Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo (1968–2003), which earned him four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961). He is also known for his collaborations with filmmaker and actor John Cassavetes in films such as: Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky (1976) and the Columbo episode: Étude in Black (1972). Falk's other film roles include It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Great Race (1965), Anzio (1968), Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), The In-Laws (1979), The Princess Bride (1987), Wings of Desire (1987), The Player (1992), and Next (2007).
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TV Series
Inside the Actors Studio
7.518
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.7
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.5
The View
4.5
Naked City
5.5
The Merv Griffin Show
5.75
Studio One
5
The Islanders
8
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.2
The Twilight Zone
8.447
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.731
Target: The Corruptors!
3.5
Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
6.5
The Aquanauts
5.5
Decoy
6.2
Ben Casey
5.6
The New Breed
7
Robert Montgomery Presents
5.6
Dr. Kildare
5.5
Good Day Live
3
Basketball: A Love Story
7
The Untouchables
7.9
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
6.2
Naked City
5.5
Naked City
5.5
Wetten, dass..?
5.3
The Aquanauts
5.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
Reading Rainbow
8.4
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Studio One
5
V.I.P. Schaukel
6
The Lost World
7.6
American Masters
7.3
The Larry Sanders Show
7.7
The Trials of O'Brien
6.8
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
5
The DuPont Show of the Week
6
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
5
The Red Skelton Show
7.375
The DuPont Show of the Week
6
The Name of the Game
6.8
Wagon Train
6.3
The Dick Powell Show
5.5
The Dick Powell Show
5.5
The Dick Powell Show
5.5
The Witness
0
Play of the Week
0
Play of the Week
0
Armstrong Circle Theatre
3
Deadline
6
87th Precinct
7.5
Columbo
8.088
Bambi-Verleihung
9
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Tony Awards
5.1
Tony Awards
5.1
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6
Champs-Elysées
6.286
The Law and Mr. Jones
6
The Dick Cavett Show
6.7
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
5.4
Naked City
5.5
The Jerry Lewis Show
7
Treffpunkte
0
Golden Globe Awards
7
Golden Globe Awards
7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8
Seitenblicke
0
The Danny Kaye Show
6.3
30 millions d'amis
5.8
Vivement dimanche
3
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
3.3
The Untouchables
7.9
Golden Globe Awards
7
Golden Globe Awards
7
Dinah!
6.667
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
Kraft Television Theatre
7.5
Kraft Television Theatre
7.5
Omnibus
6
New York Confidential
0
Movies
Wings of Desire
7.8
Pocketful of Miracles
7.3
The Lost World
6.007
Next
6.102
Arthur Miller: Writer
7.1
The Princess Bride
7.685
The Player
7.207
Faraway, So Close!
6.9
Vibes
5.7
...All the Marbles
6.2
Murder by Death
7.175
The Great Race
7.083
The Thing About My Folks
6.3
The Brink's Job
6
Pressure Point
6.6
A Town Without Christmas
5.8
Anzio
5.674
I Love Liberty
0
A Woman Under the Influence
7.805
Tune in Tomorrow...
5.34
The Cheap Detective
6.27
Undisputed
6.517
Murder, Inc.
6.4
American Cowslip
5.4
Made
5.8
Machine Gun McCain
6.155
Castle Keep
5.7
Robin and the 7 Hoods
6.1
Corky Romano
4.3
Finding John Christmas
6.2
The In-Laws
6.66
Husbands
6.8
Checking Out
6.5
Three Days of Rain
5
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
0
Money Kings
6.1
Cookie
5.15
Mikey and Nicky
6.895
Big Trouble
5.3
Shoot Don't Shoot
0
The Bloody Brood
4.5
Anything for John
6
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
0
Happy New Year
5.5
The Sunshine Boys
4.706
The Balcony
5.2
Luv
4.1
In the Spirit
3.3
A Storm in Summer
5.8
When Angels Come to Town
6
Lakeboat
4.727
Penelope
5.6
Attack and Retreat
6.763
Wilder Days
5
Griffin and Phoenix
5.3
The Secret of the Purple Reef
2.5
Enemies of Laughter
5.5
Char·ac·ter
4
The Making of 'Husbands'
0
Operation Snafu
5.5
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
0
Three Days to Vegas
3.8
A Step Out of Line
7
Edge of Outside
5.8
Roommates
6.019
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
0
Too Many Thieves
4.5
Pronto
5.3
Lost Case
0
Shark Tale
6.024
Brigadoon
7
Arena - John Cassavetes
0
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
8.3
The Great Muppet Caper
6.9
Opening Night
7.57
Ransom for a Dead Man
7.208
Hubert's Brain
6
A Constant Forge
6.6
Prescription: Murder
7.8
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
0
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
0
From Where I Sit
0
Pretty Boy Floyd
6.3
Wind Across the Everglades
6.1
A Hatful of Rain
0
Cops n Roberts
0
Peter Falk Versus Columbo
7.429
Scared Straight!
7.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
6.2
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.991
The World of Jim Henson
7.3
My Darling Vivian
7.5
The Muppets Go Hollywood
6.3
Night of 100 Stars
6.667
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
6.971
Make Me A Perfect Murder
0