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.
98 movies · 68 shows
My Darling Vivian
2020·7.1
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019·7.2
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017·7.1
Lost Case
2014·0.0
Char·ac·ter
2012·4.0
American Cowslip
2009·5.1
Next
2007·6.1
Three Days to Vegas
2007·3.9
Checking Out
2006·6.7
Edge of Outside
2006·5.8
The Thing About My Folks
2005·6.5
When Angels Come to Town
2004·6.2
Shark Tale
2004·6.0
Finding John Christmas
2003·6.5
Wilder Days
2003·6.3
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003·8.3
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003·8.0
Undisputed
2002·6.5
Three Days of Rain
2002·4.9
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002·6.0
The Lost World
2001·6.1
A Town Without Christmas
2001·5.9
Corky Romano
2001·4.4
Made
2001·5.8
Hubert's Brain
2001·6.5
Enemies of Laughter
2000·6.0
A Constant Forge
2000·6.8
Lakeboat
2000·4.7
A Storm in Summer
2000·6.4
From Where I Sit
2000·9.0
Money Kings
1998·5.8
Pronto
1997·6.0
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997·6.3
The Sunshine Boys
1996·5.0
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996·0.0
Roommates
1995·5.7
Cops n Roberts
1995·9.0
The World of Jim Henson
1994·7.4
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993·0.0
Anything for John
1993·7.3
Faraway, So Close!
1993·6.9
The Player
1992·7.2
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991·8.0
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990·5.5
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990·0.0
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990·8.0
In the Spirit
1990·4.5
Cookie
1989·5.6
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989·0.0
Vibes
1988·5.7
The Princess Bride
1987·7.7
Wings of Desire
1987·7.8
Happy New Year
1987·5.8
Big Trouble
1986·5.4
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982·6.0
I Love Liberty
1982·0.0
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
Shoot Don't Shoot
1982·0.0
The Great Muppet Caper
1981·6.9
...All the Marbles
1981·6.1
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979·0.0
The In-Laws
1979·6.6
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979·6.2
The Brink's Job
1978·6.2
Scared Straight!
1978·7.4
The Cheap Detective
1978·6.4
Opening Night
1977·7.6
Mikey and Nicky
1976·6.9
Murder by Death
1976·7.1
Griffin and Phoenix
1976·5.3
A Woman Under the Influence
1974·7.8
Ransom for a Dead Man
1972·7.4
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971·0.0
A Step Out of Line
1971·8.0
Husbands
1970·6.7
Operation Snafu
1970·6.7
Castle Keep
1969·5.7
Machine Gun McCain
1969·6.1
Anzio
1968·5.7
A Hatful of Rain
1968·7.0
Prescription: Murder
1968·7.8
Luv
1967·4.8
Penelope
1966·5.4
Brigadoon
1966·7.0
Too Many Thieves
1966·5.7
The Great Race
1965·7.1
Attack and Retreat
1964·6.7
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964·6.2
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963·7.0
The Balcony
1963·5.2
Pressure Point
1962·6.5
Pocketful of Miracles
1961·7.3
The Million Dollar Incident
1961·8.0
The Secret of the Purple Reef
1960·4.0
Murder, Inc.
1960·6.5
Pretty Boy Floyd
1960·7.0
The Bloody Brood
1959·4.9
Wind Across the Everglades
1958·6.2