Peter Falk
Gender: Male
Born: 16th September 1927
Died: 23rd June 2011
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Columbo, The Trials of O'Brien, The Name of the Game
Movies: A Woman Under the Influence, Checking Out, Cookie, Murder by Death, Pocketful of Miracles, The Great Race, The In-Laws, The Princess Bride, The Thing About My Folks, Undisputed, Wings of Desire, Faraway, So Close!, Vibes, The Brink's Job, The Lost World, The Cheap Detective, Roommates, Husbands, Tune in Tomorrow, Mikey and Nicky, Corky Romano, Murder, Inc., Robin and the Seven Hoods, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Next, …All the Marbles, Made, Shark Tale, Opening Night, Anzio, Columbo: Murder, a Self Portrait, Wilder Days, A Storm in Summer, Money Kings, The Party, The Balcony, Finding John Christmas, Big Trouble, Italiani brava gente, Lakeboat, The Player, Pressure Point, Rated X, Castle Keep, Three Days of Rain, Machine Gun McCain, Enemies of Laughter, Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, American cowslip, Three Days to Vegas, Happy New Year, Luv, The Bloody Brood, The Secret of the Purple Reef, Scared Straight!, A Constant Forge, Too Many Thieves, Rosolino Paternò, soldato..., In the Spirit, Griffin and Phoenix
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor, best known for his role as Lt. Frank Columbo in the television series Columbo. He appeared in numerous films such as The Princess Bride, The Great Race and Next, and television guest roles. He was nominated for an Academy Award twice (for 1960's Murder, Inc. and 1961's Pocketful of Miracles), and won the Emmy Award on five occasions (four for Columbo) and the Golden Globe award once. Director William Friedkin, when discussing Falk's role in his 1978 film The Brink's Job, said that "Peter has a great range from comedy to drama. He could break your heart or he could make you laugh."
In 1968, he starred with Gene Barry in a ninety-minute television pilot about a highly-skilled, laid-back detective. Columbo eventually became part of an anthology series titled The NBC Mystery Movie, along with McCloud and McMillan & Wife. The detective series stayed on NBC from 1971 to 1978, took a respite, and returned occasionally on ABC from 1989 to 2003. Falk was "everyone's favorite rumpled television detective", wrote historian David Fantle.
In 1996 TV Guide ranked him number 21 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time
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