Peter Falk
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.
TV Shows(67)
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The Lost World
Theo Kerr
2001
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
The View
Self
1997
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
self
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
Peter Falk
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Seitenblicke
self
1987
American Masters
Self
1986
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Columbo
Lt. Columbo
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Treffpunkte
Self
1970
The Name of the Game
Lewis Corbett
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Trials of O'Brien
Daniel O'Brien
1965
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
Cameo
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Robert Evans
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
The New Breed
Lopez
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Matt Gunderson
1961
The Dick Powell Show
Aristede Fresco
1961
87th Precinct
Greg Brovane
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
Collucci
1961
The Law and Mr. Jones
Carbell Carney
1960
The Islanders
Hooker
1960
The Witness
Abe Reles
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Joe
1960
The Aquanauts
Jeremiah Wilson
1960
The Untouchables
Duke Mullen
1959
Play of the Week
Mestizo
1959
The Twilight Zone
Ramos Clementine
1959
Deadline
Box
1959
New York Confidential
1959
Naked City
Extortionist
1958
Decoy
Fred Dana
1957
Wagon Train
Gus Morgan
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Waller - Gambler
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Meyer Fine
1955
Omnibus
Charlie
1952
The Red Skelton Show
Colonel Hush-Hush
1951
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Petar Porovic
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
Carmen's Assistant
1948
Bambi
Self
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
Radar Operator
1947
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(98)
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)
2019
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
Lost Case
Columbo (archive footage)
2014
Char·ac·ter
Self
2012
American Cowslip
Father Randolph
2009
Next
Irv
2007
Three Days to Vegas
Gus 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald
2007
Checking Out
Morris Applebaum
2006
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
The Thing About My Folks
Sam Kleinman
2005
When Angels Come to Town
Max
2004
Shark Tale
Don Feinberg (voice)
2004
Finding John Christmas
Max
2003
Wilder Days
James 'Pop Up' Morse
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self /Self - Columbo
2003
Undisputed
Mendy Ripstein
2002
Three Days of Rain
Waldo
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
The Lost World
Theo Kerr
2001
A Town Without Christmas
Max
2001
Corky Romano
Francis A. 'Pops' Romano
2001
Made
Max
2001
Hubert's Brain
Bailey (voice)
2001
Enemies of Laughter
Paul's Father
2000
A Constant Forge
Self
2000
Lakeboat
Pierman
2000
A Storm in Summer
Abel Shaddick
2000
From Where I Sit
Abe
2000
Money Kings
Vinnie
1998
Pronto
Harry Arno
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
1997
The Sunshine Boys
Willie Clark
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
1996
Roommates
Rocky Holzeck
1995
Cops n Roberts
Salvatore Santini
1995
The World of Jim Henson
Tramp (archive footage)
1994
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
Self
1993
Anything for John
Self
1993
Faraway, So Close!
Peter Falk
1993
The Player
Peter Falk
1992
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self (archive footage)
1991
Tune in Tomorrow...
Pedro Carmichael
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
1990
In the Spirit
Roger Flan
1990
Cookie
Dominick 'Dino' Capisco
1989
Arena - John Cassavetes
Self
1989
Vibes
Harry Buscafusco
1988
The Princess Bride
The Grandfather
1987
Wings of Desire
The Filmstar
1987
Happy New Year
Nick
1987
Big Trouble
Steve Rickey
1986
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
I Love Liberty
Self
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Shoot Don't Shoot
host
1982
The Great Muppet Caper
Tramp
1981
...All the Marbles
Harry Sears
1981
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
1979
The In-Laws
Vincent J. Ricardo
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
1979
The Brink's Job
Tony Pino
1978
Scared Straight!
Narration (voice)
1978
The Cheap Detective
Lou Peckinpaugh
1978
Opening Night
Self (uncredited)
1977
Mikey and Nicky
Mikey
1976
Murder by Death
Sam Diamond
1976
Griffin and Phoenix
Geoffrey Griffin
1976
A Woman Under the Influence
Nick Longhetti
1974
Ransom for a Dead Man
Columbo
1972
The Making of 'Husbands'
Self
1971
A Step Out of Line
Harry Connors
1971
Husbands
Archie Black
1970
Operation Snafu
Peter Pawney
1970
Castle Keep
Sgt. Rossi
1969
Machine Gun McCain
Charlie Adamo
1969
Anzio
Cpl. Jack Rabinoff
1968
A Hatful of Rain
Polo Pope
1968
Prescription: Murder
Columbo
1968
Luv
Milt Manville
1967
Penelope
Lt. Horatio Bixbee
1966
Brigadoon
Jeff Douglas
1966
Too Many Thieves
Danny
1966
The Great Race
Max
1965
Attack and Retreat
lieutenant Mario
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Guy Gisborne
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Third Cab Driver
1963
The Balcony
Police Chief
1963
Pressure Point
Young Psychiatrist
1962
Pocketful of Miracles
Joy Boy
1961
The Million Dollar Incident
Sammy
1961
The Secret of the Purple Reef
Tom Weber
1960
Murder, Inc.
Abe Reles
1960
Pretty Boy Floyd
Shorty Walters
1960
The Bloody Brood
Nico
1959
Wind Across the Everglades
Writer
1958