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Biography

Short, gravelly voiced actor best known for his portrayal of rumpled homicide detective Lt. Columbo in the long-running detective drama. Also had an active…more

Born

9/16/1927, New York, New York, USA

Birth Name

Peter Michael Falk

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (4)

Role
- Columbo
  Lieutenant Columbo (no first name)
  - S 10: Ep 14 Columbo Likes the Nightlife
    1/30/03
  - S 10: Ep 13 Murder with Too Many Notes
    3/12/01
  - S 10: Ep 11 A Trace of Murder
    5/15/97
  - S 10: Ep 10 Strange Bedfellows
    5/8/95
  - S 10: Ep 9 Undercover
    5/2/94
  - + 44 More Credits
- Columbo
  Lieutenant Columbo
  - S 1: Ep 1 Prescription: Murder
    2/20/68
  - S 10: Ep 12 Ashes to Ashes
    10/8/98
  - S 10: Ep 6 A Bird in the Hand...
    11/22/92
  - S 8: Ep 4 Grand Deceptions
    5/1/89
  - S 5: Ep 5 Now You See Him
    2/29/76
  - + 15 More Credits
- Trials of O'Brien
  Daniel J. O'Brien
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Only Game in Town
    3/18/66
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Greatest Game (pt2)
    3/11/66
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Greatest Game (pt1)
    3/4/66
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Partridge Papers
    2/4/66
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Blue Steel Suite
    1/28/66
  - + 17 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Ramos Clemente
  - S 3: Ep 6 The Mirror
    10/20/61
Guest Star (77)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 35 October 23, 2006
    10/23/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 125 Matthew Fox, Peter Falk & Blood Brothers
    9/20/05
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 12 Donald Trump/Paul Reiser/Peter Falk/Pussycat Dolls
    9/20/05
- Shootout
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 2 Peter Falk/Paul Reiser
    9/18/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 8 Lara Flynn Boyle, Steve Schirripa, The New Pornographers
    9/16/05
  - S 13: Ep 5 Gwyneth Paltrow, Peter Falk, Switchfoot
    9/13/05
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 79 Peter Falk, Ashlee Simpson, and CKY
    11/21/03
  - S 2: Ep 229 Peter Falk, Kylie Bax, and Nine Days
    6/5/00
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 67 Peter Falk, Bridget Moynahan, Shaolin Monks
    1/29/03
- The View
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 98 January 29, 2003
    1/29/03
- Dinner For Five
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Dom Deluise, Peter Falk, John Herzfeld, Richard Lewis
    1/27/03
  - S 1: Ep 2 Vince Vaughn, Garry Shandling, Cheri Oteri, Peter Falk
    11/22/01
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 14 Peter Falk
    8/8/99
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 117 Show #0336
    3/1/95
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 46: Ep 1 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/11/94
  - S 42: Ep 1 The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/16/90
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance(on tape)
  - S 7: Ep 1 Laugh-In's 25th Anniversary
    2/7/93
- The Larry Sanders Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Out of the Loop
    10/3/92
- Mother Goose & Grimm
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 8 Attila goes Hollywood II Fame and litter
    11/1/91
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 43: Ep 1 The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/25/91
  - S 40: Ep 1 The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/28/88
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 6: Ep 3 The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner
    8/17/88
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 55 November 30, 1978
    11/30/78
  - S 1: Ep 96 March 18, 1975
    3/18/75
  - S 1: Ep 53 January 14, 1975
    1/14/75
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself (as Lt. Columbo)
  - S 5: Ep 2 Frank Sinatra
    2/7/78
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 50 November 12, 1976
    11/12/76
  - S 14: Ep 116 Week of February 23, 1976
    2/23/76
  - S 13: Ep 66 Week of December 2, 1974
    12/2/74
  - S 12: Ep 166 Week of April 22, 1974
    4/22/74
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 47: Ep 1 The 47th Annual Academy Awards
    4/8/75
  - S 46: Ep 1 The 46th Annual Academy Awards
    4/2/74
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 13: Ep 80 January 3, 1975
    1/3/75
  - S 13: Ep 79 January 2, 1975
    1/2/75
  - S 13: Ep 78 January 1, 1975
    1/1/75
  - S 13: Ep 77 December 31, 1974
    12/31/74
  - S 13: Ep 76 Week of December 30, 1974
    12/30/74
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 100 720915
    9/15/72
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Making of 'Husbands'
    3/28/71
- The Name of the Game
  Lewis Corbett
  - S 3: Ep 15 A Sister From Napoli
    1/8/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 11 September 21, 1970
    9/21/70
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 248 August 21, 1969
    8/21/69
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 July 10, 1969
    7/10/69
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 2: Ep 21 Episode #35
    2/24/69
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Guest Performer
  - S 2: Ep 14 Episode #28
    1/6/69
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 16 December 18-22, 1967
    12/18/67
  - S 1: Ep 26 April 10-14, 1967
    4/10/67
  - S 1: Ep 23 March 20-24, 1967
    3/20/67
- The Danny Kaye Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 19 January 25, 1967
    1/25/67
  - S 2: Ep 16 January 6, 1965
    1/6/65
  - S 1: Ep 21 February 12, 1964
    2/12/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Mike Galway
  - S 4: Ep 7 Dear Deductible
    11/9/66
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 90 January 7, 1966
    1/7/66
  - S 3: Ep 24 October 7, 1965
    10/7/65
  - S 15: Ep 172 May 15, 1978
    5/15/78
  - S 12: Ep 76 December 30, 1974
    12/30/74
  - S 8: Ep 77 January 4, 1971
    1/4/71
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Bara
  - S 2: Ep 19 Perilous Times
    3/19/65
- Ben Casey
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 12 Courage at 3 A.M.
    12/7/64
- Ben Casey
  Dr. Jimmy Reynolds
  - S 4: Ep 6 For Jimmy, the Best of Everything
    10/19/64
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Danilo Diaz
  - S 3: Ep 21 Ambassador at Large
    8/30/64
- Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
  Cameo
  - S 2: Ep 12 1/4/1964
    1/4/64
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" cast
    11/2/63
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Bert Graumann
  - S 1: Ep 4 Four Kings
    11/1/63
- Wagon Train
  Gus Morgan
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Gus Morgan Story
    9/30/63
- Stump the Stars
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 43 July 22, 1963
    7/22/63
- Dr. Kildare
  Matt Gunderson
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Balance And The Crucible
    5/2/63
- Dick Powell Show
  Martin
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Rage of Silence
    1/29/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Robert Evans
  - S 1: Ep 13 Bonfire
    12/13/62
- The Edie Adams Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 October 23, 1962
    10/23/62
- Dick Powell Show
  Dr. Alan Keegan
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Doomsday Boys
    10/16/62
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Collucci
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Sound of Hunting
    5/20/62
- Naked City
  Frank
  - S 3: Ep 25 Lament for a Dead Indian
    4/11/62
- 87th Precinct
  Greg Brovane
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Pigeon
    1/29/62
- Dick Powell Show
  Aristede Fresco
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Price of Tomatoes
    1/16/62
- The Untouchables
  Nate Selko
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Troubleshooter
    10/12/61
- Target: The Corruptors
  Nick Longo
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Million Dollar Dump
    9/29/61
- Barbara Stanwyck Show
  Joe
  - S 1: Ep 32 Assassin
    5/15/61
- Naked City
  Lee Staunton
  - S 2: Ep 24 A Very Cautious Boy
    4/26/61
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Meyer Fine
  - S 6: Ep 28 Gratitude
    4/25/61
- The Aquanauts
  Angel
  - S 1: Ep 23 Malibu Run: The Double Adventure
    3/29/61
- The Law and Mr. Jones
  Sydney Jarmon
  - S 1: Ep 20 Cold Turkey
    3/3/61
- The Aquanauts
  Ex-con
  - S 1: Ep 20 Malibu Run: The Jeremiah Adventure
    3/1/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Waller
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Poker Fiend
    11/12/60
- The Islanders
  Hooker
  - S 1: Ep 5 Hostage Island
    11/6/60
- Naked City
  Hood - uncredited
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Death of Princes
    10/12/60
- The Untouchables
  Duke Mullen
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Underworld Bank
    4/14/60
- The Play of the Week
  Mestizo
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Power and the Glory
    10/19/59
- The Twilight Zone
  Ramos Clemente
- Brenner
  Fred Gaines
  - S 1: Ep 4 Blind Spot
    6/27/59
- Omnibus
  Charlie
  - S 7: Ep 12 The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier
    4/12/59
- Naked City
  Extortionist
  - S 1: Ep 11 Lady Bug, Lady Bug
    12/9/58
- Decoy
  Fred Dana
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Come Back
    6/23/58
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 10 The New Class: The Book Heard Round the World
    2/5/58
- New York Confidential
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Girl From Nowhere
    1/1/58
- Studio One
  Jack
  - S 9: Ep 45 Rudy
    8/19/57
- Camera Three
  Stendahl
  - S 2: Ep 48 Stendahl
    7/28/57
- Studio One
  Carmen's Assistant
  - S 9: Ep 35 The Mother Bit
    6/10/57
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 35 Return Visit
    5/13/57
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Radar Operator
  - S 10: Ep 26 Collision
    3/13/57
Writer (1)

Role
- Columbo
  Writer
  - S 10: Ep 7 It's All in the Game
    10/31/93
Director (1)

Role
- Columbo
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 9 Blueprint for Murder
    2/9/72

Peter Falk News

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Peter Falk, a.k.a. Columbo, Dies at 83

By Seth Abramovitch, Jun 24, 2011

A spokesperson for the family of Peter Falk has confirmed the actor passed away Thursday in his sleep. read more
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August 9, 2005 DVD Releases

By Lila Holland, Aug 08, 2005

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Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- Falk was asked to appear in The Godfather as Moe Green, but he declined because the role was too small for him to play. Alex Rocco played the part instead.
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- Prospect Avenue, Ossining, where Falk used to go to school is renamed 'Peter Falk Place'.
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- Falk and his wife Shera own 10 dogs.
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- Falk: I do share with the lieutenant (Columbo) one very pronounced part of his personality - he loves to talk about his wife. You can't shut him up. I have the same problem. I can tell Shera stories till three in the morning. Shera is my wife.
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- Falk (about Columbo): I'm just as sloppy as the lieutenant but not nearly as smart.
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- (handing his glass eye to the umpire, believing strongly that he was safe, after he was called out at a Little League game) Falk: Here, I think you might need this.
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