Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 16, 1927
Died
Jun 23, 2011
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
168 titles
Peter Falk
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
Lost Case
Columbo (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
Self
American Cowslip
Father Randolph
Next
Irv
Three Days to Vegas
Gus 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald
Checking Out
Morris Applebaum
Edge of Outside
Self
The Thing About My Folks
Sam Kleinman
When Angels Come to Town
Max
Shark Tale
Don Feinberg (voice)
Finding John Christmas
Max
Wilder Days
James 'Pop Up' Morse
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self /Self - Columbo
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Undisputed
Mendy Ripstein
Three Days of Rain
Waldo
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
The Lost World
Theo Kerr
The Lost World
Theo Kerr
A Town Without Christmas
Max
Corky Romano
Francis A. 'Pops' Romano
Good Day Live
Self
Made
Max
Hubert's Brain
Bailey (voice)
Enemies of Laughter
Paul's Father
A Constant Forge
Self
Lakeboat
Pierman
A Storm in Summer
Abel Shaddick
From Where I Sit
Abe
Money Kings
Vinnie
Vivement dimanche
Self
The View
Self
Pronto
Harry Arno
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
The Sunshine Boys
Willie Clark
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
Roommates
Rocky Holzeck
Cops n Roberts
Salvatore Santini
The World of Jim Henson
Tramp (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
self
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Anything for John
Self