Peter Falk profile
Actor profile

Peter Falk

16th September 1927 New York City, New York, USA Acting

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.

92 Movies 81 TV Shows 189 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Lost Case poster
Lost Case 1st December 2014 as Columbo (archive footage)
Next poster
Next 25th April 2007 as Irv
Shark Tale poster
Shark Tale 20th September 2004 as Don Feinberg (voice)
Made poster
Made 13th July 2001 as Max
Pronto poster
Pronto 8th June 1997 as Harry Arno
Cookie poster
Cookie 2nd August 1989 as Dominick 'Dino' Capisco
Vibes poster
Vibes 5th August 1988 as Harry Buscafusco
Anzio poster
Anzio 24th July 1968 as Cpl. Jack Rabinoff
Luv poster
Luv 26th July 1967 as Milt Manville
Penelope poster
Penelope 10th November 1966 as Lt. Horatio Bixbee
Columbo poster
Columbo 15th September 1971 as Lt. Columbo
Decoy poster
Decoy 14th October 1957 as Fred Dana
Bambi poster
Bambi 1st January 1948 as Self