Peter Falk

Known for ActingBorn 1927-09-16Died 2011-06-23New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

New York Confidential

From Where I Sit

Cops n Roberts

The Witness

Bambi

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

Reading Rainbow

The Twilight Zone

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Seitenblicke

Columbo

A Step Out of Line

Wings of Desire

The Jerry Lewis Show

The Million Dollar Incident

The Islanders

The Larry Sanders Show

Play of the Week

The Princess Bride

Inside the Actors Studio

A Woman Under the Influence

The Lost World

Prescription: Murder

The Untouchables

Basketball: A Love Story

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Peter Falk versus Columbo

87th Precinct

V.I.P. Schaukel

The World of Jim Henson

Opening Night

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

My Darling Vivian

The New Breed

Arthur Miller: Writer

Kraft Television Theatre

Anything for John

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Scared Straight!

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Player

American Masters

Ransom for a Dead Man

The Red Skelton Show

Pocketful of Miracles