV3.8

    Good Day Live

    2001 · 5 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV5.6

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    2003 · 179 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Dick Cavett Show

    1968 · 22 votes

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  • TV7.4

    The Red Skelton Show

    1951 · 19 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

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  • TV6.8

    Champs-Elysées

    1982 · 9 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV7.3

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    1957 · 44 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 265 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Name of the Game

    1968 · 13 votes

  • TV5.9