Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) 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
7.535
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.741
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.543
The View
4.363
Naked City
5.5
The Merv Griffin Show
6.222
Studio One
5
The Islanders
8
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.191
The Twilight Zone
8.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
Target: The Corruptors!
3.5
Have Gun, Will Travel
7.427
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
7.839
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
7.459
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
Reading Rainbow
8.333
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Studio One
5
V.I.P. Schaukel
6
The Lost World
7.6
American Masters
7.4
The Larry Sanders Show
7.651
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
8.097
Bambi-Verleihung
9
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Tony Awards
5.917
Tony Awards
5.917
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6
Champs-Elysées
6.3
The Law and Mr. Jones
6
The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
5.4
Naked City
5.5
The Jerry Lewis Show
7
Treffpunkte
0
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.822
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
7.839
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
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
7.459
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
6.022
Next
6.102
Arthur Miller: Writer
7.1
The Princess Bride
7.682
The Player
7.2
Faraway, So Close!
6.893
Vibes
5.7
...All the Marbles
6.17
Murder by Death
7.2
The Great Race
7.081
The Thing About My Folks
6.3
The Brink's Job
6
Pressure Point
6.6
A Town Without Christmas
5.8
Anzio
5.636
I Love Liberty
0
A Woman Under the Influence
7.782
Tune in Tomorrow...
5.34
The Cheap Detective
6.3
Undisputed
6.5
Murder, Inc.
6.4
American Cowslip
5.4
Made
5.806
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
6.654
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
6.886
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
4.667
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
6.683
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
5.9
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
0
Too Many Thieves
4.5
Pronto
5.3
Lost Case
0
Shark Tale
6
Brigadoon
7
Arena - John Cassavetes
0
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
8.3
The Great Muppet Caper
6.879
Opening Night
7.57
Ransom for a Dead Man
7.2
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
7