Short, gravely voiced actor best known for his portrayal of rumpled homicide detective Lt. Columbo in the long-running detective drama. Also had an active and acclaimed film career in the 1960's before taking the role of the rumpled police lieutenant. Falk is still active in films though he... Read More

Born in 1907, Lloyd Gough was an actor who appeared in Broadway and a number of classic movies (including Body and Soul and Sunset Boulevard ). He and his wife, actress Karen Morley, were blacklisted in the late 1940s (causing Gough to adopt the last name of "Goff" in some appearances). In... Read More

Booth Colman was born in Portland, Oregon and as a child actor in local productions became active in the early radio programming. He attended the Universities of Washington and Michigan and was often involved with campus theater. After Army service during World War II he went to New York and got... Read More

Big, menacing villain of many 1940s and 1950s films, Ted De Corsia was an actor in touring companies and on radio before making a memorable film debut as the killer in The Naked City (1948). Although he occasionally played such sympathetic roles as a judge or prison warden, De Corsia's imposing... Read More